Some people aren't familiar with the term I used in my last post, "Metroidvania". So I thought I'd give my definition of what kind of computer games count as in the Metroidvania genre. It's a somewhat fuzzy-edged category: I think a game can probably miss any one of these tests and still count.

• Platform game. Not an absolute requirement, but ( Read more... )

As longtime readers may remember, I'm rather a fan of Metroidvania style computer games. I've blogged about how much I like Iji, Untitled Story, Aquaria, and similar games. I regularly check the Metroidvania category on JayIsGames for new releases, and they come fairly frequently these days: about every month or so there's a new one, and I almost ( Read more... )

Hmm, it's a long time since I've posted on here ( Read more... )

I've played several truly excellent computer games recently, so I thought it was time for another post describing them and bringing them to people's attention ( Read more... )

I've been playing quite a few platform games of assorted different stripes recently. Thus, I've had a chance to realise what kinds of thing I like and dislike, by seeing assorted different takes on the genre.

( Mini-reviews of Cave Story, Super Mario 63, Knytt, Untitled Story, Eversion, GENERIC, and Portal )

I've been just generally busy. But having fun.
Amongst the things occupying my time have been such diverse elements as:

• ( Writing Elven Relations 2: Mermaid Liaisons )