I’ve been participating in the discussion on Roger Ebert’s article/post about video games not being art, and wanted to share a couple of brief thoughts. On twitter, Anna Anthropy asked why anyone actually cares what Roger Ebert thinks about video games. It’s a valid question, and here’s my answer: Whether …
Redder, the new Auntie Pixelante game, is an exercise in storytelling through visuals and gameplay. A nameless astronaut is travelling through space, when he/she/it has to crashland the ship on a red planet. Apparently the ship is out of crystals, and new ones need to be gathered on the planet. …
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am glad to announce the beginning of a new webseries, dedicated to wonderful and enlightening reviews of computer RPGs, brought to you by the one and only, the magnificent, the wise, the amazingly admirable… RPGcat! Yes, one of my secret projects has finally come to light. …
I just got this email: Hi Jonas, I’m somewhat proud to inform you that one of the most gifted walkthrough makers in Holland has responded to my question to him to make a walkthrough for The Strange and Somewhat Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge. The result is …
Here we go…
After playing The Witcher – one of the most highly acclaimed RPGs of the last few years – for a couple of hours, we just sent the following e-mail to our friend Ivo: Has there ever been a game with worse writing? Has there ever been a game that made …
Sorry for being a bit late with this. I was incredibly tired last night, and totally forgot to upload the file. Anyway, here it is (1.14 MB). Download and extract into the game’s folder, overwriting the original file, then run the game. That should make it work. If it doesn’t, …
There’s a review of Desert Bridge up at Jay is Games which is so awesome that words simply fail me. Well, actually they don’t. Awesome is a pretty good word. And awesome it is. That being said, House at Desert Bridge is a wonderful work to behold. It’s a story …
I just noticed a user review of Desert Bridge in TIGdb, and felt I needed to remark on a couple of points it makes. I hope my posts about reviews don’t feel like I’m constantly being defensive; I’m mainly writing this to illuminate game design choices I made, in the …
Looking back, 2008 was an odd year. Interesting, sure, but odd. Not exactly easy, either – but it did pass rather quickly, unlike some other years. So, here are some of the good things that I will remember: Verena and I got engaged. The month we spent in Greece was …
