Had a wonderful discussion on game cities over at @killscreendotcom.bsky.social with Chaim Gingold and Jamin Warren yesterday. Might have even gotten a bit rude towards our wise overlord Mr. Elon Musk towards the end too. 📽️ You can watch the whole thing here: www.youtube.com/live/gK6MbN9...

Azathoth Blues is now available on Bandcamp too! ➡️ chrischristodoulou.bandcamp.com/album/azatho...

The original Telltale Texas Hold 'Em was a game I adored and played for countless hours. Poker Night at the Inventory was a worthy successor, and, now, I can't help but be glad that a remastered version was released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs7L...

I have secured a few (much needed) extra months for my upcoming Game Cities book, and can't help but appreciate just how understanding CRC Press is.

"Embers of Mana" - a new extensive ROM hack for Final Fantasy Adventure (Game Boy Classic) that offers an entirely new game! - New story - Original soundtrack - New world & dungeons - Custom graphics - Thoughtful gameplay tweaks - And more! Get it here: www.romhacking.net/hacks/9447/

Wanted to remind everyone that you should feel free to create stuff based on Ex Novo, for Ex Novo, and with Ex Novo (for any purpose) without asking us. Here's the Ex Novo 3rd party license: www.sharkbombs.com/games/exnovo...

And as the planet goes up in flames, I will still argue that complaining about the complexity of thac0 was a sign we should never have ignored.

They are not even trying to hide their sadism and evil, are they? It seems that as imperialism is dying it will try to destroy everything and butcher humanity. It is up to us to stop them, mainly because we can.

Stand still, my heart.

The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a 400-page book featuring over 100 essays on the craft of game writing, is out now. And you should order your copy. Here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/ There's also an entry (by me) on entering video game cities too.

Episode 3 of Azathoth Blues is now available in all the usual podcasty places. "The body of a young man is found discarded in the street, his death caused by an unknown poison. The trio looks for answers in the invisible world of poverty and exploitation at the edges of society."

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope 100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max... ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

Excitingly, classes for my *Designing Cities for Video Games* are starting today. Everything is ready, the lessons have been updated, and there's still time to enroll. 🏙️ Find out more here: www.d6learning.com/course/gamec...

Despite my (probably misguided) fond memories of the game, this is an excellent Ultima VIII: Pagan Retrospective. ⚔️ Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4h1...

The Hextile Project is absolutely worth exploring, and, well I aim to do so. ⇢ hexedit.netlify.app

My dream project wouldn't be my own mega-CRPG or adventure game. Oh, no. It would have to instead be a proper and much needed remake of Gabriel Knight 3. Have spent far too much time thinking of how to actually tackle this, mind you.

My games urbanism course is starting tomorrow. You can still enroll.

I will be chatting with Chris Bateman on game design, Discworld Noir, and much more on YouTube. We are starting in 5 minutes. ▶️ Watch (and ask your questions) here: www.youtube.com/live/9u60IXb...

Finally remembered to install Gargoyle on my new(-ish) PC. It's a brilliant IF player that effectively supports all interactive fiction and text adventure formats. Download it here: ccxvii.net/gargoyle/

The making of horror masterpiece Alien: Isolation: 'It was a giddy, exhausting, intense time' (by Andy Kelly in 2022) www.pcgamer.com/the-making-o...

C64 Gets A Modern Interactive Disassembler

A very interesting interview with Cara Ellison. Here: www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/ca...

I know, things are getting worse with every passing day. And yet, optimism is a duty if we want humanity to survive and, finally, evolve past this age of brutality and collapse.

Preparing for today's @d6learning.bsky.social interview/discussion on game design with Chris Bateman. Join us live later today on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/9u60IXb...

Ah, yes, the Sandcastle sandbox is just around the corner: store.steampowered.com/app/3216520/...

BTW, if you enjoy the random cool RPGs I post, I'm still updating the CRPG Book's google drive with screenshots: drive.google.com/drive/folder... There's 34,000 PNGs of over 900 RPGs there - everything from CRPG classics, Japanese hidden gems, untranslated Taiwanese RPGs & Touhou ASCII Dating Sims!

I shall attempt to find the time and play The Eternal Life of Goldman demo. ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/2254950/...

So... my game urbanism course for #gamedev professionals will be starting in two days. You can still: a) enroll b) tell your friends c) get in touch to ask me anything you want about it

Artificial Living Plants gwern.net/doc/cs/cellu...

#BelovedGames #58

The Sony Hit-Bit 101 is the most beautiful computer ever made.

The future The Lawnmower Man (MS-DOS, 1993) promised us never arrived :(

The ever-brilliant Ahoy looks into the *brown era* of video gaming: youtu.be/TTjGDkDI49I?...

Hey, apparently Call of the Sea is getting a sequel: Call of the Elder Gods. It's even got a Next Fest demo. store.steampowered.com/app/2174380/...

A short documentary on Fritz Lang's sci-fi classic Metropolis. Watch it here: youtu.be/lFdvbf9bomM?...

Do you want to learn how to come up with, design, flesh out, and populate cities for video games? Interested in a #gamedev focused game urbanism course? Join me then next Wednesday (Mar. 4) in my *Designing Cities for Video Games* course. Here: www.d6learning.com/course/gamec...

Reposting the following would be hugely helpful :)

Wow, Resident Evil: Requiem looks great! The lighting in the dark areas too is awesome. The opening is set in a fictional version of Chicago too which is cool.

'Hades devs: accidentally inventing a subgenre was surreal' by Bryant Francis www.gamedeveloper.com/design/hades...

Silicon Graphics built some stunning computers. [ via www.newbyproduct.com/dark-dancer ]

The City in the Sky - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess // www.architectureofzelda.com/the-city-in-...

Surveyors are (too) rarely employed as narrators.

*Designing Cities for Video Games*, the game urbanism course for video game professionals by @konstantinosd.bsky.social, starts next Wednesday, March 4. ➡️ You can still enroll: www.d6learning.com/course/gamec...

Let the Digital Antiquarian explain why 'Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned' is the best of the Gabriel Knight games: www.filfre.net/2026/02/gabr...

Seems that Resident Evil Requiem is a pretty good game. www.eurogamer.net/resident-evi...

Very happy to see the open source, 8-bit GameTank console hit its funding goal. There's still time to back it, mind you... Here: www.crowdsupply.com/clydeware/ga...

The second episode of Azathoth Blues, The Minotaur, is now available on all podcasting platforms. It will premiere on YouTube later today. If you like what we're doing with this show, please rate it, review it, and let your friends know about it.

Hey, let's talk game cities! Join me today at 17:00 CET for the *Designing Cities for Video Games* course presentation, as well as a live discussion of game urbanism. ◾️ Reserve your spot here: www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-... #gamedev #urbanism #worldbuilding

Those gamebooks (?) by the brilliantly named J. Theophrastus Bartholomew sound absolutely fascinating. Watch the Question Beast video here: youtu.be/X15CHUAR4QU?...

Just noticed this little game I extracted from my ticketed arcc project is going to hit a million views in the next month, didn’t expect it to do well vole.wtf/crow-flies/ (it’s basically Flappy Bird crossed with the trench run from the vector Star Wars arcade machine)