T w e n t y S i d e d
DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXVI: Knock, Knock
Wednesday Action Log 10-15-25
I didn’t get to play many games this week. It was my birthday on Sunday so my family wanted me to go experince ‘joy’ with them. Grumble grumble.
Jokes aside, I did get my oldest sibling to try Slay the Spire. They’re enjoying it, which is nice, but it’s making me pine for the release of Slay the Spire 2.
I only just saw that Next Fest started. I’m probably going to go hunting for something go play there, and if I remember, I’ll talk about it later.
How is everyone else this week?
Blizzard Did It Again
While trying to get World of Warcraft to install and run on my laptop once again (see previous entry), I started seeing a lot of commentary about something called Turtle WoW. Blizzard has created “Hardcore” mode for World of Warcraft Classic, Season of Discovery for World of Warcraft Classic, Twentieth Anniversary Edition for World of Warcraft Classic, and the upcoming Classic+ for World of Warcraft Classic, in addition to soon launching *the latest* expansion, Midnight; which finally adds “player housing,” a feature planned for the original release in 2004. Given all that, I assumed Turtle WoW was a new feature for World of Warcraft Classic. Turns out I was *sort of* right.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Blizzard Did It Again”
DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXV: There and Back Again
Wednesday Action Log 10-08-25
Once again, nothing much happening.
The only thing a managed to do was, finish the providence trials with each character in Risk of Rain Returns.
That’s about it. What’s everyone else doing?
DM of the Rings Remastered CXXXIV: Hold Your Horses
I Think This Time of Year Every Year…
…things get a little bit busy. And by “busy” I mean sometimes **** just falls off the rails and you struggle to keep your head above water. That’s mixing metaphors quite badly, I think. Images of a train crash and going in the water in an uncontrolled way, which I guess *could* actually be related. The Well There’s Your Problem podcast did a great episode on the “Overseas Railroad” for the Florida Keys, where a train crash could literally throw you into the Atlantic Ocean. Or technically the Gulf of Mexico, I guess.
Continue reading ⟩⟩ “I Think This Time of Year Every Year…”
From The Archives:
A Lack of Vision and Leadership
People fault EA for being greedy, but their real sin is just how terrible they are at it.
The Biggest Game Ever
Just how big IS No Man's Sky? What if you made a map of all of its landmass? How big would it be?
Bad and Wrong Music Lessons
A music lesson for people who know nothing about music, from someone who barely knows anything about music.
Rage 2
The game was a dud, and I'm convinced a big part of that is due to the way the game leaned into its story. Its terrible, cringe-inducing story.
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
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.
The Best of 2011
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2011.
A Telltale Autopsy
What lessons can we learn from the abrupt demise of this once-impressive games studio?
Why The Christmas Shopping Season is Worse Every Year
Everyone hates Black Friday sales. Even retailers! So why does it exist?
Project Button Masher
I teach myself music composition by imitating the style of various videogame soundtracks. How did it turn out? Listen for yourself.
The Strange Evolution of OpenGL
Sometimes software is engineered. Sometimes it grows organically. And sometimes it's thrown together seemingly at random over two decades.