Talkin' about Assassin's Creed.

Hey everyone long time no see!

I don't know if I'll get back to my regular weekly schedule just yet but I did have some words written about the Assassin's Creed series which has a new entry out and is about to enter it's ninth year with no sign of stopping. So let's talk about it! By which I mean you sit there and watch as I ramble on for thousands of words.

There's a lot to be said for the relative strengths and weaknesses of Ubisoft Montreal's flagship series so I'll try to give everything a fair shake as I come to it. That being said... Full Disclosure: I really like Assassin's Creed. I've liked it since the first one, warts and all. So I tend to give these games the benefit of the doubt when it comes to criticizing them but I do recognize there are areas of these games and how they're designed that are very deserving of it.

Uncharted 2: Among Murderers

Hey everyone!

It's been a month since I last updated, I know. It was a busy month and I needed a bit of a break. I'm going to try to get back to my weekly schedule or at the very least get back to updating regularly.

While there's a lot that's been going on the past month I'm just going to take a minute to talk about the nature of the Triple A game, otherwise known as the Immaculately Conceived Murder Sim. The jumping off point: A little game from 2009 by Naughty Dog called Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.

Gamification, or: The Thing That Ate Video Games

Hey everybody!

It's been a week so you know what the deal is. Was kind of busy this week so the post is shorter than usual but hopefully no less thought-provoking. It has to do with a trend in game design that has become quite prominent lately.

Check it out.

The Holo-World: Coming Soon to a Society Near You

Hello again dear readers,

While I spent last week's post dwelling a bit in the past and its effects on the present day I would like to take this week's post to look ahead a bit into the future.

Specifically, I want to take a closer look at the whole Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality trend that has been gaining traction in the past few years. Due to advances in the technology and a lot of hard work in development the science fiction vision of the future where everyone is interacting with holograms and stuff will soon be upon us.

So what does it all mean? Well, I'm glad you asked.

Virtual Economies in Digital Gaming; or, The Future I Did Not See Coming

Good lord has it been a week already?!

It looks like it has! I better write something!

Okay, uh, so you know how sometimes when you're doing something like, say, playing a video game or reading a good book time just seems to slip away from you? Well, psych!, my week hasn't really been like that at all. I've just had the flu since I last posted.

Still have the flu, technically, but I don't feel as bad as I did. I'm not quite back at 100% but I'll get there don't you worry.

Now, I heard you liked video games?

The Way Things Were: MS-DOS Gaming

Hey everyone!

A little late again as usual but this time it's a special post. That wonderful site the Internet Archive has a new section for software and among their selections they have over 2000 (!) MS-DOS games and, get this, they're all PLAYABLE right from your browser!

So if you're at all curious what PC gaming in the late '80s and early '90s was like then click through and take a quick tour with me.

Indies Comin' At Ya In 2015!

HAPPY NEW YEAR MURDER HEADS!

While you were out getting wasted at the New Years office party trying to work up the courage to approach Janice from HR there were lots of people who had bravely left behind the world of steady employment to follow their passions and make their dream games reality.

Through sheer force of will along with whatever money they could scrape together from Kickstarter and People Like You! these creative souls prove that you don't need a multimillion dollar budget to produce the Next Great Thing in video gaming.

In this post I'm going to talk about a smattering of some Hot New Indie stuff I'm personally looking forward to this year. It's by no means comprehensive regarding what all is coming out this year because in case you haven't noticed indies are still exploding and show no signs of stopping any time soon.

Suffice it to say these games represent the cream of the crop because in addition to being an all around awesome dude I have also happen to have excellent taste in video games.

I swear you aren't ready for this action but it's comin' at ya anyway!