Just when you thought it was safe to vandalize gravestones, two emo kids come along and discover that getting in trouble by their parents would have been a more prefered consequence for disrespecting the dead as their exploits open up a portal to a hostile world. Fortunately for them (though I assume they died as a result) and the… Continue reading
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Hey! Play! PoleRiders
I was recently approached by our own Joshlee Dot Com about partaking in a bit of “pole riding” after we finished up a live podcast. It was late in the evening and I was too tired to resist, so I agreed to the activity despite not knowing what it was (Joshlee Dot Com has trusting eyes and… Continue reading
Speaking Code: HTML5 and Games of the Open Web
Games on the web are nothing new. About as long as the internet has existed, it seems like there have been games in the browser. In years past we’ve relied on browser plug-ins like Java, Shockwave, Flash, Silverlight, or Unity to play these games, but a new era is beginning as we speak. As browsers… Continue reading
Glitch Review: Big Free Creativity
You know what’s big? Giants. You know what giants have that are also big? Imaginations! So big in fact, that 11 giants combined their imaginations to create the game world of Glitch. Glitch is a new web-based MMO created by Tiny Speck that allows players to run around one “giant” universe learning, creating, and doing!… Continue reading
Hey! Play! Defend Your Nuts
As gamers, we tend to forget that our furry, nature based friends have conflicts of their own but monsters and other inhabitants of of the darkside are equal opportunity when it comes to causing problems. Defend Your Nuts may sound like something you do after making a chauvinistic remark, but it quite literally tells the… Continue reading
Gamer’s Journey: Lord of Ultima: Fall of an Empire
I’ve learned a LOT about myself in the recent weeks when it comes to how my “gaming” life and “real” life mix. But one of the biggest things I’ve learned is that my gaming habits do not occur in real time. A couple of months ago I wrote an article detailing my leadership training in the MMORTS Lord… Continue reading
Hey! Play! Papa’s Taco Mia!
Ever since my best friend started running a Tex-Mex style eatery out in Montana (The Silver Tip, great reviews and a solid chap behind the counter, tell Matt that Ethan sent you), I’ve been curious about what it takes to run such a joint on a day to day basis. His descriptions of long days and getting… Continue reading
Gamer’s Journey: Lord of Ultima: Leadership Training
Real-time strategy games have never been my cup of tea. I’ve never played any of the Heroes of Might and Magic series. I’ve never played Civilization. And I’ve only played Warcraft III a handful of times. How then do we get to today, where I’m the leader of a quickly-growing alliance in the game Lord… Continue reading
Hey! Play! Castaway 2
Grab your browser window, add a cup of Secret of Mana and a dash of Pokemon and presto, you’ve got the browser based action RPG Castaway 2 to help you kill time between trashcan basketball games. Castaway 2 tells the not so unfamiliar tale of a plucky young boy lost on a mystical island. Being that he’s not exactly sure how… Continue reading
Dead Frontier Gives Players a Cost Effective Way to Battle the Undead
With the release of the Call of Duty: Black Ops new DLC Escalation and its zombie level Call of the Dead having been released yesterday, the zombie craze that just won’t die is back and strong as ever (pun intended). For those of you that own a PS3, don’t have $15.00 or just want to shoot… Continue reading
Can Develop, Does Travel: An Interview with Rebuild Creator Sarah Northway
When I imagine the places where games take shape, I see cramped office spaces, bad lighting and trash cans full of candy bar wrappers and empty energy drinks. Sarah Northway, creator of the Flash zombie apocalypse sim Rebuild, tends to think outside the box, or better yet outside the country. After the success of her… Continue reading
Gaikai Wants to Bring AAA Titles to Your Browser
When it comes to hyping a product, adding “{product name} is the {type of item product is} of the future” will guarantee millions of sales. I think this has a lot to do with the future scenes in Back to the Future 2 because frankly everything that existed there (hoverboards, self drying jackets) was pretty awesome. Since… Continue reading