Archive for the ‘ Video Games ’ Category
I have always loved games that masterba… er, play themselves out. In such games the player sets the initial conditions– perhaps even writes a little code or designs something– and then lets it all hit the fan. As of late I have been staring at Gratuitous Space Battles. In this one you design a small fleet [ READ MORE ]
When Microsoft announced Windows 7 I went to my favorite retailer and pre-ordered my copy of Ultimate. Of course the more versions of Windows we get the less older games we can play on them. Dungeon Keeper 2 was always one of my personal favorites. Seeing my lovely girl playing it on Windows Vista made me [ READ MORE ]
I have become very interested in playing with RoboCode as of late. Wikipedia sums it up pretty nicley: Competitors write software that controls a miniature tank that fights other identically-built (but differently programmed) tanks in a playing field. Robots can move, shoot at each other, scan for each other, and hit the walls (or other robots) [ READ MORE ]
When I say “indie” you may think about movies or music. Most people would. Most people can go far, far away. When I say “indie” I am often referring to independent video games. There are no big budget titles here (hell, there may not be any budget at all) but there are tons of awesome ideas. [ READ MORE ]
Just an interesting article which I could not disagree more with. Raph makes the wrong argument here in that he compares a single player game to something other than an interactive novel. Any way, it is a good read. [ READ MORE ]