Category Archives: Other Peoples’ Games
Let me tell you why I love Twilight:Eclipse the 8-bit game
This is a headline that I will freely admit I never thought I would write. But this is too good to pass up. It is genius. For a couple of reasons. Let me list them for you! But first, here is what it is. It is a youtube video or several. Also, the best twilight-themed [...]
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Escapism at its Finest!
There is a very nice piece up on the Escapist today, about the role of bosses in modern games. It features thoughtful insights from Team Meat‘s own Edmund McMillen! Also, a bunch of random and self-contradictory statements from yours truly! But then, on the last page, we totally combine our powers for a thrilling conclusion! [...]
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My delicate sensibilities!
Been playing StarCraft 2 beta a bit lately, with the fine folks at Final Form Games. I had originally been down on it since it didn’t sound like it was going to have a 2 player co-op single player game. (Unlike Dawn of War, Red Alert 3 etc.) Being a big fan of co-op, this [...]
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It’s Worse to Punch a Virtual Face
It looks like video games are on their way to court again. In particular, a 2005 law in California prohibiting selling of violent video games to minors. It has been struck down once already by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, (on grounds that it violated free speech rights) but is on its way to [...]
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Neverending [Cave] Story
I assume that most people are in-the-know about such things, but in case anyone missed it, today is the day on which the WiiWare version of Cave Story has finally been released. It is looking mighty fine. Mighty fine indeed. Sadly, for various (amicable) reasons, they weren’t able to keep Shih-Tzu’s excellent translation, but from [...]
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Case Study: Risk/Reward in Imperishable Night
I’m trying to avoid having Touhou games take up too much space here. I don’t want to turn into “another guy on the internet who won’t shut up about ZUN’s Shmups.” But deconstructing them lately has been fairly fascinating stuff, and I wanted to take a moment to talk a bit about what seems like [...]
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Imperishable Lessons – What I learned from Touhou
I had the chance recently to sit down with Tim and Hal of Final Form Games, and talk shop on shmups. I mentioned that there were at least a couple of good lessons that I felt I head learned from playing Touhou games, and Hal asked what some of those might be. While I was [...]
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Other Peoples' Games: Tower of Heaven
I was vaguely aware of this game for a while via the TIGSource devlog forums. Eventually one day I noticed it had “complete” next to its name, and decided to give it a shot. As it turns out, it was actually pretty awesome! And then, apparently because I have my finger on the pulse of [...]
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Other Peoples' Games: Tanaka's Friendly Adventure
I recently played a game called Tanaka’s Friendly Adventure. It is a very good game! So good, in fact, that I do not completely understand why it is so good. But I have me some theories! Read on, and my theories, I will tell them to you!
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Games, Finally Formed!
Marvelous! The fine folks over at Final Form Games have gone and got their website up and running! It looks awesome! I expect marvelous things from these people! They are fine game designers, programmers and artists to a man, and their creations can only bring wonder and delight. The fact that they are out actively [...]
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