While the Nintendo kids will no doubt look forward to annualised Zelda games well into their middle age, for the PC faithful a new appearance from an old friend more often than not heralds dark tidings. Oh sure I remember a time when I was naive and optimistic, a time when I couldn’t wait for [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Kicking it with Guybrush
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pleasant Surprise, Tales of Monkey Island on September 29, 2009 |
Jesper Juul is Going Down
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged big theory, Jesper Juul on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sorry for the provocative title but after my last theory heavy article a friend suggested I read up on Jesper Juul’s ideas about games of emergence and games of progression. Juul defines games of emergence as games that contain a small amount of rules that give the player a lot of freedom to create emergent [...]
Not Stupid At All
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fallout, RPG on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is part of an ongoing series to read the first post click here. My mission is clear, discover the source of the super mutant threat and shut it down. Unfortunately I’ve just pissed off the only people who could help me do that. How am I supposed to single handedly take on the super [...]
What do we mean when we say non-linear?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged big theory, non-linear gameplay on September 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m probably going to regret this but today I want to talk about something very dry and potentially very boring. Now before you switch off completely I’m talking about this because I think it’s important. It’s an issue that cuts to the heart of many arguments about videogames. I’m going to try and keep this [...]
The Glow
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fallout, RPG, The Glow on September 16, 2009 |
This is part of an ongoing series to read the first post click here. I’ve heard stories about the Glow, mostly fear and superstition but enough to know it’s a dangerous place. The wasteland isn’t pretty but if the rumours are true then the Glow is irradiated beyond belief. So why on earth am I [...]
Gun
Posted in Schooling the Old, tagged Gun, Retro Games on September 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Featuring tales of lone gunmen wandering a bleak and unforgiving landscape the myths of the Old West possess a potent beauty. It is important to realise that the Old West is not just a setting, it is a metaphor for the conflicting forces of civilisation and barbarism. Like Arthurian legend or Greek tragedy, it is [...]
Expletive Deleted
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fallout, RPG on September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is part of an ongoing series to read the first post click here. [Image via Giant Bomb] Alright so I may have doomed a race of irradiated freaks to slow dehydration but on the plus side I now have the water chip. The vault is saved and I can go back to whatever it [...]
Probably Not Murder
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fallout, Ghouls, RPG on September 10, 2009 |
This is part of an ongoing series to read the first post click here. I’m feeling positive about this. I have a good idea of where the water chip can be found and so far I haven’t had to compromise my morals (too much). As I leave the Hub surrounded by brahmin and armed guards [...]
Loxley of Hubtown
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fallout, RGP, Thieves Guilds on September 9, 2009 |
This is part of an ongoing series to read the first post click here. [Image via RPGamer] I’m broke, my dog has died and my quest has hit a dead end. Now I’m going where everyone in Hubtown goes when their luck runs out, the slums of Old Town. Maybe there I can find something [...]
My Own Personal Digital Dark Age
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Digital Dark Age, Existential Terror on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Presumably you’ve heard of a digital dark age? The idea is that as new technology advances old data becomes unreadable, the result being that when viewed from the future our past begins to look like a dark age purely because no records from the period exist. Today it finally occurred to me that I’ve already [...]
