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Freeplay 2012 – Chaos and Grace
Do I know enough of the people there to attend an independent games festival? Have I done enough myself to prove that I belong? Am I just an imposter? My life has been full of chaos, never knowing where things … Continue reading
Posted in Freeplay, Games, Thoughts
Tagged Freeplay, independent games festival, Mare Sheppard, Melbourne, N, spies by night, starsky and hutch pinball
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Now and Tomorrow
I’ve been enrolled in a Screen course at TAFE this semester. Initially I thought it would a breezy lazy course, but no, but it’s been quite a busy semester thus far. One assessment was to make a short seven minute … Continue reading
After The Fall
May I shrink to dust In your cold, wild Wastes, And may my tongue speak Its last hymn to your winds. I wanted to do what Shigeru Miyamoto did ever since I read an interview with him in Nintendo Magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Study, Thoughts
Tagged autodidactism, education, Morrowind, prestigious college, Richard Garriott, Shigeru Miyamoto
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On Teaching Yourself
Doom 2 was a light bulb moment in education for me as a teenager. I’d picked up a copy for twelve dollars in a videogames bargain bin at Harvey Norman. There was a time when you could find quality games … Continue reading
Nazis, demons, and autodidactism
I was about to commence this with the term “PC Gaming Master Race”, but that may be a poor choice of words considering this post starts with Wolfenstein 3D, a game about Nazis. Wolfenstein 3D was the game that moved … Continue reading
How I killed Adolf Hitler and won the war
My name is William Joseph Blazkowicz, or “B.J.” to my friends, and this is how I killed Adolf Hitler and won the war. I was born in 1911 on the 15th of August . My parents were from Poland and … Continue reading
Posted in Games
Tagged Adolf Hitler, B.J. Blazkowicz, Castle Wolfenstein, FPS, Mecha Hitler, Nazis, Wolf 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, World War 2
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Thoughts on EA controversies
EA has had a rough relationship with segments of the internet in recent times. Let’s recap a few of the controversies. First, there was the negative reception from the changes made to the series in Dragon Age 2. I liked … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged BioWare, dragon age, Dragon Age 2, EA, Erin Hoffman, indie, Jennifer Hepler, Mass Effect 3, Minecraft, Nintendo, Notch, Rock Band, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Tetris, Valve
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Global Game Jam 2012
I participated last week for the first time in the Global Game Jam. I hesitated at first to be involved, fearing that I was too much of a novice still. All I could think of upon arriving at Wollongong University, … Continue reading
Katawa Shoujo
I was first intrigued by Katawa Shoujo when I read Leigh Alexander’s write up of it two years ago, but only recently got around to playing it. Katawa Shoujo is an eroge visual novel in which the protagonist Hisao has … Continue reading
Stumbled into the third dimension
Learning 3D modelling has been a new skill that I’ve stumbled into during my course at TAFE last year. I had always avoided 3D, putting it into the “too hard” basket and instead concentrated on 2D art. At first, 3D … Continue reading
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