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Guild Wars 2 Terminology: Primary Attributes

Since the release of Guild Wars 2, we have been playing a ton of it. It’s a fun game and has lived up to my expectations, but I will talk about what I think of it another time. Today, and in future posts, I want to discuss Guild Wars...

Dear Esther

The mod sat in my download directory for about a year: I had downloaded it right after Rock, Paper, Shotgun had announced its release. I knew it to be what I call an “art game,” my own made up genre where gameplay takes a backseat to artistry. They often...

Ruin

Above is quite an amazing CGI short by the animation company OddBall Animation. It’s remarkable when something this good comes out of a smaller animation house. It would cool to see this turn into something bigger, maybe a movie. Check out “behind the scenes” videos and other...

Rain Town

It’s an overcast and rainy day here which reminded me that I forgot to post this video last year. We had previously posted a fun and lively video short from Hiroyasu Ishida called “Fumiko’s Confession.” The above video, “Rain Town,” was completed as a graduation film and...

A Relaxing Ride

This was recorded off of the second tge server. We didn’t have a separate build server then and so kept this server around for quite some time. Minecraft was still very new and magical for us: there were no beds, no creative mode and we were not...

Hidden Potions of Solitude

One day while mindlessly jumping around Solitude in Skyrim, I found a health potion on the top of a wall. I thought of the health potion on the ground near the Winking Skeever and wondered if there were other ones around. After some searching, I found a...

InMomentum mini-review

InMomentum, developed by Digital Arrow, has gone through quite a few changes since inception. This game was originally slated to be released as a mod but then went commercial. It also started development on Unreal Development Kit but switched over to Unreal Engine 3. The gameplay itself...

Ragdolls in Spaaaaaace

In Skyrim, the giant has an attack that kills you and sends your ragdoll flying up into the air. It’s often reported as a bug but I think Bethesda fully intended it.