Come with me to the old days of educational video games.
Recollecting: Outnumbered!
Author: Seth Brodbeck
Expansion Pack: Robot Turtles
Why do we have to “sneakily” teach kids anything?
Feature Editorial: You Should Check Out You Are The Reason
Laura Kate Dale released a demo for “You Are The Reason,” and you should download and play it.
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Recollecting: Tyrian
A classic of the shoot ’em up genre, and no one can convince me otherwise.
Linkbait: The Politics of Competitive Board Gaming Amongst Friends
Apropos of Friday’s roundtable post, here’s an interesting short documentary on the interactions of friends playing Settlers of Catan.
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Roundtable Post: Games with Strangers
What insights about a person’s personality can you glean from playing board games with them? If you were to play board games with a stranger to get to know them, what board game would you pull out?
Recollecting: Master of Magic
A.K.A.: Imperialism… IN A FANTASY WOOOOOORLD!
Self-serving Linkbait: Waffling Around Games Podcast Ep. 1
We here at Acagameia did a podcast with k8monstr of the Feminism/Geekery blog! In it, we discuss Transistor, talking about female protagonists, world-building (or lack thereof), and personal theories which might paper over plot holes. There’s a lot of confusion. We had a lot of fun, and will likely be doing more in the future.
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Expansion Pack: Eminent Domain, Imperialism IN SPAAAACE
This feature is a companion to my board game reviews on the Extra Life Community Blog. You can find my review of Eminent Domain here for context and a more thorough description of game mechanics. Imperialism is a tricky subject to tackle, and games about the expansion and maintenance of empires have to negotiate their paths carefully. Board games
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Recollecting: Ancient Domains of Mystery
I wasn’t planning on following up my post on Castle of the Winds with another roguelike, but I picked up Risk of Rain from the Steam Summer Sale and so I’ve got the genre on my brain. With that in mind, I’m going to talk about my youthful love affair with Ancient Domains of Mystery.
