I was browsing through Scott McCloud’s books the other day. Scott McCloud is a Western comics artist, and he has authored a graphic novel called Understanding Comics, which is considered to be the classic and best textbook reference for the study of comics as a medium. Anyway, I just skimmed through some of his ideas, [...]
Today I die is one of the most beautifully poetic games I’ve ever played. Created by Daniel Benmergui, it’s a simple indie Flash game using just point, click and drag actions, but what it really unique about it is the way it uses words in conjunction with other game mechanics to represent a psychological journey [...]
Lately, I’ve been playing some browser-based strategy card games, like Warstorm and Planetstorm. Pretty interesting, because they focus almost entirely on the strategic and logistical aspects of forming armies that can fight effectively, but don’t give you any control over the tactical aspects of actually controlling them on the battlefield. In any case, I was [...]
Ho-hum… this week has gone by really fast. Nothing much to report in terms of scattered thoughts. I’ve got some things which I think would make better in-depth posts, so I’m not going to include them here.
Anime/Manga: The new anime season is starting from this week. A bunch of interesting shows that I’m thinking about [...]
*blink* I can’t believe I just spent the last four hours programming in Blender as a way to kill time.
I think I’ve realised something about myself, though. I’m easily addicted to problem-solving. As long as I am reasonably familiar with the parameters of the problem, I can spend endless hours trying a bunch of ways [...]
