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Some months ago I played League of Legends for the first time with a group of friends. The plan was to do a LAN party together. We met one evening and one by one we booted up the launcher in rows, queuing gleefully into the gathering storm cloud of our very first match. The group’s experience levels were far-ranging: myself and a few others represented the measly newcomers, humble squires in a…
Recently I found myself playing Tactical Breach Wizards, the new tactics game by Tom Francis. I really liked it! I enjoy tactics games, and this one felt fresh and interesting, with good mechanical hooks and nuanced abilities. But at some point along the way, it began to feel stale to me. It was putting out a steady trickle of new powers, new mechanics, new problems, but foundationally it’s all…
For one reason or another I've fallen off on this, but I'd like to get back into the habit.......so here goes! These are the games I played and got excited about this past week.
Here are my favorite games of the past week!
Took a break last week for Thanksgiving, but I am back in full force! Here's what I got excited about this last week (and change).
This is my first one of these, but the plan is to just quickly post about the interesting things I played this past week. Here goes!
Earlier this year, I played through a bunch of 2000s flash games. I found a lot of gems (maybe I'll write them up someday), but one of the most exciting parts about the whole ordeal was stepping back into the past and reading old blog posts from the early 2000s. I wasn't at all sure any of those sites would be up still, to be honest, so it was a pleasant surprise to be able to wade into the waters…
I guess the last time I did one of these was four years ago…wow! This year I played a lot of wonderful games, though the vast majority of them were made by friends and peers (journalistic integrity be damned). I suppose these sorts of lists are somewhat self-indulgent, but I enjoy making them, so here it is! This year I decided to include my favorite movies and books I enjoyed over the year as…
