In spite of E3, there’s lots to choose from this week, especially if you like choose-your-own-text-adventures. Also, the last gasp of the PS3 and Xbox360 gets a Cars 3 licensed game, along with every other console in existence – possibly even the Amiga.
What do you do when you hate the lack of player agency in games but don’t want to try to fix the problem?
You make a puzzle game that points out that there is no player agency in games.
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2010
I’m procrastinating. I should go back to work, but I take a quick peek in my bookmarked folder of nerdage sites. Surely organizing that is a productive use of my time!
I delete the link for 8-bit Theater, as that webcomic is apparently, for reals, done-done.
Cave Johnson here. I want to talk to you investors about Subject A-119. Now, some of you might be thinking “How does Cave Johnson know about a top-secret research project at Black Mesa?” Well, I’ll let you in on a little secret: I didn’t, until you asked that question.
About two years ago, give or take, I reviewed Car Mechanic Simulator, where I was promptly taken to task for reviewing the 2014 edition when 2015 had just come out.
Well, I’m always happy to entertain requests. I just make no promises about punctuality or timeliness.
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