rolling thread of stuff worth reading on videogames

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10956-Dungeon-Keeper-Mobile-Review-Wallet-Reaper

Ouch.

such a shame. i remember dk1 very very fondly

Always was curious about it, maybe put off a bit by the cover art. Worth tracking down?

Yes on gog atm

definitely one of those oldies i always meant to get around to. i think my PC couldn't run it in the late 90s

Ha, never realized it was Molyneux! That is tempting. Wonder if the ad copy is a subtle joke at his expense: That's right--Dungeon Keeper, Bullfrog's classic dungeon management strategy, gives you no extra credit for having any morals. After all, the underworld isn't black and white!

ugh though, every time i go to gog i'm tempted to spend like $50 pointlessly on games that just catch my eye and look pretty, e.g. "Banner Saga" which I've never heard of, or random shit that won game of the year like fifteen years ago but i never played but it's still $10 and ehh, i could spend that on so many other things...

haha i know what you mean. at least know everything will eventually go on sale at GOG or Steam during a holiday. that said, if they ever ported Planescape Torment to Mac i'd buy it again in a heartbeat

I think dk was out before b&w

It was - I'm assuming here for the sake of my own mild amusement that the ad copy is GOG's.

probably, they like doing that kind of stuff

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/02/gamings-long-con.html

Surprised he didn't mention the fuss about the sub 2 hours runtime that the next MGS has

re: Dungeon Keeper: original is now FREE on Gog.com for the next couple days. Ha!

Nice!

great game, many hours lost to that back in th' day

download queue is apparently long as fuck, understandably. hey, it's free!

Kinda LOL at the parallel 90% off sale though. Oh boy, Rise of the Triad for only $2.99!!! Duke3D for $1.19 is cool though.

some great stuff in the 80% off pile - don't let the multiplayer description fool you, there's stuff like System Shock 2 and Alpha Centauri in there for buttons

sorry, that is the 90% off pile, 80% is other RPGs, might take the punt on Neverwinter Nights 2 cos at that price if it runs like shit on my machine i won't feel hard done by

oh, didn't realise you had to buy the whole pack full of stuff i already own

once you add the game to your account, you can always download it later - give 'em a few days. i might buy DK2 for $1.50 for the hell of it, though sadly it's not mac compatible. There's also that Chaos Engine remaster

System Shock 2 i'll wait for a sale on Steam.. for the Steam cards. yes I'm ashamed

alpha centauri has been my best (well from one perspective worst) gog purchase so far. idk if i've played a better strategy game.

90% list also has magic carpet and ut2004 -- the former totally sui generis, the latter representing the furthest quakestyle shooters were willing to take themselves before turning towards military hardware and people who can't jump 15 feet in the air

http://www.polygon.com/features/2014/2/24/5419788/eve-online-thrilling-boring

Great article. I tend to love these EVE anthropology stories

fantastic article, best I've read in the "explaining the appeal of EVE online" subgenre

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2014/02/left-behind-women-video-games

predictable post, but, good article

i really need to play left behind still huh

great piece, makes me wish left behind was on xbox. laura was a fantastic editor on comics alliance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KMlXRshQ0Y
New Chrontendo! Covering:
Defender of the Crown
Cobra Triangle
Thundercade
Strider
Mother(!!!!)
Famista '89: Kaimaku Han!!
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
Twin Cobra
Cosmic Wars
Meimon! Daisan Yakyuubu
Moeru! Oniisan/Circus Caper
Magma Project - Hacker
Melville's Flame
Shingen the Ruler
Captain Ed

an episode of this is two hours!?? sorry man

you never seen chrontendo? dude is playing through every nintendo/famicom game ever made and giving background, creator stories, design commentary... they're great. best served by skipping around though. I had no idea there was an nes splatterhouse

it's SUPER nerdy stuff but loads of fun

crazy stuff going on in the world of professional gaming
http://www.dailydot.com/esports/league-of-legends-promise-suicide-match-fixing/

yikes. and i thought the pot-splitting in the fighting scene was bad! this sort of thing is inevitable once gambling creeps in, unfortunately

http://www.polygon.com/features/2014/3/24/5519352/defense-grid-2-fun

Uhhhhhhhh I'm just going to put this here.

Just skimming the photos - these are teenagers doing an elaborate performance piece for April Fools, right? Or am I old?

I can't get over how long that thing is

thanks for reminding me this dude still exists. and by thanks I mean BLARRRFFFFFFFFF

It says he wrote 3 essays on SMB3? I've only read the one on Actionbutton, are the others published online?

Starbaby

i preferred seanbaby

DISC 1: Roy Ozaki of Mitchell Corp / Kouichi Yotsui of Strider / Westone offices / Ryuichi Nishizawa of Wonderboy / Cannon Dancer director's commentary / TGS 2013 tour / Yusaku Yamamoto of GameSide / BEEP Shop with Takayuki Komabayashi / Keigo Matsubara and his 14,000 books / Data East's Deco Cassette / unseen footage of Flash Boy & Ninja, the rarest Deco games / Michitaka Tsuruta of Solomon's Key / Sony Indies Stream / Yuzo Koshiro of Sega / Bare Knuckle 4 / Professor Yoshihiro Kishimoto of Pac-Land / BONUS: photo slideshows

DISC 2: Hifumi Kouno, Masaki Higuchi, and Masatoshi Mitori on Human Entertainment / Toru Hidaka, legendary Enix programmer / Yutaka Isokawa of Catrap / dissecting Namco's neGcon controller / visiting Kobe, Kyoto and Osaka / unreleased MSX game by Yuichi Toyama / PCE vs FC audio with Takayuki Hirono / design documents for Guardian Legend, MUSHA, and Aleste 2 / Masayuki Suzuki explains Taito pixel art / parallax scrolling on PCE / artist Satoshi Nakai / flying to Hokkaido / composer Yasuhito Saito / Sapporo by night / capsule hotel / Hudson's abandoned R&D laboratory / The Game Preservation Society / the rarest PCE game / OutRun tapes with Yoji Ishii / Famicom programming with Manabu Yamana / Yoshiro Kimura / unreleased CBM game / Hiroshi Suzuki / Masakuni Mitsuhashi / prototype MSX / Akira Takiguchi / rock, paper, scissors with Kotaro Hayashida of Alex Kidd / Akihabara / Nakano Broadway / Night photography / BONUS: photo slideshows

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/japandvd/japandvd.htm

A DVD accompanying a book, with lots of interviews of Japanese game developers. Looks very interesting!

40 pounds, fffffffffffff

articles about EVE never not good:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/28/eve-diary-part-three-oui-together/

true but also supports the axiom that its more interesting to read about eve than it is to play it

a great chick article even if i don't imagine i'll ever get around to playing the game: http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2014/05/05/ten-reasons-imperialism-ii-greatest-strategy-game-ever-made/