“fist - emphatic message generator”. A classical/radical UNIX program.
10 by 10 room
A tumblelog about games! Because an orc has a pie. And we love pie.
Recently: dev on sugar free, too...
April 7, 2008
May 22, 2006
so that’s where my futon mattress went
Via kniedzw [and youtube]: freakin’ stone golem LARPers. So hardcore.
January 16, 2006
Call of Duty XXIII: Now with Fewer Players!
- Game genres need to change and expand to succeed in the long run.
- Change is risky.
- People in charge don’t like risk.
- Our core audience (the “hardcore”) generally don’t reward risk, either.
Evolution and niches. Psychochild looks it over. Is super-nichifacation of games a symptom or a reaction to a stagnant mainstream? Do niches mean further focus on the hardcore rather than causal players? (Ex: several first-person shooters.) Or are they a means of reaching out to them? (Counter-ex: Puzzle Pirates?)
Those of us playing/making pen and paper games are lucky, because the cost barrier is much lower, whereas that is becoming the limiting factor in video games. (On the flipside, the profit margin is also much lower.)