Game 10: Zwackery (Midway, 1985)
Ice Cream Jonsey Zwackery is an arcade game with “complicated” controls from the mind of Brian Colin, an artist, animator and designer on other arcade titles like Rampage, Xenophobe and Arch Rivals. His…
theoreticals and essays
Game 6: Rocket Jockey (SegaSoft, 1996)
Rocket Jockey is a science fiction arena sports game that has the player operating a rocket-propelled sled in three different modes of play: a race course, a soccer-like game where…
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…
Frobozz
Frobozz died three years ago. Here is a picture of him. I miss him every day.
Our Visit to Arkadia Retrocade
I’m not going to be able to do justice to the incredible experience that is Shea Mathis’s arcade, Arkadia Retrocade. My wife surprised me with a trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas…
Jay Schilling’s Edge of Chaos
I made a new game with Mike Sousa! It’s called Jay Schilling’s Edge of Chaos. Let me see if I can in-line the blurb. There was an aye-aye behind the…
Pinneroids
A few of us learned about the PICO-8 fantasy console (get it here – https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality – for $5 and make your own PICO-8 games) the other weekend and Pinback made…
Frobozz
It has been one year since Frobozz died, here is a picture of him. ”
The Comp
Many, many years ago I was trying to get a job with any of the three computer game companies in Colorado. I interviewed with two of them and noticed how…
Everyone Has a Frobozz Story
Frobozz died on Wednesday, January 23rd. It is the worst day of my life. Frobozz was killed by a rescue dog that we had adopted. The rescue dog got downstairs.…