It’s easy to underestimate Return of the Obra Dinn at first glance. A 1-bit game about being an insurance evaluator on an empty boat may not light your heart ablaze, but that simple shell houses one of the most clever, captivating, and unfalteringly impressive puzzle games you’ll ever ...
A computer-implemented method of providing targeted video promotional material includes transmitting a promotional item for display on a video terminal, determining whether the promotional item was skipped, and updating a profile corresponding to the promotional item or a viewer of the promotional item ...
Studio crafted a believable world where technology was on the rise and the magic of the old world was on the run. Adding to the mix was the perfect anti-hero who wouldn't even consider the possibility of saving the world unless the end of the world meant no more houses to steal from....
Thirdly, old PC games are being brought back from "abandonware" status (i.e., out of print, where the original developer and/or publisher has gone defunct) by digital distribution channels such as Steam or GOG.com, itself a nostalgic initialism: Good Old Games. On a different note, ...
Preference was given to levels that are honorable with their difficulty; a good, satisfying hard, rather than “Are we sure this isn’t a bug?” hard. This was tougher to suss out when reflecting on gaming’s Cretaceous period, specifically the death traps that tormented us on the NES. ...
My partnerAlbertgave a talk at DLD NYC last week that covered some interesting topics regarding the future of our economy and our society. It’s a short talk (only 12mins) and well worth watching. #policy Previous Post Next Post Comments (Archived):...
through a series of possibilities—occupations, places, dreams—that reflect the hopeful tone of the work. Clicking the verbs in certain sentences cycles them through a dreamy set of options: translating, training dogs, becoming an astronomer, growing vegetables, building houses, and on and on. ...
I was forced to abandon the software I've been using professionally since 2010 and in a hobby manner since 2004. The same software that I worked on pro-bono with its dev team for years. Because the company that now owns that software simply does not have the funds needed to invest in ...
Watching the craziness in our politics, where “thought” pieces have been written (mostly by liberals) in the Trump-era about how to deal with (or abandon) your relatives who hold differing political views at holiday time, or jumping on board mocking kids, or families turning on each other...
turns over the course of the game, leaving you wondering how exactly the game will end, if Wei will be found out by the Triad or if he will abandon his commitment as a Police Officer and you just find yourself wanting to move on to the next mission to find out how the game will ...