Blaugust 2023

Mewtwo is coming to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet in a 7 star Tera raid. I’ve had exactly zero luck winning any 7 star raids so far. This time, I plan to be prepared.

I’ve been spending a few hours trying to get this Asteroids clone to some sort of playable state. Since I haven’t really done anything else blog-worthy today, I guess we’re talking about Phaser. I mocked up yesterday’s header image from assets I made with Inkscape; they weren’t actually from a real game. Today’s image is from a real game. Asteroids isn’t the toughest game to write. You spawn a ship, you spawn some rocks, you spawn a laser, rocks go away. Since there’s not much to the game itself, it’s perfect to use as a test bed to gain familiarity with a new game engine. ...

It’s an interesting question, stated a few different ways – 10 games to know me, or games that defined me. The question has been bouncing around Mastodon for a few days. Here’s mine.

I really don’t know what else you would call a blog post on a gaming blog about bridges in Portsmouth, NH. It’s introduction week, so get ready.

I’m off to New Hampshire for the day, so here’s a story about Windfyre, the dragon that lives in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

Why do you have to kill a hundred deer to get one antler? There’s got to be a better way.

I’ve never been able to make a good game, but I think I could make some bad ones if I just put a little effort into them.

If you were waiting for the second coming of Free Realms, Palia ain’t it. But, if you hate adventuring and love gathering and crafting in your MMO of choice, you might just find a new home in Palia, the new social MMO from Singularity 6.

If I die, let it be beneath a mound of unplayed video games. Might as well accept the inevitable, right?

Remember way back when when social media was a way to bring together and the internet was fun and exciting? Yeah. Me, too. Let’s find a way to get back there.