T w e n t y S i d e d
How in the world did I miss this? It’s a brilliant and funny comic using Half-Life 2 to generate the images. It’s a great parody.
A Telltale Autopsy
What lessons can we learn from the abrupt demise of this once-impressive games studio?
Blistering Stupidity of Fallout 3
Yeah, this game is a classic. But the story is idiotic, incoherent, thematically confused, and patronizing.
This is Why We Can’t Have Short Criticism
Here's how this site grew from short essays to novel-length quasi-analytical retrospectives.
Megatextures
A video discussing Megatexture technology. Why we needed it, what it was supposed to do, and why it maybe didn't totally work.
Gamers Aren’t Toxic
This is a horrible narrative that undermines the hobby through crass stereotypes. The hobby is vast, gamers come from all walks of life, and you shouldn't judge ANY group by its worst members.
In case anyone decides to honor Shamus by reading the blog from the beginning – lots of links are dead, including the one in this blogpost. I remember Concerned and I managed to find a working link:
http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-05-01
Thank you!