the Civ games always come from a liberal capitalist perspective, maybe 4 more than most, will have to think about it later when i've read the article
― nostalgie de couilles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 09:03 (ten years ago) link
I actually owned a copy of Imperialism II when I was in high school, and remember playing for many hours. Most of the stuff he says is bang on, but most of what I still remember about the game these days is how broken the combat model was once everyone maxed their artillery out. I might try loading it up again.
― Millsner, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
http://jeff-vogel.blogspot.de/2014/05/the-indie-bubble-is-popping.html?
― anonanon, Friday, 23 May 2014 03:52 (nine years ago) link
eh, he complains about this all the timeand also steadfastly refuses to make games that look like they were made after 1994
― Nhex, Friday, 23 May 2014 05:33 (nine years ago) link
I've been getting into rpgs lately for pretty much the first time in my life. Now that I'm older and smoke weed I have a lot more patience for the reading/slow pace. And general strangeness of it all.
Moral of the story..smoke some weed before you read things in video games.
― Dreamland, Friday, 23 May 2014 06:50 (nine years ago) link
two words deus ex
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 23 May 2014 07:38 (nine years ago) link
Perhaps this
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqcJOa5CQAAa9L3.jpg
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
someone else read it and get back to us
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
i accidentally read to 1002 and my life turned into a glitchy mess of random shapes and numbers, worried i might be dead
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
weed + video games is the most classic combo
― Mordy, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
um - not videogames but this board is called i love games + it's good:
http://grantland.com/features/diplomacy-the-board-game-of-the-alpha-nerds/
― Mordy, Thursday, 19 June 2014 04:26 (nine years ago) link
Today I will mostly be getting high and playing oblivion.
― DISMISSED AS CHANCE (NotEnough), Thursday, 19 June 2014 06:20 (nine years ago) link
Wow somebody wrote a book about my backlog.
― JimD, Thursday, 19 June 2014 09:56 (nine years ago) link
xps That Diplomacy article was interesting, but like with those EVE articles, I feel like I'm looking at an alien culture that bizarrely spends its free time filling itself with bile and anger.
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
Atari E.T. burial and excavation documentary trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaWAyHIqok
― Lee626, Saturday, 26 July 2014 10:16 (nine years ago) link
getting bored of people overstating The Great Videogame Crash Of 1983 which only happened in the US really, the rest of the world was getting on fine thanks
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 26 July 2014 10:45 (nine years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/quest-super-mario-64s-impossible-coins-and-mystery-207910
― alanbatman (abanana), Friday, 8 August 2014 06:12 (nine years ago) link
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-us-army-has-a-new-laser-cannon-and-it-works-wi/1100-6422188/
― Mordy, Thursday, 11 September 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
that video is some scary shithttp://www.boeing.com/defense-space/ic/des/hel_md_0514_vid.html
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 11 September 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
stephen thecatamites @thecatamites · Sep 16♫ flann o'briens newpaper column is funny ♫ but he's so cranky all the time ♫ i don't want to read this ♫ i want to read a strategy guide ♫
http://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2014/09/on-gamers-and-identity.html
does any one here read noyb's zero feedback?http://zerofeedback.tumblr.com/
― bamcquern, Friday, 19 September 2014 05:39 (nine years ago) link
that ellaguro blog isn't bad
― Nhex, Friday, 19 September 2014 06:21 (nine years ago) link
liz ryerson is cool. This is one of my favorite things she's done:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FylamIJ19n8
― bamcquern, Friday, 19 September 2014 06:35 (nine years ago) link
heh, that's great. killer boards too!"for those of you who know history"
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 September 2014 06:50 (nine years ago) link
hahaha this rules, and yeah those levels are amazing, super awesome to see people using DOOM engine to create the kind of trippy freaky environment that the original maps were going for but only rarely came close to.
"It really resonated with me, so much that I turned on no clipping and just kinda.. swam around in this area for a while, cause I, liked it. I mean, not for very long, but, just long enough to appreciate it."
"And here's where the player sort of enters in the portal where they can...where it, the self-examination begins and you start to see, something about our own sort of internalized beliefs and acceptances of colonialism, um, through shooting people in the face. But you know, the game is really artful about that, in how it presents that."
"And this is where the game starts to be challenging and critical and really forward-thinking in a lot of ways, and not to mention a really kind of deep look into the subconscious of your character, which is a thing that very few artists, let alone game designers really care to engage in, and Cliffy B, I mean, he has to be credited for this very adventurous and risky move, especially in the context of a AAA game."
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 19 September 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
That is really amazing. I used to make Doom levels back in the day, but never saw anything as impressive as those! The cave-like environments must have taken forever to do.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 September 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
The cynicism was really funny but didn't need to go on for 15 minutesThose Doom levels were sick!!
― Nhex, Friday, 19 September 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
I think I've watched it all the way through about four times. If it's not clear, (I think it is at least from the sidebar recs), Liz is really into doom and doom wads. She's done some good writing about amateur doom and wolfenstein maps.
― bamcquern, Friday, 19 September 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
I feel like it needed at least 10 to 12 minutes to adequately parody droning, badly-argued reviews for shooters labelled ingenious and artistic, but it's a fair point.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 19 September 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
I guess I should get around to playing B:I someday...
― Nhex, Friday, 19 September 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
Must play a character named after legendary 5-time World Champion Booker T
― Nhex, Friday, 19 September 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link
via noyb, for people interested in interactive fiction, curation, and criticism in an age with more games than we can possibly keep track of:
http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10865
― bamcquern, Monday, 13 October 2014 07:45 (nine years ago) link
http://dismagazine.com/disillusioned/discussion-disillusioned/70440/ian-bogost-funemployed-playborers/
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
https://medium.com/message/playing-with-my-son-e5226ff0a7c3"it's about ethics in video game parenting"
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
that's great!
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
awesome
― Nhex, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
The Chosen One!
― schwantz, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
This came back - I'll actually grab it this time:https://storybundle.com/gamesLess than a day to go
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 December 2014 07:27 (nine years ago) link
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/is-simcity-homelessness-a-bug-or-a-feature
(via Trayce)
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
Great read - thanks!
― schwantz, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
now i want to read that guy's book
― am0n, Thursday, 22 January 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.fastcompany.com/3040889/the-untold-story-of-the-invention-of-the-game-cartridge
vice article reminds me of how in simcity 2000 people would recommend demolishing all churches because people can't live in them
― poxy fülvous (abanana), Saturday, 24 January 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
That cartridge history article was great. Never seen the Channel F before and I thought I was pretty up on these things! Boggling to think of paying $169 in 1977 dollars - over six hundred dollars today - for the system.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 January 2015 06:04 (nine years ago) link
Last day or so for Storybundle Video Game Bundle Vhttp://storybundle.com/games
I've been wanting to read A Mind Forever Voyaging for some time now. Guess I'll spring for Tier 2 too.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
have you played the game it's named after? one of my alltime faves.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
never played it, but sounds interesting!
― Nhex, Thursday, 29 January 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
play it before we do the new alltime gaming poll so you can vote for it
― Mordy, Thursday, 29 January 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
heh. i don't know if I have the stones to do IF anymore, tbh...
― Nhex, Thursday, 29 January 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thenation.com/article/197849/videogame-yanis-varoufakis-used-study-eurozone
It began with an email. “I have been following your blog for a while,” wrote Gabe Newell, president of the videogame developer Valve, in October 2013. “Here at my company we were discussing an issue of linking economies in two virtual environments (creating a shared currency), and wrestling with some of the thornier problems of balance of payments, when it occurred to me ‘this is Germany and Greece’ . . . . Rather than continuing to run an emulator of you in my head, I thought I’d check to see if we couldn’t get the real you interested in what we are doing.”
― polyphonic, Thursday, 12 February 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
nerrrrrrrd
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 12 February 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link