Monthly Archives: September 2006

It’s the weekend and that means one thing: time to play. Not that you needed another excuse to whittle away an afternoon with video games. Catch up on your casual gaming and give the following flash titles a try. * … Continue reading →

No massive budgets, no million dollar advertising campaigns, just a group of programmers hammering away on keyboards all night long. Indie games are a labor of love and some of them show just as much polish as a commercially developed … Continue reading →

Other than the occasional (and utterly grand) StarCraft battle with my friends, real-time strategy games and I do not get along very well. They sap too much time with learning how to play the game rather than just letting me … Continue reading →

Aah, something refreshingly interesting. Penumbra is a free 3D horror adventure game for the PC created by a group of programmers eager to test out their new physics engine. The game makes extensive use of environmental puzzles that you must … Continue reading →

Hot off the… what’s the digital equivalent of a printing press? Panogames has just published a set of 360° panoramic screenshots from the strikingly scenic Call of Juarez. In case you haven’t heard, it’s a first person shooter/adventure set in … Continue reading →

Pre-order Harvest Moon DS, get a keychain. I’d say that’s a fair deal. I imported Kirby Canvas Curse from Japan (Touch! Kirby) partly because I wanted the pink stylus. It’s the little things in life that bring happiness. Yes, it’s … Continue reading →

Nintendo has never really gotten things together with the Star Fox franchise. The series was originally conceived back on the Super Nintendo to showcase the Super FX chip, a special piece of hardware that allowed the SNES to render polygons … Continue reading →

I recently stumbled across a nice article about working on MUDs (multi-user dungeons for those of you raised in the graphical age of gaming). The article is an excerpt from the book Become a Video Game Designer on FabJob.com. Although … Continue reading →

Still want to write about video games for a living? If you think journalism is your cup of tea (and my Break into Video Game Writing isn’t enough), check out this old but still relevant article by Dan Hsu, editor … Continue reading →