Happy Halloween everyone! Dress up, get/give out candy, and play some scary video games! Since I'm pressed for time today, I'll start off by being a cheapskate and linking to last year's article on some fun suggestions for Halloween gaming. But here's a brief listing of a couple more to get you in the Halloween spirit, and they're free indie games to boot! Cottage of Doom Cottage of Doom takes an old school gaming approach…
Read more →Wow, I apologize for the long absence. So let’s get right to some griping, shall we? ^_^ As you may recall from a previous post, I have been pretty enthusiastic about Valve’s puzzle title Portal, which started life as a freeware game made from a group of students titled Narbacular Drop. I’m also a big fan of the Half-Life series. I don’t really like many first person shooters, but Half-Life 2 completely sucked me in,…
Read more →So for those of you who didn’t know, Keiji Inafune-san, the creator of Megaman, was doing a signing at a Gamestop in New York on the 7th. My friend L and I decided that this would be a good chance to plan a grand New York adventure trip around the day, which would culminate in the meeting of one of gaming’s most legendary designers. We grabbed our laminated NY map and started plotting out the…
Read more →I've had this video on my phone for quite some time and thought I should do something with it. Something like post it. Here. It's the closest I've gotten to a perfect game of Wii Bowling. It may be the closest I'll ever get, I don't know. A strike in every frame, except for a 9 spare I get in the tenth. Here it is, my almost-legendary game. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM34yX63jDs&w=176&h=144]
Read more →Sometimes I save things on my hard drive for weird reasons. I might see a picture of a figure standing in an interesting way, or with great lighting and save it with the intention of drawing it later on. Or as is the case here, I might see a picture that Sony created in total seriousness that is the most absurd thing I've seen and will want to look back on it and laugh one…
Read more →Geez, it's been so long since I've written a blog in here, I've got to get back in the blogging habit here! Short post for today, but I thought I'd share some artwork I've been working on. First up is a short Sam and Max comic strip that was entered into Game|Life's contest. You can check out all the winners here, but I thought I'd post mine below, as I've moved some things around to…
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