Game 5: Vyrzon (Minsoft, 2023)
Ice Cream Jonsey The Vectrex homebrew scene is crushing it. Look at the box that Vyrzon arrives in! It’s gorgeous. It would not be out of place in the 1980s. The first versions…
Ice Cream Jonsey
Game 4: Aquatron (Sierra On-Line, 1984)
Aquatron (Atari 8-bit 1983, Apple // 1984) is a bit like Defender, although with a slow enough pace that you can survive on the screen for a while. These days,…
Game 3: Silent Hill 2 Remake (Capcom, 2024)
Silent Hill 2 created sympathy for the protagonist we would be playing by painting him as a desperate anti-intellectual that responded to a single piece of mail stating that his…
Game 2: Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (Muse Software, 1985)
Castle Wolfenstein (Apple, C64 and Atari 8-bit for 1984, IBM PC in 1985) You know how Michael Jordan was not part of the NBA’s player association licensing deals, and therefore…
Game 1: Adventure (Atari, 1980)
Let’s talk about a brutal game that still holds up!
The Good Bits (July, 2023)
Linking to things I wrote this month: I bought a Tank Mouse. I like it. I’m reading that it burns through AAA batteries quickly. I DO like it. I haven’t…
Annie
Annie, you silly, silly pup! She was the most beautiful spaniel and not because of her coat or posture but because she took to my wife Melissa and was her…
Updated download links for my games
In chasing a weird Linux issue, I wanted to download some games through this very site. I discovered that Brave wouldn’t let anyone download the games that I had posted…
Frobozz
Frobozz died three years ago. Here is a picture of him. I miss him every day.