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This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book Review
Read more: This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book ReviewI guess I’m doing book reviews for a bit. Look, at least some of these books will be about games, so at least that helps. Not this one though! This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong is a (generally) non-fiction book by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, who are better known for their Map Men…
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A Overview of the Sento Fighter/Power Well Conflict, and the Nature of Designer Credit
Read more: A Overview of the Sento Fighter/Power Well Conflict, and the Nature of Designer CreditDisclaimer: This post uses real names, and talks about an ongoing conflict. If after reading it, you feel strongly that one side or the other is in the right here, I urge you to channel that feeling into support for that side’s project. Do not harass or make personal attacks against anyone. Four years ago…
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Strafe could have been great
Read more: Strafe could have been greatIt’s been a struggle to find something to write about this week. Plucky Squire comes out later today, but I don’t think I can finish it before tomorrow. UFO 50 has a similar problem. I was trying to finish every game Tom Francis ever made, and make that into a bit. But Morphblade is too…
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My Hero Academia – A Retrospective
Read more: My Hero Academia – A RetrospectiveTangent #1 This is going to be a write-ups of semi-tangents, as part of a larger points. Lets start with this one: My favorite sports writer is Jon Bois. In one of his videos, he makes an interesting point about the nature of critique of athletes. Here, I’ll link it. I think it could be…
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Gunpoint
Read more: GunpointGunpoint is a short game. Just under 3 hours. I could have played it while watching Return of the King, and still have 20 minutes left before the credits. On the other hand, each hobbit foot probably took 9 people to make, and that’s the number of bodies left in my wake by the time…