Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #0
Pinback #0: Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor (2008) As I said before, this list is “genre based”, in that I tried to make sure that no basic gaming genre…
June 2008
Beaver: A-K-Q
Ice Cream Jonsey Sorry, sorry, lots of articles in the hopper, none are done right now. Allow me to link an MP3. I was in a band called Beaver when I was at…
Tomb of the Hardcore Casual Gamer
In this, a new ongoing feature, we introduce the Forgotten Tomb of the Hardcore Casual Gamer. Seeing how last night I installed a high score kit into my Asteroids (hardcore!)…
Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #1
#1: Civilization IV (2005) My history with the Civilization games is checkered at best. I remember when the original first came out. I was right there in line to buy…
Actors in Text Games, Part One
When IÂ made A Crimson Spring, I was learning a new IF programming language, drawing comic book-style art after a lengthy layoff, getting music integrated, and displaying graphics. I didn’t…
Thoughts on D&D, 4th Edition
bruce I’m still in the PHB, but: The new alignment system (LG,G,E,CE,”unaligned”) sucks. Really. The new cosmography also sucks, but, hey, I *liked* the Great Wheel. The new races…well, I miss…
Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #2
#2: Rollercoaster Tycoon (1999) Before there was Mall Tycoon, and Zoo Tycoon, and Crackhouse Tycoon, and Auschwitz Tycoon, there was Rollercoaster Tycoon. Let me start the review with the end…
2008 U.S. Open Playoff Round Analysis
(OK, this is ICJ taking over at this point, as I think what happened made Pinback’s heart go out.) My first job was as a clerk at a driving range.…
Bruce Everiss Would Appear to be a Cunt
Whoa, lookee here! http://ramraider.blogspot.com/2008/06/bruce-everiss-cunt.html Stuart Campbell is, of course, one of the few gaming journalists that has actually furthered the goddamn art, so if he’s getting blamed for something –…
Acceptance – Phantoms (2005) review
I bought this CD off THE BAY, as it was only $3 and I have been listening to a rip of it virtually every day for the last two years.…