Category Archives: Gaming Culture
Traffic Control Algebra
Edupup’s Traffic Control Algebra asks players to review their algebra skills, while keeping crazy drivers from crashing into each other. I was assigned to review any educational game on eduXtive, and I was really happy to find this one, and … Continue reading
No Pineapple Left Behind
I was really excited to hear about Seth Alter’s new game project, No Pineapple Left Behind. When we’d talked last, he’d dropped some hints that his next project had to do with pineapples in school, but this was not exactly … Continue reading
JPodding
So it turns out that I don’t love JPod as much as I previously thought. Sure, there was a completely genius part where our hero, Ethan, can’t quit his job because he’s been kinda-sorta-promised a promotion to assistant production assistant … Continue reading
Or Something
I’ve been reading a wonderful reinvention of Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid, and it’s full of clever references to Austen stories, or jokes about Twilight, or literary snark in general. I’ve been highlighting a passage on practically every page, but this … Continue reading
Grab It Magazine
I have a new piece in Grab It Magazine talking with Nate about his amazing work in game audio. (He has more to say about sound design than I do.) Grab It is a new iPad magazine focusing on indie … Continue reading
Turning Gaming Passions into Profits at SXSW
Anthony, one of my friends from The Phat Startup, was on a panel called “Turning Gaming Passions into Profits” at SXSW. I would normally skip this kind of panel, because these usually talk about elevator pitches and personal brands and … Continue reading
Codeswitching
I’m currently working on a core game, and I also teach programming for preteens. Today at the core studio, our server crashed in a way that meant hours of work for the whole team. While colorful language erupted around the … Continue reading
Polygon on the Changes at Epic Games
From this week’s Polygon article on all the changes at Epic: The company’s only currently announced game, Fortnite, was revealed in late 2011, and Epic has been relatively quiet about its development. Epic has released new titles since then, including … Continue reading
Video Game Industry Rant — luckysipe’s old man blog
Harold has a good post up about monetizing in games, and I wanted to share it here: So, I was at a game demo event a couple of years ago in NYC. This sort of thing was mostly attended by … Continue reading
Not Quite Legendary ‘Legend Online’
Legend Online is the second game I’ve reviewed over at GiN. My editor, Marie, assigned me the game and also sent me a very generous credit in Diamonds, the game’s premium currency, from the game’s publicist. But when I looked … Continue reading
