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Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure

Thu, 26 May 2011 11:23:52 -0400

made by a 5-year old. (programming by her dad, though)

Kill Screen: Soviet-era videogames make us red with envy.

Wed, 18 May 2011 11:20:11 -0400

Kill Screen: Soviet-era videogames make us red with envy.:

Last year, the blog A Dangerous Business published a series of photos and stories from an old Russian arcade with Soviet era games. The story popped back up this week via Kotaku and it’s still amazing. Take a look at the old photos on Flickr. The photo above:

This was one of…

this has sucked my soul in recent days. and the Wife played 11...

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:44:25 -0400

this has sucked my soul in recent days. and the Wife played 11 hours straight recently. I think that’s the best review it can hope to get.

well done, capy!

Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:26:43 -0400

Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars

nice conceit!

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:23:43 -0400

nice conceit!

genius

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:02:38 -0500

genius

the boardgame remix kit. awesome. there’s an app, ebook,...

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:41:59 -0500

the boardgame remix kit. awesome.

there’s an app, ebook, book and cards.

check it out.

Insane sale of indie iOS games (via indiegames.com/blog)

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:39:07 -0500

Insane sale of indie iOS games (via indiegames.com/blog)

finally, an MMO I would actually play

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:09:39 -0400

finally, an MMO I would actually play

WANT. NAO.

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:50:22 -0400

WANT. NAO.

via IndieGames.com > “You’ve most likely heard...

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:46:40 -0400

via IndieGames.com >

“You’ve most likely heard the riddle about the farmer who is trying to cross a river with a fox and a chicken, but only one of them can cross the river at a time - or at least a variation on that theme. The Gentlemen of the South Sandwiche Islands is based around that idea - two players take it in turns to move their pieces (or their opponent’s pieces) across a series of bridges. The winner is whoever manages to get Lady Ashley alone on an island with them, for a romantic rendezvous.

It’s all very tactical stuff, as demonstrated by the above video. Creator James Taylor started a Kickstarter funded project for the board game earlier this year, and quickly secured the amount he needed. Copies of the game were sent out to donators, but I can’t tell whether the game is still available to order. There’s a big ol’ Buy Now button on the official site, but the blurb above hasn’t been updated, plus the Kickstarter page says that only a set number of games were produced, and I can’t seem to find indication of whether those sold out or not.”

ala Ballard’s Crash noooooomyimmersion: Beep. Beep....

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:19:09 -0400

ala Ballard’s Crash

noooooomyimmersion:

Beep. Beep. Coming Through! A lesson about buses in GTA4.

the latest game from Crayon Physics’ Petri Purho. (Win/Mac...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:41:57 -0400

the latest game from Crayon Physics’ Petri Purho. (Win/Mac download)

Looks at how information has changed in the age of the internet....

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:10:10 -0400

Looks at how information has changed in the age of the internet. found via my friend @Nickalone

Hundreds is a game by Greg Wohlwend, a designer living in Ames,...

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:43:49 -0400

Hundreds is a game by Greg Wohlwend, a designer living in Ames, IA. It’s his first flash game.

It’s REALLY GOOD.

Check out this HTML5 game, “Entanglement”

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:29:31 -0400

Check out this HTML5 game, “Entanglement”

This is going to be amazing.

Fri, 14 May 2010 10:07:42 -0400

This is going to be amazing.

from Play This Thing! The Fabled Lands ”whichway”...

Thu, 13 May 2010 09:58:36 -0400

from Play This Thing!

The Fabled Lands ”whichway” books were among the most sophisticated and interesting such books. A series of 12 was planned, of which only 6 were published, because by the time the first appeared, the bottom was already dropping out of that market.

The books themselves are available for free download, with the authors’ permission, at the Yahoo group linked above — which does mean you have to join the group to get access to its files area, but six free gamebooks is perhaps worth that irritation.

Get A Feedback Loop: The Value of Playtesting

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:58:00 -0400

Get A Feedback Loop: The Value of Playtesting:

A nice look at the value and function of playtesting in the creative process of game making.

he seminal Another World 15th Anniversary edition is available...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:23:48 -0400

he seminal Another World 15th Anniversary edition is available at Good Old Games for only $10! Go get it! If you buy it from GoG.com you get the dev-diary, soundtrack and technical handbook. Well worth the price.