I’m a sucker for a classic point-and-click adventure game. The LucasArts adventures of the early 1990s are how I fell in love with gaming, and to this day remain the biggest influence on my taste in digital worlds. So whenever I see a new entry in the genre appear, I have to jump on it. The latest to catch my attention is The Journey Down, from Sweden-based indie dev team Skygoblin.
Six years ago, Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton set out to reignite programming in schools with a cheap, compact computing platform. Despite targeting students, his foundation’s $US35 computer captured the imaginations of tinkers worldwide, resulting in overwhelming demand.
When tech guru and Linux fan Michael Larabel visited Valve yesterday, he promised more info and pics than simply saying Steam was coming to Linux. Looks like he’s come through.
Tech guru and Linux fan Michael Larabel says he was at Valve yesterday. And that while he was there, he was told that the company’s Steam platform is on its way to Linux operating systems.
Could a little-known company from the UK swoop in and change the way we play, create, and sell games forever. Utilising a device that looks like a super-sized Game Boy Micro? Probably not, but their heart is in the right place.
It’s been a while since we looked at Voxatron, the Robotron-esque shoot ‘em up with blocky, voxelated visuals. The good news? It still looks as sharp as the corner of a voxel.
Confession: I was faking comprehension of Chasing Aurora when I saw it at the Penny Arcade Expo. I don’t blame Clements Scot, the developer who talked me through the video demonstration you can see here.
I booked an appointment with the game studio Mojang at the Penny Arcade Expo so that I could chat with the company’s star, Notch, about the next evolution of Minecraft.
