From Computer Game Design to Board Game Design

Agricola and the idea of playing Caverna have completely hooked me recently. These amazing games add so much depth, and are great games to learn. There is so much to learn, and so much fun to be had from playing these games! Check out why game developers of all types and genres should play these games.

The bravest person I know.

Take a moment and read this article. It barely hints at the terrible treatment that people can inflict when you get your game on Steam Greenlight... if you happen to be female. Through facebook I saw a little bit more of what this struggle was really like and I do not know 1/10th of what actually happened. If you want to know the bravest person, check out Zoe Quinn and Depression Quest. You can play the game for free on the website. If it impacts you emotionally, purchase the game and support what she's trying to accomplish. Alternately be her patron.

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And now Game_Jam. Just another mountain of shit on someone who does not need it. They tried to hold a $400,000 game jam and record it. And one man ruined it all.

And now she's upgraded herself into a cyborg. With a giant fucking needle. Yeah. Super brave! I'm just gonna go and do my socially unacceptable larp stuff in obscurity, because I am not that awesome.

Larp Notes.

A quick note. Got one practice in this past Sunday. It is a little to cold in New England to really get out there. Fortunately 'official' practice is starting on the 30th! I am super excited to get the season underway. And very sore from only an hour of practice. Larp definitely requires different muscles than those worked at the gym. Or maybe I haven't figure out the gym yet.

TempleCon 2014

TempleCon is this weekend! We're mostly going to spend our time in the board game room playing all the free board games we can get our grubby little hands on. If we're not shopping or going to the show, we'll be playing all those giant expensive board games we're not sure about buying. Just drooling over the best of the bunch. Over the past few months a list has been forming of 'must play' games while we're there. Click more to see the list!

Why the long silence?

Well, It’s 2014. Some old projects have ended, and some new projects are about to start. It’s an exciting time, and things have been happening. Unfortunately this blog has been the thing to be put on the back burner. Thanks for sticking around, I have not abandoned writing about games and gaming. There are exciting things coming up, and I want to share them.

Hearthstone; the death of CCG's.

Hearthstone is a good game. It's great fun. Quite enjoyable. You should play it. But when the meta game changes on a weekly basis, what's the point? A deck that was passable good last week looses frequently this week. Why does the meta game change so rapidly? The game was created in the age of streaming internet.  We watch, content, pick up some deck ideas, play those. Wash, rinse, repeat each week. The real question "Is that fun?"

Razer Makes Progress.

A year or so ago Razer took out a full page ad in the New York Times stating that 'pc gaming is not dead'.  Thanks.  In my opinion it was an overly expensive ad marketing to the wrong audience.  Kind of weird to review a game companies marketing strategy, but it's one of my more popular posts.  Razer has since starting doing some more creative, more targeted advertising, which addresses many of my concerns.