Author: mgmb
25
Oct
Why I Stopped Playing: The Bard’s Tale
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Play Store: The Bard’s Tale Dev: inXile Entertainment Pub: ? (not clear who the publisher is for mobile versions; doesn’t appear to be Vivendi or related) Graphics: Aside...
24
Oct
Why I Stopped Playing: Bounty Stars
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Play Store: Bounty Stars Dev: ? (DeNA doesn’t appear to be it?) Pub: DeNA Games Graphics: Atmospheric, perfect for mobile platforms except for the storyboard backgrounds, which unfortunately...
23
Oct
Why I Stopped Playing: Star Squad
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Play Store: Star Squad Dev: Hardscore Games Pub: Kongregate Graphics: Cute and functional, but nearly too small for a mobile screen. Sound: Off, as usual Writing:...
16
Oct
Review: Space Marshals
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I’ve been playing a game called Space Marshals this week. It’s an isometric twin stick shooter from a company called Pixelbite. It appears that Pixelbite do their games...
27
Sep
Story: Out of Love
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When the girl at the bus stop died I thought it was over for us. I’d been waiting for the right moment to speak to...
25
Sep
Climate Change is Not a Short Term Problem
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Over on Charlie Stross’s latest blog post someone asked “Why would the temp keep going up for more than 10 years?” after a human extinction event....
24
Sep
Five years post
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I covered the bulk of what needs to be covered about this two years after my surgery, but at 5 years something new happens, so...
13
Sep
Ten minutes (and a bit) worth your time!
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There’s a Lookouts short film, and there’s a Thornwatch Kickstarter. Both pretty awesome. Still waiting for the Daughters of Eyrewood to have a worthy incarnation,...
19
Aug
Youtube channels for nerds
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I’ve been on a bit of a spree of subscribing to awesome Youtube channels lately, and I figured I’d take a moment out of my...