RT @phoboslab: X-Type - Making Of http://www.phoboslab.org/log/2012/06/x-type-making-of
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Catan
September 2011
add me on @Wordfeud: username 'milov'
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November 2004
Half-Life 2
After too many failed attempts to buy Half-Life 2 Silver via that Steam thing, I decided to just buy the regular DVD version in the store last thursday. Which installed fine, yay!
I'm playing it on Hard to make sure I don't breeze through it too quickly, which seems to be working: I'm already going to have to go back to an earlier saved game because I won't be getting past those manhacks with no ammo + 15% health. An opportunity to enjoy the amazing scenery some more.
October 2004
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September 2003
Listening to: NESkimos - a NES cover band [via the-inbetween.com]
August 2003
DHTML Lemmings - Whaaa... Amazing entry for the GoT DHTML Contest. [via 2lmc spool]
July 2003
Game Girl Advance: Zine - nice collection of gaming-related articles/stories. [via Anil Dash]
A Neko kitty collection - download the original Windows version of Neko from 1991 (zipped .exe). I was always very fond of this early combination of cutesy pixel art and user mouse movement interaction, no doubt at some level an inspiration for many an iambald-number.
The first thing that crossed my mind when trying it today was that I must surely have enough photos of cats in various poses to make a photographic dhtml version of it. :)
Tierra Entertainment - remakes of classic Sierra adventure games! Downloading KQ1VGA now... [via danelope]
May 2003
Crashday - wow, a new game inspired by the classic, awesome Stunts/4D Sports Driving! [via the new games.slashdot.org [via ludology.org]]
April 2003
History of Q*Bert [via kottke.org]
January 2003
Talk Like a Gamer [via glish.com]
November 2002
gamebutton arcade - tiny playable Javascript games contained within html form buttons! [via Boing Boing]
September 2002
New games at Orisinal [via Elrado]
August 2002
mono211.com/gamegeekpeeks/ - "interviews with individuals within the videogame industry" from 1997/1998.
July 2002
May 2002
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: AI Analysis
int AICast_WantsToTakeCover(cast_state_t *cs, qboolean attacking); [via gohairbrush]
Scratched into a tram seat, 2002:
Opening screen of a classic 3D game, 1988:
I remember playing Dark Side on our first PC, a 4.77 MHz CGA XT. Was particularly impressed by a (probably very low-poly) modeling of the Egyptian Sphinx at the time. Some more info here.
April 2002
www.insertdisk2.com would be a cool domain name for a classic-gaming site...
March 2002
And via David Chess: a brief game of text-based Tic Tac Toe (part of an interactive story(?) called The Forked Stick).
Orisinal.com - The Perilous Voyage - a sort of Golden Age version of Paratrooper (remember Paratrooper? 1990 or so, CGA graphics, lots of fun...)
Update: found a review and screenshots of Paratrooper - it's actually from 1982! You can even download the game (bottom of review) - works surprisingly well, pc-speaker music and everything.
February 2002
Another 'History of Video Games' article - this one starts in 1889! Interesting to find out the origins of names like Nintendo, Coleco, Mattel and Sega on page 2. [via a n t e n n a]
December 2001
Instant PC gaming nostalgia: browsing Home of the Underdogs by repeatedly clicking the 'Random Pick' link (top of left menu).
Nostalgia: System Shock 1 Weapons and Ammo, Enemies and Grenades and Explosives. [via TTLG Forums]
October 2001
Kick-ups seems to be easier to control with the Graphire than with the mouse. I reached 78 on first try, which is a lot more than I managed on past attempts. [via B3TA Top Ten Web Games [via Low's Neplog]]
Download Elasto Mania, new version of the old DOS game Action Supercross. [via ntk.net]
September 2001
Dave Gnukem - Duke Nukem clone! (based on original DK trilogy, not the 3D version). [via flipCode]
The Dot Eaters - extensive illustrated history of video games. Also read History of Spacewar if you haven't already, linked a while ago. [via kottke.org]
August 2001
The origin of Spacewar, (one of) the earliest video games. [via memepool]
Unreal II Interview at Action Vault. [via nvnews.net]
Interview with the creators of Final Fantasy at ArsTechnica.com [via tweakers.net]
July 2001
Here's a game that'll drive you crazy: PongDeluxe, a 3D pong clone in 32KB (windows executable).
[via hifidelity.org]
May 2000
This eggplant game is a lot of fun. My current high-score is 12... 15... now it's 17... Damn this is addictive... [via misterpants]