Posts by Maggie Greene
Culture
The Ghost of Gaming Future
7:30AM Maggie Greene | The topic for this month’s Blogs of the Roundtable has led to some fantastically diverse answers: “What role will gaming play in your familial relationships in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?”. More »
Puzzling Over Adventure Game Puzzles
6:30AM Maggie Greene | There’s a really nice (lengthy) article over at Adventure Classic Gaming that takes a look at puzzles in (as you can probably guess) adventure games, and how those forms have seeped into other genres. More »
The Top 5 Indie Games of ‘08
5:30AM Maggie Greene | Gamasutra’s been rounding up the top titles of the year in a variety of categories; up recently were the top five ‘indie’ games (plus ten honorable mentions). More »
Weird Artistic Timewaster: The Majesty of Colours
4:30AM Maggie Greene | The Majesty of Colors is weird, lovely little game by Gregory Weir that’s been making the rounds as of late. There are five different endings, and your (in)action throughout determines the outcome. More »
Recession, Used Games, Prices, and Choices
3:30AM Maggie Greene | Gamasutra’s Paul Hyman has a gloom and doom look at the used games market and why publishers are very unhappy with the situation; the comments section is surprisingly lively, and it’s worth a look. More »
Final Fantasy: The Battleship Yamato of Gaming?
7:30AM Maggie Greene | When I saw this comparison between the Final Fantasy and the battleship Yamato (the largest battleship ever made), I was wondering how the comparison would be drawn: the spectacular demise, perhaps? Not quite. More »
Culture
Journalism Versus Criticism
6:30AM Maggie Greene | L.B. Jeffries over at Banana Pepper Martinis has apparently had it up to here with the ‘how to write reviews’ debate, and it sounds like the upcoming roundtable was maybe kinda the last straw. More »
Minotaur China Shop Diary
5:30AM Maggie Greene | Played Minotaur China Shop yet? No? Missed the trailer we posted? Well, go look at that, then read the brilliantly funny Minotaur Diary at RPS, then try and resist the lure of the game. More »
Culture
‘A Game Has Never Made You Cry’
4:30AM Maggie Greene | Chris Bateman (of Only a Game) has a thought provoking article on his new, games only blog on whether or not a game has ever made you cry. More »
