Book Series Wednesday: The Enduring Flame Trilogy
For those of you who like to read in addition to all that video game playing, Michael Blaker takes a look at various novels that you may enjoy. Up this week: The Enduring Flame Trilogy.
Category Archives: Gamer Blogs
Game Industry News highlights the best blog posts from people writing about the game industry. These were originally posted on the authors’ respective blogs.
Video Game Tuesday: Strider
Today, Michael gets back to solid video gaming with a look at the remake of Strider, and how it plays on various platforms compared to the arcade of yesteryear.
Manga Monday: YuYu Hakusho
Following anime Sunday, we have Manga Monday, where Michael Blaker takes a look at YuYu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi.
Anime Sunday: Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
It’s Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun/Monthly Shoujo Nozaki on anime Sunday this week, where blogger Michael Blaker takes a look at what’s hot in the world of anime and manga.
Retro Game Friday: SimAnt
Michael takes us on a blast from the past this week, down into the world of the humble ant, and a game that conquered the world for Maxis long before SimCity became it’s own metropolis. Let’s re-meet the humble kingdom of the ants in SimAnt.
Michael Blaker joins GiN
This week Michael Blaker joins the Game Industry News blogger crew, bringing his unique perspective as a scholar of Japanese art and culture to the game industry. We’ll be re-running some of his best work from his popular Windborne’s Story Eatery blog.
Rollers of the Realm
Meg checks out Rollers of The Realm at this year’s SXSW, a hybrid pinball RPG. Yes, we said a pinball-based RPG. While it may sound kind of odd, Meg found it to be quite charming, and it was a finalist for the SXSW Gamer’s Voice award. Ready to roll with it?
Free 2 Play, Pay 2 Win
This week Meg takes a look at the game Free Free Free Free Free To Play, which makes fun of the whole free2play genre in some ingenious ways, while raking in a little f2p coin itself. So is this a genius parody or just another cash in on gamers.
Panem-Ville: Hunger Games
New Casual Game The Hunger Games Adventures Is More Appointment-Based Panem-Ville Than Adventure Story The Hunger Games novels suggest so many good games — a minigame hunting prey with Katniss’ arrows (a popular choice for the middle-school girls in my game design classes), a crafting and survival game like Lost In Blue set in the forest outside District 12, a combat game in the Arena, or even a social RPG, like Whitewolf’s Vampire: The Masquerade, set in the Capital — that I had high hopes for The Hunger Games Adventures. Even when I realized this game had some appointment-style mechanics, … Continue reading Panem-Ville: Hunger Games
The Silent Age
This week Meg is enthralled with a game called The Silent Age from a little studio called House on Fire. Come see why this throwback hit might just be a masterpiece.