Arstechnica has a nice little interview with John Romero about some of his early work on 3D shooters. And if you enjoyed that, then I’d also recommend Masters of Doom.
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter
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Mini Motorway
And, as the apocalypse continues to rumble ever onwards, I find myself with more than a little time to kill. Enter Mini Motorways – a deceptively difficult, minimalist strategy game about moving things from A to B.
Continue readingThe Poo Bit Adder
It looks like some clever chap as build a fully functioning four bit adder inside an unmodded Cities: Skylines. The best part of this simulated circuit is that it’s partly powered by simulated in-game poo.
A Terrible Mistake
Look what I found in a West Midlands charity shop window…
I think I may have made a terrible mistake when I sold my old games. Who knew that a bunch of fairly mainstream titles would end up being worth so much?
DOOM
A trailer for the new DOOM dropped at E3 yesterday and I have to say that I’m rather looking forward to it. I’ve played DOOM – in it’s various incarnations – since the mid-late 90s and, in a world where stories seem to be ever more complex, the simplicity of DOOM is a refreshing change.
- A portal to hell is opened.
- Bad things come through.
- Kill them all (and, preferably, do it to a rocking soundtrack).
It’s mindless escapism with black and white antagonists which, given my ever more limited gaming time, manages to strike a deeply appealing note to me.