Author Archives: Greg Saw

A Strange Tale in the Cracked-dirt Desert, Part II

This is part two of an ongoing look at A Tale in the Desert and its community. Part one can be found here. In the heyday of savannah life, a few good people – actually good, caring and empathic –

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A Strange Tale in the Cracked-dirt Desert, Part II

This is part two of an ongoing look at A Tale in the Desert and its community. Part one can be found here. In the heyday of savannah life, a few good people – actually good, caring and empathic –

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A Strange Tale in the Cracked-dirt Desert, Part I

A Tale in the Desert crossed the nine-year mark and there was no celebration. Rather, its inhabitants seemed unhappy and flustered in a time that should have reminded them of Tale’s solidarity in the MMOG genre. It’s a strange game,

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A Strange Tale in the Cracked-dirt Desert, Part I

A Tale in the Desert crossed the nine-year mark and there was no celebration. Rather, its inhabitants seemed unhappy and flustered in a time that should have reminded them of Tale’s solidarity in the MMOG genre. It’s a strange game,

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Feedback Loop: Games Aren't Fun

Step back. Preachers wail in the wind and call us to arms; accept the failures of men, but learn from them. Jesus, on the mount, rewards those not so invested in competition, but in resolution and timidity. Perhaps those of

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Feedback Loop: Games Aren't Fun

Step back. Preachers wail in the wind and call us to arms; accept the failures of men, but learn from them. Jesus, on the mount, rewards those not so invested in competition, but in resolution and timidity. Perhaps those of

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Dog walk, dog listen, dog lost

Ruins is a 2011 PC game developed by Cardboard Computer and can be downloaded here. Self-pity runs deep through the cerebellum, rots the spinal cord to a few strands of disintegrating rubber, destroys everything outside of mind – other people, other

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Dog walk, dog listen, dog lost

Ruins is a 2011 PC game developed by Cardboard Computer and can be downloaded here. Self-pity runs deep through the cerebellum, rots the spinal cord to a few strands of disintegrating rubber, destroys everything outside of mind – other people, other

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From fish to MMOs: Grouping

From fish to MMOs is a running column that re-evaluates, through a biological lens, fundamental video game mechanics and designs. This is the introduction. Titus, eighty and munching on apple skins, tells me his usual quip about lizards dancing naked

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From fish to MMOs: Grouping

From fish to MMOs is a running column that re-evaluates, through a biological lens, fundamental video game mechanics and designs. This is the introduction. Titus, eighty and munching on apple skins, tells me his usual quip about lizards dancing naked

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Draw Pinchbeck pretty, Dear Esther's got grass

The syndicated remake of 2008’s Dear Esther is out in a day and there’s hubbub. People seem to think that something wonderful is just breaching the horizon. And they’ve been talking – everyone has – about the life-changing power they’ll

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Draw Pinchbeck pretty, Dear Esther's got grass

The syndicated remake of 2008’s Dear Esther is out in a day and there’s hubbub. People seem to think that something wonderful is just breaching the horizon. And they’ve been talking – everyone has – about the life-changing power they’ll

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Punk baby, lycanthropy rock

KEYBOARD DRUMSET FUCKING WEREWOLF is a 2011 independent game by Cactus and can be played here. Something in the freshly-minted Swedish air made KEYBOARD DRUMSET FUCKING WEREWOLF a totally feasible, attainable thing. It’s an attitude – some counter-cultural, punk, piss

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Punk baby, lycanthropy rock

KEYBOARD DRUMSET FUCKING WEREWOLF is a 2011 independent game by Cactus and can be played here. Something in the freshly-minted Swedish air made KEYBOARD DRUMSET FUCKING WEREWOLF a totally feasible, attainable thing. It’s an attitude – some counter-cultural, punk, piss

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Just won the moon, what else?

Apollo 2 is a Unity-based browser game created by Robert Yang. It can be played here. It was full of gold! That’s what he said. I mean, it wasn’t really gold and he didn’t say anything, not much. He pulled

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Just won the moon, what else?

Apollo 2 is a Unity-based browser game created by Robert Yang. It can be played here. It was full of gold! That’s what he said. I mean, it wasn’t really gold and he didn’t say anything, not much. He pulled

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Promise me this, Flesh

Flesh is a 2009 Half-Life 2 mod developed by “Flesh HL2 development group” and published through Moddb. Here are Flesh’s inspirations in order of increasing infringement: 1.      Silent Hill 2.      Metal Gear Solid 3.      Resident Evil OR

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Promise me this, Flesh

Flesh is a 2009 Half-Life 2 mod developed by “Flesh HL2 development group” and published through Moddb. Here are Flesh’s inspirations in order of increasing infringement: 1.      Silent Hill 2.      Metal Gear Solid 3.      Resident Evil OR

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