Game 4: Aquatron (Sierra On-Line, 1984)
Ice Cream Jonsey 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,…
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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 Top 50 Games of the Decade on Caltrops
I am writing for a project that looks at the top 50 games, as selected and gently encouraged by the posters of Caltrops.com. There’s a couple pieces left to the…
Resident Evil 7 review on Caltrops
I wrote a review to the opener of Resident Evil 7 over on Caltrops. If you like the sort of thing a chap like myself writes, you may find it…
Pit of the Condemned (2015, Inform)
I wrote a review of Pit of the Condemned, a fun little number in last year’s IF Comp, on Emily Short’s blog. Check it out here.
Lode Runner
Douglas E. Smith has died. This news was broken by people at Tozai Games, who handle the mobile platform ports of his game. The news was picked up by the…
The Top 100 Games: #99 Brataccas
#99 – BRATACCAS (1986, Amiga, Psygnosis) If this new list accomplishes anything, I hope that it will convince some people somewhere that Brataccas isn’t a terrible game with a terrible…
The Top 100 Games: #100 Portal
#100 – PORTAL (2007, PC, Valve) My Internet comedy partner, Pinback, and I have had long discussions about all manner of media. Video games, for sure. But also movies and…