T w e n t y S i d e d
This week I am succumbing to a Slay the Spire addiction which is fine and normal and I do not have a problem.
What are you guys up to?
Wednesday Action Log 8-30-23
Retrogaming and AI – A Surprising Tangent
When I proposed this week’s article, I believed it would be a break from retrogaming content. Not that retrogaming is the only thing I ever intend to write about, or ever DO write about, but I feel my retrogaming setups are still in a state of “incompleteness.” Some recent AI news has been on my mind, though; and considering I’m a Gen-X’er, my “get off my message board!” instinct was being triggered. However, it wasn’t until I started fleshing out what I was going to talk about that I realized retrogaming was actually an important part of the story, or at least the news item I wanted to talk about. Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Retrogaming and AI – A Surprising Tangent”
DM of the Rings Remaster XXXIV: Let’s Make A Deal
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– Shamus, Monday Nov 27, 2006
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Sims 4 Overthinking: The Empty Nest
The year is 2020 and Logan’s bags are packed for college. He gets his syllabus, his books, and his parents drop him off at his new dorm. He’s only living an hour away, so visiting over the weekend is doable if he likes. His dorm is small, but he’s excited to be moving in and exploring the campus. His mom and dad offer to take him to dinner before they leave, and he agrees, but they can tell he wants to be doing other things. He has an entire new space to explore, and he’s a social guy. They ask him if they can get a rain check on dinner, instead ensuring he’d at least visit that weekend.
They’re getting weepy on the drive home when their phones start going off rapid-fire. Kelly panics for a moment, before discovering that Logan is texting the both of them pictures of campus and things he’s excited about. The café, a selfie with an office manager, the library, an instructional walkthrough of using a home computer, circa 1976, followed by about sixteen laughing emojis. This doesn’t stop them from being weepy, but it does put some of their fears aside. Logan is a smart young man, and they can experience a bittersweet mixture of pride and sadness together as a couple. Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Sims 4 Overthinking: The Empty Nest”
Wednesday Action Log 8-16-23
This week I am mortified to find I have forgotten to schedule this post. When I am not making an oops, I am playing the new Phasmaphobia update, which may account for my forgetting to do anything else. It’s still pretty buggy, but with 66% more equipment it’s a lot of stuff to explore. It’s neat.
What are you guys up to?
An Experiment in Retrogaming – Oops, Reassessments, and Future Plans
This will probably be a short update. I’ve done some re-configuring and reassessing of goals. Plus, my WiiU SD card spontaneously de-formatted itself (surely the fact that I was non-stop transferring Wii games 25GB at a time for three days straight had NOTHING to do with it). I had all my 8-16bit games on the SD card, so at this very moment I’m working on re-doing those systems through RetroArch for WiiU, which will hopefully allow me to transfer all the ROMS to the hard drive instead of keeping them on the SD Card. You guys should have the answer by the time I get to the end of this week’s article.
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DM of the Rings Remaster XXXIII: Stuffinged
I’m taking Thursday off, so no comic on Friday. Enjoy your holiday.
– Shamus, Wednesday Nov 22, 2006
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From The Archives:
Fixing Match 3
For one of the most popular casual games in existence, Match 3 is actually really broken. Until one developer fixed it.
Crysis 2
Crysis 2 has basically the same plot as Half-Life 2. So why is one a classic and the other simply obnoxious and tiresome?
The Best of 2017
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2017.
Project Frontier
A programming project where I set out to make a gigantic and complex world from simple data.
The Gameplay is the Story
Some advice to game developers on how to stop ruining good stories with bad cutscenes.
Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
Shamus Plays WOW
Ever wondered what's in all those quest boxes you've never bothered to read? Get ready: They're more insane than you might expect.
Silver Sable Sucks
This version of Silver Sable is poorly designed, horribly written, and placed in the game for all the wrong reasons.
Mass Effect Retrospective
A novel-sized analysis of the Mass Effect series that explains where it all went wrong. Spoiler: It was long before the ending.
Why I Hated Resident Evil 4
Ever wonder how seemingly sane people can hate popular games? It can happen!