Brown Dust? Did you mean Brave Nine?

A few days, Friendly Necro was going over all the mobile games on which he’s worked. I was wondering why mobile games just didn’t stick with me, and I remembered this strategy tactical one I played a long time ago and I just couldn’t remember when, or why I stopped. I hardly ever remember why I stop playing mobile games. I just stop. And then I remembered that the Apple Store keeps a history of everything I’ve downloaded… and then I found it… Brave Nine…? ...

August 18, 2022 · 4 min · 696 words · Tipa

Breaking the 4th Wall: A Mysterious Point-and-Click Adventure

I ran across this gem by accident, actually – an AI told me about it. Scene from Breaking the 4th Wall This is a point and click adventure game, That’s a genre we hardly ever see these days, past their heyday in the 80s and 90s. The last one I can think of is Disco Elysium, the excellence of which makes it a hard act to follow. Breaking the 4th Wall follows Adrian, a man paralyzed by crippling anxiety. Getting out of bed is a struggle. Just leaving his apartment is a victory. He will do anything to avoid talking to his next door neighbor. The sorts of things natural for most people, like buying a ticket for a train, become surreal efforts. ...

July 29, 2022 · 2 min · 422 words · Tipa