Many people have noticed that despite being told we’d be uploading old content, and updating the site…nothing has really happened. We haven’t forgotten, but the transition from Dad doing everything, to unexpected family takeover, was (shocker!) not as smooth as we hoped.
The haphazardly decided upon system and attempted delegation of tasks looked like this:
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Finally, News.”
Kelly and Michael jump though a lot of hoops here. They’ve got to renovate the one structure into two, and set them up to be separate addresses. Logan is old enough to be excited about the idea. He’s a social kid and enjoys the idea of having a family store. He begins regularly playing ‘bookstore’ in his room while the grown ups figure out the logistics of pulling off the real thing.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Sims 4 Overthinking: Let the Reno Begin”
No, I already used that one. Dangit…
– Shamus, Friday Nov 3, 2006
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “DM of the Rings Remaster XXV: Where Are We Again?”
The time is upon us. Kelly and Michael have to figure out what to do with the house. It’s not as simple as flipping it for profit or turning it into their family home. This house was Kelly’s great-grandmother’s home, built by her family, for her family.
It was built by her great-great grandfather for her great-grandparents.
It was the source of a known family feud in the 80’s.
It was a gift from her late great-uncle to her mother.
It was the place that Lorretta rebuilt after her divorce with Kelly’s father.
It was the place Logan came home to when he was born.
It was the place that caused Kelly and her older sister to stop speaking.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Sims 4 Overthinking: Lorretta’s Legacy”
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– Shamus, Wednesday Nov 1, 2006
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “DM of the Rings Remaster XXIV: Loot of the Rings”
So, yesterday was the anniversary of my dad’s passing. It doesn’t feel like it’s been a year, but I suppose grief has a way of messing with your understanding of time.
A year ago I had just finished the first complete draft of a book of vampire smut I was intending to publish, and was just entering the publishing stage of a book of poetry that was five years in the making.
I hadn’t seen my dad for a month when I’d gotten the call he was going to the hospital, of his own volition. I was in the middle of trying to get Wizards101, the only MMO I’ve ever truly loved, working on the laptop I had at the time. I had gotten through the character creation screen just fine, and had gotten to the moment where it would crash my entire system, when my phone rang.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “One Year Later; A Vinegar Valentine to Grief”
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– Shamus, Monday Oct 30, 2006
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “DM of the Rings Remaster XXIII: Happy Halloween”
When the source code for Doom 3 was released, we got a look at some of the style conventions used by the developers. Here I analyze this style and explain what it all means.
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
Why are RPG economies so bad? Why are shopkeepers so mercenary, why are the prices so crazy, and why do you always end up a gazillionaire by the end of the game? Can't we just have a sensible balanced economy?
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2012.
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2014.
I called 2018 "The Year of Good News". Here is a list of the games I thought were interesting or worth talking about that year.
Here is how I'd conquer the game-publishing business. (Hint: NOT by copying EA, 2K, Activision, Take-Two, or Ubisoft.)
This version of Silver Sable is poorly designed, horribly written, and placed in the game for all the wrong reasons.
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2016.
I'm not surprised a fighting game has an absurd story. I just can't figure out why they bothered with the story at all.
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