Tag Archives: games
Gamification
The other night, I was having a drink with Harold and the awesome Francesco Marconi from Herograph when we got talking about gamification. I was at a total loss for why hearing “gamification” sometimes makes me want to kick people … Continue reading
I Heart Chaos: Cloud Assassin
From my newest piece on iheartchaos (Just a reminder, my posts here are totally worksafe, but this site is not entirely PG. Ahem.) The new Cloud Assassin smartphone game makes the dorm (and boring workplace) game mobile and accessible. Playerscan … Continue reading
Socks, Inc.
Socks, Inc. was one of the local games demoed at last week’s NYGaming. Socks, Inc. is a supercute AR game. Players create a sock puppet character, and set off to do real-world challenges, like snapping a picture of your sock … Continue reading
Bad Press
Duke Nukem Forever dev 2K Games has severed their long-time working relationship with PR firm The Redner Group after the firm threatened to blacklist journalists who gave the game negative scores. Clearly unimpressed with some of the comments about Duke’s … Continue reading
Tomb Raider Reboot
I slipped into a demo of the new Tomb Raider reboot (Thanks again to the person who snuck me in and doesn’t want to be named on my blog), featuring a young Lara Croft. Now, I’ve always been a bit … Continue reading
Angry Feminist Games Blogger
I love the over-the-top craziness of the show floor, with sets, swag, crazy stunts, and costumed booth babes, but the bouncy castle jumpers were a bit too close to girls-on-trampolines for me. Using boobs to sell games is insulting everyone, … Continue reading
Red Bull Augmented Racing
When the demo for Red Bull augmented racing began at NYGaming‘s local games demo, I was just getting warmed up for a rant on how much I hate branded games. Corporate sponsorship almost always means a mediocre casual game, minus … Continue reading
Journalists’ Secret Handshake
I always feel like when I make just a little bit more money on a story, or get into a magazine with a slightly higher circulation, I’ll feel like a real writer. But right now, whenever I receive a press … Continue reading
Droid Odyssey on Indie Game Mag
New review of Droid Odyssey up on Indie Game Mag: I want the Droid app market to take off. I want there to be as many wild indie games for my Droid as for my friends’ iPhones, all organized into … Continue reading
Deep Sea
When I was in Austin for SxSW, I got the chance to check outsome amazing indie games at Screenburn, and I wrote up my reaction to Deep Sea, over at Indie Game Mag: Deep Sea, Robin Arnott’s terrifying sound-based undersea … Continue reading
