Posts Tagged ‘games’

  • Dragon Age: Origins — Like An Alcoholic Parent

    Dragon Age: Origins — Like An Alcoholic Parent

    December 20th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 21 Comments

    Dragon Age: Origins is like a drunken parent.
    When times are good — times are really good. Lots of laughs and presents and love, all warming you with the hypnotic wash of whiskey breath.
    When times are bad — boy, they suck. It’s all rage and thrown furniture and grotesque shame, all hidden behind a drying cake [...]

    Read More

  • The iPhone As Helper Pixie (The Digital RPG Assistant!)

    The iPhone As Helper Pixie (The Digital RPG Assistant!)

    December 5th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 15 Comments

    I’ve sat around one good game table over the last… let’s just go with “many moons,” and while that was a big bag of super-fun (Maschine Zeit), I do miss gaming on a semi-regular basis. Time and distance are not fond friends to the process, of course, but it doesn’t stop me from pretending [...]

    Read More

  • Doctor Jade D. Ennui, Reporting For Duty

    Doctor Jade D. Ennui, Reporting For Duty

    November 8th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 15 Comments

    Red flag: this is far more rant than reasoned explication. Right? It’s me gamboling about, slapping my chest and face, and hooting like a baboon. We’re clear on this particular point? Right. Moving into Rant Mode, then.
    The problem: in video games, I’m growing sad at the sameness of it all.
    Where are the new ideas? Where [...]

    Read More

  • Painting With Shotguns: The GameX ReduX Edition

    Painting With Shotguns: The GameX ReduX Edition

    October 26th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 8 Comments

    See what I did there? Two capitalized X’s? Shut up. I’m clever. Or, I think I’m clever at 8:20 on a Sunday night when I’m very tired.
    Point is, I’m back from my one day extravaganza at GameX Game Expo in “Greater Philadelphia” (code for the Philadelphia Frontier, and not really that close to Philly at [...]

    Read More

  • PC Gaming Is Dead To Me

    PC Gaming Is Dead To Me

    October 25th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 11 Comments

    Are you listening, PC gaming? Hmm? You digging up what I’m burying, you sonofabitch? Look at me when I’m talking to you.
    Here. Let me tell you a story.
    Once upon a time, I had Fallout 3 for my Xbox 360. We played for many hours across the Wasteland. We killed many mutants together. We nuked Megaton. [...]

    Read More