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I find creating levels in games so compelling and I tried to explain to Nelg: “It’s like crafting in an MMO. Except I actually make stuff that I can play.” I like making virtual stuff, more than real / tangible stuff (I used to make chainmail, but damn that was hard on my ...

I’m currently playing Fallen Earth, plus I’m poking in and out of Champions Online and Left 4 Dead. Champions Online For Champions, I’m basically waiting for Cryptic to settle down with their balancing. The initial release balancing is still going on and now that ...

My reboot / remix of Gameslate was going well until I realized a fallacy (several actually) in the inherent tab-based design, so I plan to reboot again. I’d rather not leave Gameslate so long in a non-playable state, but the redesign is a bit of a catharsis process for me. It’s ...

I’ve been playing around with the Sauerbraten (Cube 2) engine the last few days. I’m toying with the idea of a full conversion Co-Op RPG, but launching a big project like that without getting more accustomed to the engine would be foolhardy. So I’m starting out in more humble ...

I spammed my Twitter feed earlier with a stream of Pros and Cons for Borderlands which I’ll now re-assemble and repeat here. I’ve slightly edited some of the points, but for the most part you can blame the jilted speech on the brevity of microblogging. Pros : FPS + ActionRPG = ...