Dead Rising: Broken, or Broken Like a Fox?
Ice Cream Jonsey Nobody was more psyched to get Dead Rising, at least in September 2008, than me. It’s been out for a while now, and I’ve heard amazing things about it. I…
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Positive Trends in Drunkenness
Pinback I would like to alert you all to what I feel is a very positive trend, at least as positive as something can be in the sinful, destructive realm of…
Save Everywhere
When it comes to computer and console games, there is one sure-fire way to make me despise the game, the developers, its publisher and all the testers (I started off…
Braid: Non-Spoiler Review
IÂ have completed the game (with the exception of some secret, hidden content I’m now learning about from the Intertubes), and so will now present a NON-SPOILER REVIEW. I will…
My Updates Will Be Horrible!
All right, I am deep into the swing of things when it comes to Cryptoooooooo-zooooookeeper, so it gets to be like eleven o’clock and I realize that I haven’t updated…
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!)…
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…
I am a recovering SUV driver and I do drink your milkshake
Milker So, I am sure many of you have had the pure pleasure of driving up to a gas station lately and having your eye sockets and sphincter swell up from…
Civilization vs. the Bard’s Tale
Let’s break down the Civilization games versus the Bard’s Tale ones. I am intentionally not including the Xbox Bard’s Tale game from a couple years ago, nor am I considering…
Goodbye, everyone!! I’m disappearing into Tomato World.
ChainGangGuy For the last several weeks, it’s been same old, same old. Another pilsner, another amber, maybe a couple pale ales. Three stouts. So, while at the bar this past weekend,…