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Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

We’re going to be updating the website over the next few months, which means from time to time links may not work or the layout will be funky. Oh and we’ve left Twitter, migrated to BlueSky. Someone using an email… · time, forums, still, next, few

I felt that I should let those of you who follow this site know that I will be taking a break for the remainder of the summer while I work on a research project and decide on the future of Village Gamer. Stay tuned, and… · news, posted, tami, print, post

Cracky just kicked my ass. That's really all there is to say on the matter.

Share the monstrously good times you have with our toys and games! #playmonster · share, monstrously, good, times, toys

Been a tough week over here, so please enjoy this assortment of somewhat random Nintendo-themed in lieu of a normal comic while I get some sleep. I don't know why Nintendo hasn't jumped on "Nintendovember" as a concept… · been, nintendo, while, some, don

Sorry for the lack of posts! I plan to post more to make up! Sorry for the lack of posts! I plan to post more to make up! · sorry, lack, posts, plan, post

Hello, friends! I remain hard at work, furiously crafting my next game (one which I’m hoping to have out next year)–but there’s been a request for another year-end round-up of indie RPGs, and that means I’m back here to… · year, been, indie, post, next

I’m not sure this is something I should admit, but GoLocalApps was ahead of us the entire way. Before I thought it, they had it done already and, even better than I thought it would be! Did you ever see MASH? Kinda like… · app, been, had, golocalapps, way

It's crazy how things work sometimes. As I was going through all of the old WTFMan archives a couple of months ago to tidy things up (my damn OCD compels me to do some useless shit sometimes), I came across a post about… · game, things, been, space, going

I’ve been quiet on this here blog because I am doing most of my personal writing and updates over on my Substack these days, where there is more community. While I’m mixed on how the platform’s trying to turn into… · been, here, writing, there, cat

FYI, I’m keeping this space alive because I own the domain and am not yet sure how to transfer it to my new home so please find me at Substack from now on. Thank you for being there. And here. I love you & appreciate… · her, here, every, while, zelda

Remember when we were told not to talk to strangers online? Turns out, they love video games too.

… Wait, what the fridge? Another blogposts? Did these fish-themed game devs stop working on their projects to instead become bloggers or something? Well, no, these are just busy times, full of things happening, between… · game, first, demo, being, these

I'm a tomgirl making games and other nice things for the happiness of all~

I am increasingly worried about AI in the video game space in general. [...] I'm not sure that the CEOs and the people making the decisions at these sorts of companies understand the difference between actual content and… · today, computer, increasingly, people, these

So. Um. Happy new year everyone! Things turned kind of busy for me around the end of last year, so updates have been a bit sparse and I haven’t posted much since IndieCade. (Which was awesome, btw.) So where are things… · year, bit, igf, there, things

Hi all, thought I'd get my finger out for a wee while and try and get some new reviews up. I say NEW, but the files go back to about 2003. I mean, that's ridiculous isn't it? People wrote reviews SEVEN years ago that… · ari, random, length, gif, shmups

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I'm Kostas, and this is a scrapbook of sorts? “It’s been 30 minutes…” (by approachyourself) Posted 10 years agovia tswiftdaily · posted, years, agovia, kostas, scrapbook

Man, why am I hoarding money on an abandoned space station? Why do I have to be told three times in five minutes that I need to shoot the limbs off the monsters? Why does shooting the limbs off the monsters even make… · monsters, limbs, off, even, game

I find that this fall I need to go all out on coziness to try and offset some of the horrible in the world. My comfort browsing therefore includes several of the core aesthetics: cozycore, naturecore, forestcore… · find, some, reddit, green, cockroach

Sorry to be such a downer on a holiday week. This column was going to be more upbeat but then I started writing it. As if parents didn’t have enough to think about when it comes to their kids’ health, some knowledgeable… · here, like, story, unh, today

all sorts of account weirdness lately. this is back. i'm obviously not really back. deadlines. i wish i had more time to post here. If you've given up on me i understand. I just ask that you check in once in awhile to… · back, had, time, post, awhile

I’ve been playing a sinful amount of Fire Emblem lately and there’s been a lot of joy and creative energy as a result. That’s odd to say about playing a bit commercial franchise there’s been a lot of thing of in terms of… · been, there, dawn, playing, fire

Crazy video games. Indie spirit. Holy cow. Check out Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas

We are halfway through November. HOW ARE WE HALFWAY THROUGH NOVEMBER? Ahem. It’s been a slow month for me, but this is by design because from here until after the holidays it’s going to be very not slow, haha send help… · through, november, let, halfway, been

Just some projects I had the pleasure to work on. See for yourself! #webdev #angular #gamedev #babylonjs #webgl #typescript #phaser Just some projects I had the pleasure to work on. See for yourself! · some, projects, had, pleasure, work

Too bad I don’t sell portables very much anymore, it must suck to be you. Too bad I don’t sell portables very much anymore, it must suck to be you. Too bad I don’t sell portables very much anymore, it must suck to be… · too, bad, don, sell, portables

I'm a tomgirl making games and other nice things for the happiness of all~

Hello! My name is Josh. I make games and think about making games. bluesky / josh [@] plix.at · josh, games, hello, name, make

Well this is certainly surprising! Top Viewed after making this one ages ago! Thanks for all the additional comments!

HI! Sorry I haven’t posted in here ages! I guess since leaving the Home of Chrome in Sweden I’ve been busy with real life and Xbox hehe. I haven’t done anything on the PC as far as gaming goes, but Quake Live seems to be… · there, alienware, challenge, been, backpacking

I’ve been holding onto a Raspberry Pi mini computer for a few years and never really knew what to do List of Quest games with 25% discount A friend of mine asked me to build him a virtual pinball cabinet and I wasn’t… · own, been, holding, onto, raspberry

I had a dream last night, about a game called ‘Despots & Doohickeys’. So here’s a hella depressing brain fart of a micro game for these dystopian times. You just need a d4 and a d6! This is obviously a joke. Go build… · game, micro, times, build, another

Chris and I are iced in, but not at the same place. I don’t like that. At all. My anxiety and depression are through the roof and I had to promise him I would make it through the time we’re apart. So I’m with my parents… · because, stepchild, bed, month, chris

Thanks for the update, and thanks for the less wide screenshots, although I still have to zoom in to see them. The web interface looks awesome. I have a few questions about how things work. Considering this is an RPI, I… · staff, does, run, many, players

It’s been a really long time since I updated the blog, so I am taking it offline for now. I’ll leave the art and games sections up for posterity; feel free to have a look if you like. · been, really, long, time, since

Man, it sucks to be writing this, but the more I thought about it just seemed like the right thing to do. When I closed bG back in 2013 I did it because I was tired of the lack of activity and basically paying for… · back, like, did, much, fun

I don’t write on this site anywhere near enough, I was expecting this to be mostly tech writeups, interesting things, but instead I’m using it as a place to write about my cat, Pixel. This isn’t a story with a happy end… · don, write, tech, place, website

Hi, i'm (usually) emma, i'm not great at introductions, so i'll mostly skip over that here, this site mostly serves as a public facing list of places to easily reach me if anything ever happens to the platforms we… · here, mostly, platform, listed, usually

NotCrocker sees an incredible amount of traffic even though I’ve not had a chance to update it in years. I have some recipes and ideas in my pocket that I will certainly get back up here one day, hopefully soon! In the… · some, these, time, lauren, had

So it's not lost in the vast Twitterverse, I'll add a quick post here saying that a few weeks ago I started working on a port of the awesome game "Pixel Dungeon" to the desktop (Linux/Mac/Windows) and iOS platforms (it… · well, part, called, post, weeks

Wow! Hi! It's been a bit. I got a little ambitious about how I was going to update the site and then didn't for a while. Anyway I deferred some of the stuff I wanted to do because I wanted to post more updates and also… · update, site, wanted, page, games

I know it took a long time to get to this point, but I never stopped doing gamedev work while making Ancient DOS Games and my other video series, thus I am pleased to finally announce my next major "game" project... Up… · game, project, things, had, going

Little games with a lot of heart and helping to give yours the very best start!

I’ve been having lots of fun lately streaming games and building a fun little community. If you’re into that sort of thing you should totally join in and follow me!!!!! I’ll be live in 5 minutes!!!! Gotta love a good… · fun, odd, been, having, lots

So this has been a long time coming, but I finally made myself spend a few days cleaning up the plans I had been working on to get them into a state that I thought it was ‘good enough’ to post. You can now find plans for… · had, plans, time, maker, faire