I've been keeping on eye on indie dev, Skygoblin's site in anticipation of the next installment in 'The Journey Down' series. Meanwhile, Skygoblin hasn't been idle. ...<< MORE >>

It’s rare to see a piece of fiction survive adaptation into a different medium. Most often the thing that made that fiction’s story, its characters, or setting popular doesn’t survive the transition to another form. Being disappointed with The Walking Dead television series I wasn't holding out much hope for the video game. ...<< MORE >>

I very much love a management video game, especially those where I get to design the layout of the game’s world. Let me build a city and I’ll work to make the most efficient damn city you’ve ever seen. I had long stayed away from the game Dwarf Fortress as it terrified me. ...<< MORE >>

The best games are those that artfully balance the tension of losing versus the hope of victory. I was eager to break out the board game Last Night on Earth as it seemed to do the things I was felt was missing from "Zombies!!!" and appeared to have a nice mix of cooperative and competitive game mechanics. ...<< MORE >>

Fresh off my introduction to ASCII roguelikes thanks to the fantastic Brogue, I was eager to dive into another game in that genre. I was, however, a little burned out on fantasy-themed games and one roguelike in particular grabbed my attention because of its source of inspiration. ...<< MORE >>

As I’ve written before about video games, it’s easy for games with a zombie theme to go wrong. Recently becoming the owner of two board games with zombie themes I got to see examples of either side, where one game has what I’m looking for and the other does not.<< MORE >>

The good folks who create games using the Adventure Game Studio engine are having a bake sale of sorts, offering 14 new games for a pay-what-you-can price, raising money for the Child’s Play charity. After downloading all 14 games I was unsure of which Bake Sale game to play first so I proceeded in the most obvious fashion, alphabetically. ...<< MORE >>

I wanted to delve the dark and scary depths of ASCII art roguelikes where you the player are a simple “@”. I had heard of Brogue through a few channels and thought it would be a good game to try first. << MORE >>

Years ago, shortly after my family’s Commodore 64 died, my parents bought a used IBM. It would be many chores and weeded vegetable beds later until I had the cash to start buying new games, but providence was on my side. ... << MORE >>

Sometimes all it takes is an unusual concept to make me interested in playing a particular video game. ... << MORE >>