Gregory Weir’s Looming is probably my favourite of all his games. Highly atmospheric and extremely well-written, it tells the story of a strange world called Looming through what is essentially archaeological exploration. It’s a haunting and extremely memorable game; there’s nothing quite like it, really. And at some point it can become very frustrating. You [...]

I’ve been thinking about this, so I wanted to say one more thing: I don’t think the comments of the IndieCade reviewers were terribly evil or unfair. I do think that their comments reveal a mindset, very common in the world of games, that is worth criticizing and analyzing – but I wouldn’t say they [...]

Why do I suddenly have so many things to write about just now that I don’t have proper internet access? Anyway, something that I realized in the context of the last few posts is that I may end up sounding more defensive than intended because I keep talking about my own games. While not the [...]

Something that the last few posts have reminded me of is that what I see as one of the biggest problems in current game design thought is the tendency towards absolute theories. Good games are like this. All games function like that. But theories are abstract, and games are specific. Perhaps that’s what I’m trying [...]