Every Day the Same Dream, by Molleindustria and Paolo Pedercini, is quite satisfying and elegant for what it is. It’s not a very long game, and repetitive with slight variations each time. The thought put into this game shows that simplicity can be packed with meaning, and the ending of the game left me speechless. …
From what I’m told, this is Blizzard’s free to play, Magic cards-like, based off of WoW, game. I’m neither familiar with Magic nor WoW. I was a Starcraft person, myself, but even then, I avoided the battle.net games. Maybe my internet was too slow? Maybe I just wanted to learn about the game without feeling …
You’re flying a spaceship, faster than light, to beat the Rebels to the main base. Along the way, you battle and collect resources for weapons and upgrades. The FTL wiki describes it as follows: FTL: Faster Than Light is a space role-playing game with roguelike elements developed by Subset Games, in which you are the …
I’ve been at GDC for ten years. I was only an official CA for eight of those years, and last year was one of the two times that I wasn’t a CA. I had a whole week of scheduled events to network and to meet with industry legends as an IGDA Scholar, yet I spent … Continue reading
He’s only known a solitary life aboard a high-tech spaceship. She lives in a small town with superstitious traditions and no computers in sight. Despite the contrasting backdrops, their lives are connected. How? Well, that part has yet to be released. My Experience. I started as her. I got a little stuck and switched to … Continue reading
I’m a bit fuzzy on the dates, but it was during a Summer School enrichment program, prior to high school, that I encountered the Internet. Before then, the closest thing to owning a computer was my Super Nintendo. I have memories of using Yahoo! to search for everything Final Fantasy, and used up all the … Continue reading
I decided that I’m not going to limit myself to digital games. So, for my first post to that regard, I’m writing about the card game, Coloretto. It’s a game with simple concepts and social mechanics. I’m not good at games, where you have to _regularly_ screw other people over to win. This game is … Continue reading
Regular Expression or Regex is used in programming to indicate patterns in strings (of characters). My most frequent encounters with Regex are when I’m parsing a string in Java and I call the split() function. When Regex has been useful: Let’s say I wanted to count how many times all the words in the Bible occur. … Continue reading
I wasn’t going to be a student forever, or much longer, for that matter. In all my years of being a student, I had never applied to this, mostly, because I didn’t really know what it was. Anyhow, I fit the criteria; so, why not apply? After the announcement went out, I received numerous congratulations, … Continue reading
I recently reformatted my Google phone, but before clearing the data, I made sure to make note of the top 10 apps that I must remember to install. Media Audible – I’d accrued many credits before canceling my subscription. Not only was the $15/mo a bit much, but they only rolled over 6 credits at any … Continue reading
A friend downloads this game called Threes a couple weeks ago. It’s currently $2 on iPhone and Android. My friend called it the Tetris of our day, and, I have to admit, it is easy to understand, challenging, and fun. Before getting the chance to write about it, an interesting lineage of clones appeared. Cloned. The … Continue reading
If you’ve always wanted to feel connected to computer programmers (of all levels), you should join github. My only caution is that it’s confusing as hell. Most accessibly, it’s a Facebook for hackers. It’s a collaborative space that does “version control” on software. Version control (or revision control or source control) is important, because it … Continue reading
I’ve TA’d a couple times for the orientation course for new grad students. My time giving a talk on teaching, I was also Resident Assistant of Graduate Student Housing. I was able to photograph my students who lived on campus as actors for each case. Quiet Smug Minority Foreign Lazy Needy Dramatic Overwhelmed Intense Continue reading
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