Arcade Manual PDFs on the Internet Archive
Ice Cream Jonsey Well, well, well: lookee here. That’s a the manual to the arcade version of Pac-Man, in pdf form. There is already a nice stash of arcade manuals on pdf.textfiles.com, but…
2011
Marble Madness, Pac-Man GDC Post-Mortems
I have a Marble Madness cabinet currently being shipped to me. I have been turned onto these Game Developers Conference post-mortem vids – won’t you let yourself be turned on…
Starcraft 2: From Worse to Bad — Core Concepts (Part 1)
Pinback In this part (3) of a possibly two-part part, we’ll examine what I like to call core concepts, because they are concepts, and also core. These are the some of…
The IF Theory Reader
I’m trying to backfill a little bit, having been away from a computer for much of last week, trying to help orchestrate the revival of the Old Man Murray Wikipedia…
Know Your Cryptids #1: Mutant Pigmen
bruce So, this morning, I got an email with the subject line “Mutant Pigmen”. Now, since I just found out that the GaryCon event schedule had been published, and that I…
The 500 Meter Hurdles In Being Wrong About Something
Aric did the heavy lifting here. The original interview was on PC Gamer, here. PC Gamer interviewed game developer Jonathan Blow about his upcoming game, and this came to light:…
The Social Network
The Social Network keeps the streak alive. What streak is that? The Fincher streak. Many have heard me talk about this, so if this is a repeat, forgive: David Fincher,…
Al Davis Looks Like The Spectre From The Bard’s Tale
Will your stalwart band choose to fight or run?