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Pregnant
I have a huge announcement today - but it's not the one I've been building up to over the last few weeks ( Read more... ) -
Castle of ZZT - The pirate version!
I just remembered about something very weird that happened to me a long time ago. When I first came to live in America in 2006, I had two suitcases of possessions, and a desktop computer was not among them - my personal computer was an increasingly eccentric bulky laptop that was built in 1998. After moving into our flat and ordering furniture, ( Read more... ) -
King's Quest III: Part 8
KING'S QUEST 3: PART 8 (LAST)
Right, King's Quest III - you've been playing around with me for far too long but this time I'm going to finish you once and for all.
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The Poison Skies - Stand Our Ground
This is a preview of something I have been aching to show off for a very long time!
"The Poison Skies" is a joint project by me and kjorteo, with artwork by Sparkyopteryx. It's a concept album inspired by the characters and story of Kjorteo's novel "The Afflicted" (and you can read the first chapter of the online edition behind that link). "Stand Our ( Read more... ) -
King's Quest III: Part 7
KING'S QUEST 3: PART 7When we left Gwydion, in stark contrast to his situation at the end of most of the other updates in this adventure, we had landed in Daventry and things were full of promise. At least, they had been until I walked on to a screen that resembled a special marathon edition of the awful pointless mountain path obstacle course that ( Read more... ) -
King's Quest III: Part 6
KING'S QUEST 3: PART 6Our sixth update, leading into what you might broadly call the second part of the game, opens with a hornpipe being bleeped to us over the three-channel Tandy sound chip (from which I will spare you) and a cutscene without you involved (which I don't think has happened before in a King's Quest game, although I could be wrong ( Read more... ) -
King's Quest III: Part 5
KING'S QUEST 3: PART 5
I seem to have a habit of signing off these updates with our hero Gwydion either dead or very close to it. But I think we were on to something last time, so let's reanimate his component atoms once again and see if we can keep going.
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King's Quest III: Part 4
KING'S QUEST 3: PART 4
When we left Gwydion last time, he was in a bit of a dire situation, lost in the desert with time swiftly running out.
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