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Category Archives: Ramblings
The Ultimatum
Last week I blithely wrote about moral scenarios in games until archfiend Veret promptly SHUT. ME. DOWN. And he was right, you know. I was arguing that moral choice is always too game-y because they never really get you to … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Ramblings
Tagged Bioshock, Half Life 2, Intelligent Games, Mass Effect, Miles Newton, Mod, Moral Choice, The Machination, Veret
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Thoughts on moral choice
Today I wrote a short story that followed the reflection of a wretched individual who believed he could bring about the rise of a utopia by killing everyone, describing that humans got a great view of perfection from the point … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Ramblings
Tagged Half Life 2, Miles Newton, Moral Choice, Short Story, The Machination
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Rest in peace Heroes Radio, wherever you are.
Well, as usual, I’m going to talk about something nobody has heard of. Sorry, that was incredibly arrogant of me. Whatever. STALKER is probably one of my favourite games, as you should now be well aware of, and I’m here … Continue reading
Posted in News, Ramblings
Tagged Encyclopedia, Heroes Radio, Miles Newton, Stalker, The Machination, Wikia
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How often is often enough?
So I’ve been thinking. I’ve gotten to the stage where I can’t really spare the time to write more than one feature a week but I sort of feel as if my blog is going slack in between, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
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Progress
Well, it has been a little over a year since we started this blog, and honestly, things have really started to take off. **SENTIMENT**. I’d like to thank the internet, and dinosaurs and WHAT I’M TRYING SO SAY IS *brushes … Continue reading
Not all adventure games grow up to be pirates
I’m a horrible, horrible person. Almost five months ago I completed that dashing little indie adventure game Machinarium by Czech wizard and sometimes game designer Jakub Dvorsky and I, in my audacity, promised some kind of transcendental writeup about the … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Adventure Games, Game Design, Game development, Miles Newton, The Machination
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One Year's Introspection
One year ago today I began this blog because of my love of games. I’ve often wondered why some people, myself included see games from radically different positions than other seemingly like-minded people. Games, externally, are pretty misleading – someone … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Blog, Creativity, Game development, Games, Games industry, Imagination, The Machination
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Why I don't like Red Faction Guerrilla
Red faction Guerrilla is a simple, fun shooter with an excellent destruction engine. I’m glad I got that out of the way, let the vitriol commence. If there’s one thing that annoys me, it’s when a game promises me the … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Ramblings
Tagged Miles Newton, Red Faction Guerrilla, The Machination, Volition
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Too much icing – The bane of Portal 2
So yeah, I’m sure you’ve heard. Portal 2 has begun making its slow glorious trek into existence, speaking kind, enticing words and releasing ambrosia from its very pores. You may have noticed that a lot of people are clamouring wildly … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Gabe Newell, Game Design, Game development, Portal 2, Valve
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