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No comments onThe second case in Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective was a lot easier, taking under an hour to fully solve. The game’s mechanics continue to fascinate me and I can see all sorts of ways to extend them with apps…
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Played the reprint of the classic Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective last night. First chapter was solid, and I was struck by the gameplay similarities with Her Story (in a good way).
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Good piece on why Wing Commander II sold so well from a commercial, tech, and storytelling perspective. Thankfully, the author doesn’t get bogged down in the tiresome ludology vs. narrative wars.
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Like the original game, Life is Strange: Before the Storm has baffling lapses in writing quality and yet remains an beautifully touching and earnest story. What Remains of Edith Finch is great, but there aren’t that many mostly-realistic games like LIS these days.
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Violin Hero: The Game
Is there any instrument that sounds more unpleasant in the hands of a beginner than the violin? Consider the piano. No matter where you hit the keys, you‘re guaranteed to be in tune, whereas if you’re off by just a millimetre on the violin, everyone will know. The guitar has frets that help delineate finger…
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Once Upon a Time in the Westworld
No-one watches Game of Thrones and thinks, “this show describes my life perfectly.” It may contain plenty of themes and imagery that ring true today, about lust for power and the pitiless brutality of war — it may be fantastic storytelling — but unlike drama set in the ‘real’ world of doctors and policewomen and unemployed people, it’s a…
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Austerity: The LARP
Everyone in Britain is playing a game called Austerity. Some are playing the game with enthusiasm and conviction. Some are playing with calculation and cunning. And others believe they are not playing, when in fact they cannot escape the game. Austerity is not a console game with expensive graphics, nor is it an addictive casual…
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The Secret Weapon to Get Kids Fit
Here’s a conundrum: Games are fun. Kids like games. Especially computer games. Many parents think their kids should be more physically active. So why don’t we have more games that get kids moving?. Combining kids’ love of games with their parents love of keeping their kids healthy seems like the perfect opportunity to do good…
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Watching the Future of Wearable Gaming
If you’ve been paying attention to the big tech headlines recently, you’ll have noticed the same trend as I have. Apple Watch. Microsoft HoloLens. Magic Leap. Wearable computing is on everyone’s minds (and arms, and faces). But all these people getting excited about their glasses and digital crowns are late to the party. We’ve all…
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Eternal Fundraising, Luxuries as Resiliency, Isometric Buildings
Mr. Miller Doesn’t Go to Washington, a bracingly honest story about running for Congress. It just astonishes me quite how much time candidates – and elected politicians – have to spend on fundraising. Hours. A. Day. I had written before about how crazy it is that we expect politicians to spend four hours a day…
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