Category: Gaming
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Things I’m Playing: Someday (Playdate)
For some of us, the wonder of the world was revealed when we were younger through the medium of colossal architectures. Labyrinthine spaces, big enough as they were, became the intricate caves of the cosmos itself when seen through child-height eyes.
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Things I’m Playing: Cryptmaster
when fresh life gets breathed into old skeletons, we tend to be innately intrigued. The black/white simplicity of life and death is thrown into confusion. Should we be fearful, or hopeful?
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Things I’m Playing: Mundaun
But by this point it’s clear that it’s not just the maps which are drawn by hand. Either your notebook has bled out into the world, or the world has infested the papers in front of you.
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Small fixes: Steam Deck case kickstand
Returning to my intent to make daily repairs more visible, here’s a quick fix I’ve been meaning to make for ages.
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Year of the Backlog: A Review / Take 2
Looking back over my list of games played, 2024 has actually been a great year for games. I’ve managed to get a good cross-section of big and small games, new and old, mainstream and indie, and across 3 or 4 different platforms.
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Playdate Review: Daedalus Versus Minotaur
It turns out labyrinths can also be a fun favourite for all the family!
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September Round-up Notes
Strong winds have blown in a sense of something new, an autumnal rebirth. But far from being chaotic, their blustered whirls have worked to organise the leaves more efficiently than any human.
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Playdate Review: Funny Racer
I wasn’t intrigued by Funny Racer on the Playdate as much I was unavoidably intertwined with it. Tiny cars. Twisty tracks. Let’s race.
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Playdate Review: The Keyper
The Keyper by Cool Lemon ClubYear: 2023Platforms: Playdate (Catalog, itch.io) Did you ever spend a merry hour or two as a kid drawing long, looping mazes out on paper? Wriggling worm-like labyrinths that barely forked, but hypnotised you with their never-ending curves that seemed to go on forever? The Keyper on Playdate took me back…
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Year of the Backlog: Year Walk
Year Walk is a bit of a gem of a game, a small but lovingly formed parcel of delicately aged delights. The quiet, crisp crunch of footsteps in the snow lends itself perfectly to the ominous ambience hanging over the landscape.