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Massively Multiplayer Thoughts

Posted on 2012-03-19 by dgilbert

I played Eve-Online for some con­sid­er­able time.  What I’ve real­ized is that online mas­sive­ly mul­ti­play­er games seem to share it’s sim­plis­tic graph­ics require­ments.  I remem­ber there being (at one point) a big stink about the game final­ly drop­ping sup­port for … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Fallen Earth Review

Posted on 2012-02-27 by dgilbert

Gamers First’s Fall­en Earth became free-to-play this week­end.  I have enjoyed a num­ber of for­ays into post-apoc­­a­­lyp­tic land­scapes (Fall­out 3, Fall­out New Vegas, Rage; even Left 4 Dead is, in some respect post-apoc­­a­­lyp­tic); so I expect­ed to enjoy Fall­en Earth.  … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Elder Scrolls — Skyrim: Some early thoughts

Posted on 2011-11-14 by dgilbert

I just went look­ing for some snap­shots from Elder Scrolls — Skyrim to post here.  I looked in my own col­lec­tion and the I looked online.  There are many shots, but none of them (so far) con­vey the vast­ness of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Review: SpaceChem

Posted on 2011-03-10 by dgilbert

When I think of pro­gram­ming sys­tems that use two-dimen­­sion­al grids to arrange items that are “exe­cut­ed” when the pro­gram is run, I think of Ami­gaV­i­sion. Where you can envi­sion a “cur­sor” mov­ing line-by-line through your one-dimen­­sion­al code in more nor­mal … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Review: Bob Came in Pieces

Posted on 2010-12-23 by dgilbert

“Bob Came in Pieces” is a new (this year) game from Ludos­i­ty Inter­ac­tive.  It’s avail­able on Steam here at a pret­ty steep dis­count and also as a free demo. The back­sto­ry is pret­ty sim­ple.  No pol­i­tics, no grand sto­ry… you’re just … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Speaking of Tribbles… Clones!

Posted on 2010-12-23 by dgilbert

This will be my first post in the “Games” cat­e­go­ry.  My gen­er­al intent here is not just reviews of games, but dis­cus­sion of games.  Rec­om­mend­ed read­ing: http://escapistmagazine.com and http://rockpapershotgun.com … both these sites fea­ture intel­li­gent dis­cus­sion of both games and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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