pitfall

  • The Most Insane Minecart Levels In Video Games

    There was a time when mines and minecarts dominated video games. If a platformer or RPG didn’t have a mine stage or a mine-themed dungeon, it wasn’t a game. We felt like mines — where actual mining was eschewed in favour of racing around on minecarts — were the most natural things in the world,…


  • The Value Of Gaming And The Pitfalls Of History

    After spending a week in GDC, writing posts at midnight, waking up early for meetings, gorging on omelettes with ponderous amounts of ‘cheese’ it’s good to finally be back in the office, and have the time to collect my thoughts. In hindsight GDC seemed to be the event where social gaming struck back, where iOS…