I’m noticing a trend- I wouldn’t call it disturbing, just disappointing, on XBLA. I’m talking about games that really should be awesome, but for some reason or another, they’re simply not. I first noticed it with Assault Heroes– it’s still a fun game, but it falls flat when you compare it to the other arena [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Edit Fuck Beaten by Bruce Morrison
I’m back in Las Vegas now, after bookending 12-13 hours of walking around NYC with redeye flights. One thing that’s painfully obvious (literally) is that I’ll have to get used to walking everywhere again. My legs are complete mush. Wads of cookie dough.
And, as Bruce Morrison so effectively predicted, I got some bitching to [...]
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Humble Beginnings, the Loot: Part 1 of 4
So as promised, I’ve selected the 20 best “games” out of my childhood stash. These were created by me– the dates of creation are all in ‘88 and ‘89, which means I was 7 or 8 years old. I didn’t know how to program at the time (I picked up Pascal a few years later) [...]
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Humble Beginnings
The past week or so I’ve been slowly going through all my stuff, trying to cull off everything that won’t have some definite use or purpose in New York. I’m scheduled to move in about a week, so I really should be hauling ass but it’s always an emotional process and I’m kind of lagging.
In [...]
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Fic in the City, Part Two
I hate being at the point where every update I make begins with me apologizing for the lack of updates recently. So this is the last time I’m doing that. Sorry for the lack of updates.
So a lot has happened. First, and most importantly, Freeverse has offered me a job back in New York City, [...]