Posts tagged with Games
Unearthing an Old Programming Document
The internet never forgets. If nothing else, the Wayback Machine does a dutiful job of saving mostly coherent snippets of the web across an impressive breadth of time. I was reminded again a couple weeks ago, when someone sought me…
Virtually Collectable Card Bits
The story goes, I was tired and slightly bored during a recent business trip, and ended up downloading Blizzard's free card game Hearthstone from my hotel room. A few hundred games later, I can start to appreciate the…
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Those of us who grew up with video games in the 90s fondly remember the "console wars" of that era. There was Nintendo, with its iconic Super Nintendo system, filled to the brim with Mario and Yoshi and…
When Clicking is Pleasurable and Addictive
Click. Click click. Click click click click click click click click click click click click. One of our company mailing lists brought attention to Particle Clicker, a game that, as the title suggests, is about both particles and clicks. While…
The Indie Game Bubble
I've been meaning to write down my thoughts about the state of gaming and where we'll go as an industry for the next few years. As we're in the annual post-E3 lull, this…
The Troublesome Portrayal of Women in Video Games
Video games are notorious for catering to teenage boys. Puzzlingly, it's an increasingly outdated focus, persisting mostly in the creative direction and subsequent marketing of games reflected in big-budget titles more than in general-appeal casual games.…
