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A Rant about Comics Part 2 – Grump Week
Read more: A Rant about Comics Part 2 – Grump WeekHey, so this post is a bit of a bummer. Maybe read Part 1 first, where I talk about a bunch of cool comics you should read? For the better part of a decade, I’ve been trying to figure out why I quietly loathe most American comics. I’ve gone through a variety of theories, ranging…
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Grindstone
Read more: GrindstoneGrindstone offers a view of an alien reality, a world where mobile games are not the wallet-consuming apex predators that they are in ours. That doesn’t mean their evolution was entirely disrupted. Just as all animals become crabs, all mobile games have at least some things in common. Clean UI. Simple, easy to learn mechanics,…
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Sidequest – Subversion In Games
Read more: Sidequest – Subversion In GamesI’ve got a review on a game called Athenian Rhapsody that I’ve been working on for a while. It will hopefully be up in a week or two. It’s quite a bit longer than most things I write, and I’ve also rewritten and restarted it several times. Athenian Rhapsody is a tricky game to talk…
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Million Monster Militia – A Bunch of Unsolicited Feedback
Read more: Million Monster Militia – A Bunch of Unsolicited FeedbackUpdated 7/7/2024 – This write up has been updated to include the dev’s response. Pre-Script: It occurs to me after writing all of this that it will make absolutely no sense if you haven’t actually played the game I’m talking about. Whoops, and sorry. Actual reviews on a game to come later this week. I’ll…
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Mottainai
Read more: MottainaiI have mixed experiences with Carl Chudyk games. I quite liked Glory to Rome. My opinion on Aegean Sea was brief, concise, and not positive. (Aegean Seas remains to this day, the only board game I have ever ragequit.) So it’s good that Mottainai swings back in the other direction. I’ve heard Mottainai described as…