Video Games

Telltale Games Monkey Island “Game Developer for a Day”

by July 16th, 2009 Culture » Video Games »

image copyright Telltale Games and LucasArts Now is an orgasmic time for fans of the classic point and click adventure comedy series Monkey Island. LucasArts has revamped the original Secret of Monkey Island and Telltale Games has just begun a brilliant continuation of the series through a 5-part serialized venture entitled Tales of Monkey Island […]

The Awe of Eve: Toddler’s First Nebula

by July 16th, 2009 Culture » Video Games »

image copyright CCP and EVE Online Click above for proper sized love. While not intending to turn The Sporadical into an EVE Online blog – it is of course still primarily a Doctor Who blog after all – the MMORPG has fascinated so much to no end that I am compelled to post things of […]

AudioSurf – Riding the Wave

by May 24th, 2009 Culture » Sounds » Culture » Video Games »

“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty […]

Zen and the Art of n00b Maintenance

by December 26th, 2008 Culture » Video Games »

It would not be accurate to describe myself as a die-hard, long-storied, massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game player, but I have certainly logged a few hours in the past – intensely – and may well be on my way to deserving such a description as I’ve recently taken a few trips with VALVE‘s very […]

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