Diablo II was a huge hit. At the time, it was a near perfect conclusion to the hack and slash action role playing game. After its release, people loved and played the game so much, it appears no one else had any ideas on how to improve and progress the genre. Apart from Dungeon Siege [...]
As a lighter aside, here’s one more way to get into interactive fiction. The game-genre that has been going strong for 30+ years. JayIsGames, my favorite casual gameplay site, is holding an interactive fiction competition. The goal was to create an “escape” themed interactive fiction game. The quality of the entries is excellent, and most [...]
Before we really get started in the New Year, here is a final look back at another great casual game of 2009, called Graveyard Shift. While Avalon was all relaxation, Graveyard Shift is about adrenaline. It’s a rail shooter in Flash. While the nighttime landscape scrolls from right to left, zombies and their brethren show [...]
Avalon is a strategy game, but not unlike any you know. You may try it out immediately or continue to read my praise. It’s not a free game, but it will be worth your money. I have a few more developer related posts ready, full with interesting tidbits and technical knowledge. But before I pressed [...]
I’ve recently sunk some time in Bioshock and I’d like to share some of my thoughts on the game. First, it has been hailed as the spiritual successor to System Shock 2. And in many ways it is. It has the same spooky feel and the same multiple-solutions-for-the-same-problem approach. Which I like. Where it differs, [...]
Another one of JayIsGames discoveries. This wonderfully simple game, called Chup. It’s a puzzle game disguised in an oldskool platform look. It has charm by the boatloads. When the chiptune music starts, you know it’s going to be fun. Don’t let yourself be distracted by the screen shots, you need to experience the simplicity of [...]
For a while, Eurogamer has been featuring reviews of old games. For marketing reasons, they call them retrospectives. I hear you wondering, what’s so special about reviews for age old games? Well, that probably means you’re either too young to know the games, or have too much time on your hands and can play through [...]
LEGO, Star Wars, free and games. What could be better than combining those four. Not much! The new LEGO Star Wars game has it all. The Quest for R2-D2 is a completely free game that you will love. It isn’t quite as deep as the full games, such as the original trilogy, but the quality [...]
Games based on cartoons. It seems like a match made in heaven. Yet only very few games manage to pull it off. Leaving Loki’s Lockup does. It’s based on an up-and-coming Nickelodeon cartoon called Hans Hans, the Biking Viking. Upon playing the game, I immediately thought of The Lost Vikings. It’s an old DOS (and [...]
Since I have completed the storyline, this might be my final entry on GTA Chinatown Wars. The game only shows me a 48% completion, so I still got a lot of stuff to do. I don’t think I’ll be going for 100, but I might take on a few additional missions. According to the in-game [...]