Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 60 – Game Review Systems
Why do we still use arbitrary, numeric systems to review and rate games?
Category: Gaming
GOG’s Monstrous Fall Sale Has Begun
GOG have launched — not quite in time for Halloween — their Monstrous Fall Sale.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 59 – Which Came First: The Story or the Game?
What’s the best way to design a game: solidify the story first, or get the underlying tech in place and then craft a story around it?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 58 – DEFCON3 & NPC Dialogue
What even makes dialogue interesting in RPGs? What works, and what doesn’t?
Ananias: Version 1.76 Released
Slashing Dragon has released an update for Ananias, adding custom tombstones and a manual/bestiary to the game.
For The King: Closed Beta and Beyond
IronOak Games have been making improvements to For The King based on feedback from beta testers, and are looking ahead to the game’s later acts.
Astrakore: New Trailer; New Look & Style
This Ultima 5-inspired sci-fi pirate RPG has gotten a bit of a stylistic overhaul, as is shown off in a new gameplay video/trailer.
Ananias: 50,000 Installs on Google Play
Ananias, Slashing Dragon’s roguelike for web, PC, and Android, has been downloaded from Google Play over 50,000 times.
Mage Duels: New Team Members; Tile Map Conversion
Mage Duels is back in development, and is bringing new team members on board.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 57 – NPC Dialogue and Voiceovers
In which we discuss voiceovers in games, how difficult they are, why it would be a bad idea to crowdsource voiceover work…and then eventually we get into crowdsourced NPC dialogue in general. Sort of.
