07 Nov

I’m Batman

I’ll admit that I was a little nervous when I hit that button for the first time last Friday. As the games flashed onscreen, I wondered: what would my fate be? Would the game I was to play be a AAA title I’d neglected? An indie darling that I’d played for half an hour only to get distracted by something shinier?

I'm Batman

It was Batman: Arkham Asylum – a game that I had beaten on console when it released. Not only had I beaten it, I had actually spent more than a few hours after finishing the campaign in the numerous challenge rooms, trying to outscore one of my friends who was playing it at the same time. This was a game I had given more than the time of day oh-so-long ago. What would it be like to be Batman again, especially after a two-sequel interlude? I installed the bugger and proceeded to find out.  Read More →

27 Oct

Ready Player I

Time to try something.

I have tons of games – games I play somewhat regularly, games I play for a bit and then forget about entirely, games I’ve gotten in a bundle that I forget about instantly, games that I tell myself I’ll always get around to playing. I never do; I never get around to playing the games I’m waiting to get around to.

So here’s the deal. Every week, I’m going to let the random number generator over at steamroulette.net pick a game for me. I’m going to sit down with that game for a minimum of 3 hours over the course of the week. And I’m going to write a coherent bit of faff about it on this site that either uses my game design knowledge and skills, my general world view, or – if I’m really feeling saucy – my funny bone. [Note: I just looked up faff and it looks like it’s only supposed to be used as a verb and not a noun, but I don’t ascribe to that sort of restrictionist faff.] Read More →