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Tag: video games

  • Screenshot showing a completed game of Woodward Draw; the final word was "goat".

    Woodward Draw

    Over the course of three days, I completed excellent 4-letter-word-puzzle-game Woodward Draw, and I think you should give it a go too.

    Read more (198 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 31 August, 2023
  • Image representing post: Werewolves and Wanderer [Video]

    Werewolves and Wanderer [Video]

    Video version of my blog post about the video game that had the biggest impact on my life: Werewolves and Wanderer.

    Read more (40 words)

    • Video
    • 2 comments
    • posted 19 July, 2023
  • Screenshot showing Dan Q playing text-based adventure game Werewolves and Wanderer. The screen reads: "Dan Q, your strength is 65. You have $102. Provisions sack holds 43 units of food. You are wearing armour. You are carrying a sword. You are in the Great Hall, an L-shaped room. There are doors to the Easy and to the North. In the alcove is a door to the West. There is treasure here worth $103. Whato do you want to do?"

    Werewolves and Wanderer

    A single text-based adventure game I found in a book in the 1980s taught me more about programming than anything else I experienced in that decade.

    Read more - about 11 minutes (2462 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 19 July, 2023
  • Image representing post: Satoru Iwata's first commercial game has a secret

    Satoru Iwata's first commercial game has a secret

    After a long hiatus, Codex has returned with a vlog about Satoru Iwata's history as a game developer. Nostalgic fun.

    Read more (57 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 15 March, 2023
  • Screenshot showing Sisyphus carrying a rock up a long numbered gameboard; he's on square 993 out of 1000, but (according to the rules printed below the board) he needs to land on 1000 exactly and never roll a double-1 or else he returns to the start.

    Sisyphus: The Board Game (Digital Edition)

    I implemented a terrible digital version of a truly stupid board game idea. My excuse is illness, I guess?

    Read more (174 words)

    • Article
    • 39 comments
    • posted 21 November, 2022
  • Video game poster for Dead Seagull Zoo Magnate, showing dead seagulls in a cartoony style.

    All the game descriptions from the sale

    Because he thinks they're hilariously funny, Dan reposts Claire Hummel's art for and notes on fake games for the Steam Summer Sale.

    Read more (236 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 26 September, 2022
  • Image representing post: DNDle (Wordle, but with D&D monster stats)

    DNDle (Wordle, but with D&D monster stats)

    Dan releases DNDle, a Wordle clone where you assign characteristics to try to guess the Dungeons and Dragons monster-of-the-day.

    Read more (407 words)

    • Article
    • 24 comments
    • posted 16 February, 2022
  • Two laptops: one showing a full-screen Zoom chat with Dan and "Jackbox Games"; the second showing a windowed copy of Jackbox Party Pack 8.

    Taking a Jackbox Zoom Party to the Next Level

    Dan hosts a lot of Jackbox games over Zoom, and he's got some pro-level tips to share with you.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1089 words)

    • Article
    • posted 16 December, 2021
  • Tick Tock screenshot showing a mysterious machine with many buttons. The machine is switched on and the screen shows a wolf's head and the number "-2". The buttons show a bug, an hourglass, a snake, a wolf's head, a keyhole, a cog, a raven, a doll, and a section of railway track.

    Tick Tock

    Dan reviews Tick Tock, a cooperative puzzle game that he and Ruth played for their Date Night this week, and recommends you give it a go!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (559 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 2 December, 2021
  • Image representing post: Mow-Rio Kart

    Mow-Rio Kart

    Dan's ride-on lawnmower is less cool the one in this video, which plays Mario Kart.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 13 May, 2021
  • Image representing post: How to beat Skyrim without walking

    How to beat Skyrim without walking

    ymfah's produced a Skyrim "walkthrough" video with a difference. The difference? No walking is involved.

    Read more (285 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 23 March, 2021
  • Image representing post: Banners Begone!

    Banners Begone!

    Dan shares a progressive web-based clicker game he played recently.

    Read more (112 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 5 December, 2020
  • The original puzzle shown via BreakInto.Us.

    Break Into . Us (lock puzzle game)

    Some people, when faced with a puzzle, try to solve it. Dan tries to recreate it. That's how he wrote his latest game: Break Into Us.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (966 words)

    • Article
    • 21 comments
    • posted 27 June, 2020
  • SpaceX ISS Docking Simulator: Screenshot

    SPACEX - ISS Docking Simulator

    SpaceX released a free simulator game of the ISS docking procedure. It's pretty challenging.

    Read more (43 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 12 June, 2020
  • Mackerelmedia Fish reports: WARNING! Your Fish have escaped!

    Mackerelmedia Fish

    Dan reviews Mackerelmedia Fish, a surreal game by Nathalie Lawhead, and recommends that you give it a go.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (841 words)

    • Article
    • 11 comments
    • posted 1 May, 2020

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