Category: Videogames

  • My Favorite Games: Suikoden 2

    My Favorite Games: Suikoden 2

    The game that changed how I think about Japanese RPGs and how I think about Kobolds

  • My Favorite Games: Myst

    My Favorite Games: Myst

    The first mega-hit CD-ROM game still doesn’t get enough credit for what makes it so special

  • Crank ’em if you got ’em

    Crank ’em if you got ’em

    My thoughts about the Playdate and some of my favorite games for it so far

  • The Sasquatchers

    The Sasquatchers

    My favorite team of paranormal adventurers

  • My Favorite Games: Dark Castle

    My Favorite Games: Dark Castle

    Along with Uninvited, the game I played incessantly on my Mac Plus in college was Dark Castle. (And then, Beyond Dark Castle). Unlike Uninvited, I can call Dark Castle a classic without any qualifications or reservations. It’s easy to fall into comparing the two games, not just because I played them both around the same […]

  • My Favorite Games: Uninvited

    My Favorite Games: Uninvited

    One of the first games I played on the Mac was one of the most influential games I ever played

  • My Favorite Games: Day of the Tentacle

    My Favorite Games: Day of the Tentacle

    I’ve said several times before — to anyone who will listen, with or without their consent — that the demo plus first “Meanwhile…” cut-scene in The Secret of Monkey Island is what made me want to work in video games. Playing Sam & Max Hit the Road is what made me feel like I “belonged” […]

  • My Favorite Games: The Sims 2

    My Favorite Games: The Sims 2

    Memories of the game series that taught me about abstractions, and about how profitable video games can be (for other people)

  • Bandersnatch and Possibility Spaces

    Bandersnatch and Possibility Spaces

    More like an extended-length episode of Black Mirror than an interactive movie, Bandersnatch reveals (probably intentionally?) most of the problems with interactive fiction.

  • My Favorite Games: Diablo II

    My Favorite Games: Diablo II

    Stay a while and listen

  • My Favorite Games: SimCity 3000

    My Favorite Games: SimCity 3000

    You can’t cut back on nostalgia for the SimCity series! You will regret this!

  • My Favorite Games: Final Fantasy Tactics

    My Favorite Games: Final Fantasy Tactics

    Possibly my favorite video game of all time, and one that’s apparently impossible to recreate