Last week, we asked what kind of gamer you classified yourself as. The top pick was Explorer/Achiever with 9 votes… possibly because it was the most positive of all the options. I know that most of you like to talk smack and just won’t admit it. Second place was my pick, the Dysfunctional Game Designer, […]
Archives for June 2007
Rug-Sweeping and the Party Game Problem
Thanks again to Bartoneus for filling in for me last week. (Guess this means I need to make a comic for a Random Encounter– there’s a scary thought.) As a short rebuttal to the question he posed, I generally don’t talk about fun specifically because it’s hard to design to be fun, and it’s a […]
A Comic Issue
Not too long ago The O lent me all of the Sin City graphic novels, as well as Wanted; I’ve read through the latter and half of the others so far and all they are doing is making me miss reading comic books every week. I stopped last November because it got to the point where […]
GLEEMAX
Wizards of the Coast announced that they are working on a new online portal called Gleemax, both from an inside joke among the staff and (I assume) something that sounds vaguely like Google. Icv2 has the big interview with VP of Digital Games Randy Buehler, which explains what Gleemax will one day be. The site…will […]
YouTube of the Week: Playing With Your Lightsaber Edition
Presented for your approval: Two Star Wars fan videos. The first a short film called Jedi Breakfast, the second called “Three in the Afternoon.” Both will make you think about where you put your lightsaber. Or something. Be sure to check out Robot Chicken’s Star Wars Special this Sunday, and keep an eye out for […]
Inq. of the Week: Gamer Types?
Last week you all cast your votes in the quest to determine which TV show’s season finale was truly the best. Heroes came up with a whopping 55% of the votes, with Lost in second place at 24%. I didn’t actually see any of the season enders other than Lost’s, and I imagine this is […]
Why Do We Play Games Anyway?
Dave’s out of town this week, doing whatever it is that those “gamey” types of people do, and so I’m posting a (late) Critical Threat to keep the trend. Every week he discusses a new idea or concept that comes up to him about game design, playing board games, and living in the world of […]
Fallout 3 Teaser Trailer
I forgot to mention in my post earlier, but Bethsoft released the first teaser trailer for Fallout 3 yesterday. Check it out or download it at the official Fallout 3 site. While a lot of diehard fans of the series are really digging into this game without even seeing anything until now, I think this […]
Mighty Adventures of Text
This started quite simply with the question, “What would Candyland look like as a text adventure?” Clearly it went a bit further than that, but as a game we’ve previously discussed as having no decisions what-so-ever and therefore not being a game, the concept is tantilizing. Is there a sole decision in Candyland, and is […]
YouTube of the Week: Sith Lords with Candy Edition
Star Wars Public Service Announcements. Found via ExtraLife. Five more after the jump.
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