Posted on Sun 11 December 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
I recently discovered via Borderlands’ facebook feed that there’s going to to be a novel which uses the same setting as the game. Of course I, having enjoyed the game quite much, was curious about that. Add to that the fact that I previously read a lot of books …
Continue readingPosted on Tue 01 November 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
I have finally managed to absorb all story-relevant content of the Night Circus browser game, which is incidentially quite well timed given that there has been talk on twitter about closing the game down around the time of Halloween. Now, I admit last time I checked the circus was still …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 02 October 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
I’ve been playing, reading and enjoying The Night Circus for about two weeks now. It’s a free browser-based game which is used to promote a fantasy book also called “The Night Circus” written by new author Erin Morgenstern. I came across the game in something of a cross …
Continue readingPosted on Fri 30 September 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
I’ve just finished playing through Borderlands with a friend in the co-op mode which Borderlands is semi-famous for. Some might argue that Borderlands was mainly intended as a cooperative experience and the fact that it has a single player mode is simply a side effect of stripping out the …
Continue readingPosted on Fri 09 September 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
I recently had a stab at Cut the Rope on the iPad (using the iPad of a co-worker). The game’s concept is strikingly simple: Feed candy to an adorable green monster. Of course it’s not that easy: There are some strings attached (see what I did there?). The …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 22 May 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
Yes, another post about this game. I felt like I did not give this game enough credit by just pointing out its flaws. I acknowledge there being several things that I like. Though I can only describe a few points which I have seen during my limited time playing.
From …
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Posted on Thu 19 May 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
You see, this term I’m supposed to take a course on usability at university which I do. Thing is, ever since my first - and so far only - visit to the lectures and the group works I’ve started seing usability problems or general lack of good design everywhere. The …
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Posted on Mon 18 April 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
And I’m finally through the Alan Wake LP (which I picked up thanks to my friend Trayzard). This last entry does contain some minor spoilers that I couldn’t quite write around without overcomplicating things. To make this more interesting to you I’ll not …
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Posted on Sun 17 April 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
By now I’ve finished watching the LP from the previous post until the end of the main game (read: excluding the two DLCs). I’ve also jotted down another batch of thoughts about the game itself.
First things first: The game will get extremely repetitive after a while. Well …
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Posted on Sat 16 April 2011 • Tagged with Video Games
Okay, so by the time I am publishing this I’m about 4 hrs into an “Alan Wake” Let’s Play. This is a a little collection of thoughts that came to my mind while I was watching one video after another.
First things first: I think the faces look …
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