One of the things I like about looking at older video games is that it gives an opportunity to see the early experiments of the medium. Rogue Entertainment’s Strife is both one of the last games to use the Doom engine and one of the first FPS games to use RPG conventions like improving skills, an involved,
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This week Tim considers what it is that interests him so much about the Kickstarter-funded game “Dog Eat Dog.” Also, “Dog Eat Dog” is probably a terrible thing to put into a search engine.
Inherit the Earth: A flawed adventure game with a lot of great story moves and a setting with plenty of mystery.
This week, I revisit a side game from the venerable Ultima series.
Come with me to the old days of educational video games.
Why do we have to “sneakily” teach kids anything?
A classic of the shoot ’em up genre, and no one can convince me otherwise.
A.K.A.: Imperialism… IN A FANTASY WOOOOOORLD!
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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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.
