Tag Archives: Hardcore Droid

A Design for Boring: The Freemium Model Problems

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Meg

New piece talking about freemium games on DragonBlogger.  Bad freemium frustrates me, although I think games have value, developers should be paid for their craft, and freemium is not automatically evil. After many rounds of editing, and many discussions with … Continue reading →

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Kara Rokblade

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Meg

I wrote about QuestLord over at Hardcore Droid. QuestLord, from Eric Kinkead, is an accessible – but not necessarily lite – retro role-playing adventure.  The game opens with the sweet RPG classics. Your character is a human, elf or dwarf, … Continue reading →

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Dungelot: Amazing Dungeon-sweeper

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Meg

New article on Hardcore Droid, talking about lite roguelike dungeon-crawler Dungelot: Since Dungelot is described as a roguelike, I’d expected the usual endless player deaths, punishing difficulty (especially through bad luck), and a lot of mind-numbingly repetitive replay. The game … Continue reading →

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Speaking Simlish

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Meg

I play a lot of games. I also read about games, and think about games, and work on games, and write about games. Sometimes my game development work gets in the way of my games journalism, and my editor at Hardcore … Continue reading →

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Find The Lamp, The Oil, and The Wick

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Meg

 I wrote about that adventure game with hidden object elements, Dark Arcana, for Hardcore Droid. I enjoyed playing it, and would recommend the game, but couldn’t resist a little snarking at hidden object cliches.   In a typical HO game, players … Continue reading →

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Zenonia Hates Me

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Meg

New post on Zenonia 5 on Hardcore Droid: Zenonia 5, Gamevil’s latest installment in the Zenonia series, is a fantasy action RPG for Droid.  Players enter an engaging fantasy world, with charming characters, oddly adorable monsters to fight, an epic … Continue reading →

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Hidden Object Adventures

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Meg

Harold came in while I was sprawled on the couch, immersed in a new game for a Hardcore Droid review. “Are you playing a hidden object game?” he asked, with a certain amount of shock in his voice. Harold and … Continue reading →

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Still Life With Engagement Ring and Chinese MMO Text

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Meg

This past year, Harold and I got engaged! I still can’t really believe it, and saying “my fiance” and “after we’re married…” makes me laugh hysterically. In 2012, I contributed to three shipped games, Grumpy Goats, Next Island and Empire Online Lakoo. I started writing for … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Wright’s Nemesis

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Meg

New review of Devil’s Attorney for Android is live on Hardcore Droid: In Senri AB’s Devil’s Attorney, players take on the role of Max McMann, an ethically flexible defense attorney, tasked with keeping his unfortunate and misunderstood clients out of jail. … Continue reading →

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Knights of Pen & Paper

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Meg

New review of Knights of Pen & Paper up on Hardcore Droid: Knights of Pen & Paper, from indie Behold Studios, simulates a D&D tabletop campaign, in which players encounter campy tabletop monsters and running dramatic rescues. From the beginning, … Continue reading →

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