Sol Survivor review – tower defense done right
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the carpet bomb.
The sheer number of ways you can succeed at this game begs you to play it, over and over and over again.
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Archive for July, 2011
the top 10 great decisions game designers make
I admire great design just like every gamer. Sometimes the little things that are actually huge advances get overlooked because before long, all games have implemented that same great idea. Eventually it becomes an expected design decision. At that point, its unthinkable that any game would do it differently.
the top 10 mistakes that game designers still make
Since the dawn of home video gaming, circa 1980, games have offered exploration and adventure. They give everyone the ability to feel like a hero, to explore dangerous and uncharted lands. And since the very beginning, game designers have made huge blunders in creating those worlds.
Windows 8 and Xbox 360 – together at last
According to the good folks at MetroWNY (I don’t know who they are either), the next iteration of Windows will see it mashed up with the Xbox 360, with all of your games playable from Windows 8. Could this be the last nail in the coffin for Sony and its troubled Playstation? We shall see. [...]
and the Summer Steam Sale keeps on chugging….
Wow, there’s some good deals on there. 2 in particular caught my eye. If you’re in the mood for adding a dollop of chocolaty strategy to your dull vanilla fantasy, you may want to check these out. Paradox Fantasy Pack – $7.99 Comes with all the Elven Legacy games and addons (great turn-based strategy) as well as [...]
The myth of hyper-threading and the Intel i7 CPU
As mentioned in my previous post, I’m planning on building a new PC. So started my investigation into the magical world of computer components. And what I found is that a processor is not always worth more just because it’s got some awesomely bigger digits and oh-so fancy hyper-threading.
Farewell to Village Instruments and my ViDock 4. Hello (tiny) desktop gaming!
What is a ViDock? Who the heck are Village Instruments? They are good folks who tried really hard to bring desktop-class graphics to lowly laptops that have ExpressCard 34 slots.
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