Okay, I threw together a quick Starter Pack of Gaming History & Preservation for the new arrivals. Pls signal boost (and let me know who I inevitably forgot). go.bsky.app/KCnJY1w
I don't get to go to a lot of concerts anymore. Very glad I got to see Caroline Rose with members of the London Contemporary Orchestra yesterday! The arrangements for Miami and Love/Lover/Friend added a lot to already great songs
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Hello, new followers! I'm the developer behind VIDEOVERSE, which is a â¨very topical⨠narrative game about social gaming networks and technology!! I'm currently working on the Japanese translation (amongst other things!) but you can check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/2079180/...
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Sharkâ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popularâŚ
I played the video game of London 2012, the UK #1 for three weeks while the Olympics happened here. I used it as a chance to think about how much of the story I'm following is specifically British at this point (not much!): www.superchartisland.com/london-2012
Sega, 360/PS3/PC, #1 from week beginning 28 July 2012
I played the video game of London 2012, the UK #1 for three weeks while the Olympics happened here. I used it as a chance to think about how much of the story I'm following is specifically British at this point (not much!): www.superchartisland.com/london-2012
Sega, 360/PS3/PC, #1 from week beginning 28 July 2012
Not the sort of torment I was expecting, really. "Iâm convinced there must be some other game called Planescape: Torment out there, because the game I cleared was one of the most misogynistic wastes of time Iâve ever experienced." kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/10/08/p...
[Content warning: This article cites misogynistic dialogue in several places and also refers to in-game scenes of relationship-related abuse.] Iâve had my eye on this RPG for a long time now,âŚ
Not only does Sleeping Dogs (2012) feature the voice of future Oscar-winner Emma Stone, there is some incredible meta foreshadowing in one of the first lines spoken to her character being "you thinking of becoming Chinese?"
By 2012, seven different Tom Clancy games had reached #1 in the UK charts - more than Sonic or Zelda or Tomb Raider. I wrote about their paranoid simplicity and their approach to war as a video game: www.superchartisland.com/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-future-soldier
On Tom Clancy gamesâ consistent legacy of success and unrealityâŚ