Defense Grid: The Awakening - My Favorite Standalone Tower Defense So Far
My review of Defense Grid: The Awakening, a great tower defense game with solid design, lots of content, and much-appreciated challenges and difficulty.
Atom Zombie Smasher: Great, Unique, Difficult, and Fun...For Awhile
My review about Atom Zombie Smasher. I really enjoyed the gameplay but I have doubts about the game's replayability and staying power.
Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII Reviewed: Great RPGs
My dual reviews of Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII, two great retro RPGs available as a bundle. Cthulhu, which was developed second, is undoubtedly the better game, but Breath of Death is worth playing too.
Information about the (intentional) "leak" of Minecraft 1.8, the first half of the Adventure Update. Also includes embedded official trailer and some of my early experiences playing after the update.
Portal: No Escape - Amazing Live Action Portal Short Film
A short post simply to direct (more) attention to Dan Trachtenberg's short film "Portal: No Escape." Go watch right now (on YouTube in HD).
Minecraft 1.0.0 has been released, finally bringing Minecraft out of beta. The announcement was made by Notch along with the rest of theMojang staff at Minecon, the (technically second) annual Minecraft convention. You can watch the generally awkward live presentation mixed with amusing videos below. To maintain the awkwardness, please do not applaud or laugh when you are repeatedly begged to.
After Notch pulled the lever, 1.0.0 was made available for download to existing customers. If you still haven't purchased Minecraft, you can buy it now for the increased price of $26.95. That's what you get for delaying.
The Xbox 360 and mobile versions of Minecraft were also covered during the presentation, if you care.
Now, back to mining. Or Skyrim. Or Battlefield 3. Hmm...