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No Way Out of ‘Depression Quest’
I’ve decided to share a post I wrote for IGM last year about text-based Depression Quest. There’s an ongoing conversation about depression and suicide, and talking about games is also how I like to talk about feelings. Depression Quest is … Continue reading
Posted in Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, Gaming Culture
Tagged Depression Quest, games, Indie Game Mag, indie games, serious games, text-based games
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Failing The Turing Test
A copy-paste of my chat with Delta Airlines It went on like that for a while, while I tried to handle my frustration by imagining the conversation as a moment in text-based Adventure, trying endless variations on Open door … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Chapel Hill, Gaming Culture
Tagged Adventure, Chapel Hill, SxSW, text-based games
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Choice of Romance
Choice of Romance is a new text-based PC and iPhone game by Heather Albano and Adam Strong-Morse, using the same ChoiceScript code and choose-your-own-adventure style as Choice of Dragon. You play as a young mage, from a noble but impoverished … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged Choice of Dragon, Choice of Romance, ChoiceScript, games, Harvest Moon, henry viii, Raleigh, text-based, text-based games
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Choice of Dragon
Playing Fantasy University reminded me of how much I enjoyed text-based adventure games. Not that FU is entirely text based, just the the quest texts and item descriptions are meant to be read. I checked out Choice of Dragon, a … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged China, Choice of Broadside, Choice of Dragon, Choice Of Games, Eric, ESL, Fantasy University, frustrations, Game Reviews, games, itunes, Raleigh, reading, text-based, text-based games, travel, Young, Zork
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Ancient Secrets
I recently heard about Ancient Secrets over on GameHouse. You play as Kate, a young archeologist, who is following her father’s footsteps in the search for the lost key of the Tekka. Kate needs to gather solves puzzles to gather … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Game Reviews, Gaming Culture
Tagged Ancient Secrets, Books, casual games, China, Game Reviews, games, hidden object, latin, LOST, mac, text-based, text-based games, travel, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, Young
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Adventure in China.
When I was younger, I really liked playing text-based computer games. I played a lot of Adventure, a game without any graphics in which you controlled the story by typing commands, like Open Door or Take Gold. Often, you needed … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese life, games, New York City, Stick, text-based, text-based games, World of WarCraft, WoW, Young
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Weifang Math
So we’re trying to check into a hotel in Weifang. It takes all 3 of us to speak Chinese. I can understand the most, then I tell Jeff and Fresca the gist of what’s just been said. Jeff says “Oh, … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged chinese, Chinese life, games, jEFF, mandarin, new game, New York City, text-based, text-based games
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