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Indie Pick: Continuity
Continuity is a game I played awhile back, around IGF time earlier this year, though it must have slipped my mind to post about it. I bring it up now because I rediscovered it looking over the winners at the recent IndieCade Awards.
Published by Ben Alford on Oct. 19, 2010
Indie Pick: Chase Goose 2
A game that was part of a previous TIGSource competition, Chase Goose, has been refreshed and tweaked to be a much more enjoyable and hilariously subversive game. The arrow keys are alternated between to run away, as a Goose, from an odd looking worm-like monster.
Published by Ben Alford on Oct. 15, 2010
Controlling Metroid: A Struggle with Authorship
If there is any one concept to point at in Metroid: Other M, one that defines what the game is about, then it is control.
Published by Ben Alford on Oct. 14, 2010
In the Dark, I Find a Light
As what is left of a tropical storm passes by, the power in my home goes out. In dealing with it, many of the situations make me think of video games.
Published by Ben Alford on Sept. 30, 2010
Review: Valkyria Chronicles II
The original Valkyria Chronicles was an incredibly smart, turn-based strategy game. It got rid of grids and replaced them with grandiose maps with free movement governed by action points. It did away with tedious leveling systems and focused on the importance of the collective whole, while still ...
Published by Ben Alford on Sept. 26, 2010
GOG “closure” looking more like a hoax
This past Sunday, digital distribution service Good Old Games, who specializes in older, DRM-free PC titles updated for modern systems, announced that they would be closing the service. A plaintext message appeared, thanking the users for support and seemed to be sincere. But as more information ...
Published by Ben Alford on Sept. 21, 2010
If You Needed Another Reason to Play Minecraft
You can still try the current alpha for free. Get on it.
Published by Ben Alford on Sept. 20, 2010
Review: Mafia II
If there is any story topic that feels like it is completely saturated by popular culture it is the story of the Mob. It seems like we have had the past century filled with these stories, including what some regard to be the best stories of all time.
Published by Ben Alford on Sept. 16, 2010