Hey, folks! Feels like I haven’t talked to you in ages! Might have something to do with this localized time-stretching effect I’ve been noticing in the vicinity of any computer with an in-progress final paper on its hard drive. (According to my research, the time-dilation field actually works in reverse in rooms were final exams are taking place. Curious.) Of course, the slowing of time is quite handy, since it allows you to fit what should be eight hours or so of writing into about half the time, and it always works out so that the paper is done mere
Tag: Kickstarter
How to Make Me Squeal With Joy
At the risk of turning this blog into a place where I just repost updates on upcoming games, I feel compelled to mention this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9hQWqtxXPU If you’ve ever wondered what happiness looks like, here it is. Okay, it may just be me as an old PC gamer, but watching this video gave me goosebumps and a fluttering in my chest. It made my day, my week, my month maybe. “Don’t be silly,” you say, but I can’t help it. This is a game steeped in all sorts of oldschool sensibilities; sensibilities from a time when I was just cutting my
Radio the Universe
Stop me if you’ve heard about this one already. I’m usually the last to know about these projects. I’ve followed a lot of Kickstarter projects over the last six months or so. Mostly videogames (surprise, surprise). Many of the big ones were hard to avoid, of course: Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, The Banner Saga, Shadowrun Returns, Project Eternity… After all those heavy-hitters and the massive campaigns that they ran, you might be experiencing some Kickstarter fatigue. I sort of am. Still, it’s worth keeping an eye out for the smaller gems that often fly under the radar, especially now