By Adam Smith on September 11th, 2012.
“Very important, historical Khan game”, thecatamites writes, introducing his latest jolly hockysticks adventure, The Pleasuredromes of Kubla Khan. It’s experimental learning, an explorable history lesson with a life of its own that has a rant at Edward Said and then almost literally vanishes up its own backside. There are probably all kinds of gloriously detailed and accurate details to discover but it’s possible to rush through the lesson in five minutes or so if you’re that way inclined. Go and learn!
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free, history, indie, the pleasuredromes of kubla khan, thecatamites.
Despicable Humanoid Dog Mascot
By Brendan Caldwell on February 16th, 2012.
Good day, children. Did you do your homework like I asked? You didn’t!? You urinated on your homework and then pinned it to the door of a church in a send-up of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses? How very punk. A gold star for you! Oh, look. You’ve eaten your gold star as an angry criticism of society’s hackneyed educational system of reward and punishment. Excellent! Have another gold star. You’ve eaten it again. I see. Right. No, I get it.
Regardless of whether you disobeyed my instructions (MAKE A GAME) many commenters left a lot of valuable feedback for me to ponder. We’ll be talking about some of those issues as we go but first here’s one from JackShandy that was particularly prophetic:
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feature, interview, Punk's Not Dead, Space Funeral, thecatamites.
Solitary pursuits
By Adam Smith on December 19th, 2011.
Lots of free games! I haven’t played everything entered into the latest Ludum Dare because I do not have all the time in the world, but I did want to try out some of the other entries after Alec looked at Minicraft. No doubt I’ve missed the one game that everyone will be talking about 24 hours from now, the one that forms the basis for Valve’s next major franchise and blows the minds of everyone who plays it. I probably skipped past it because it was called ‘Alone’, which is the theme this time around and therefore the title of 78% of entries. For those who don’t know, these are games designed around the set theme and created in 48 hours. Here are some of them.
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Craequ, Drill Killer, Enola, feature, free, Increpare, indie, Last Breath, Ludum Dare, Puppy Shelter, thecatamites, We Are Alone.
By Alec Meer on August 8th, 2011.
Murder Dog IV: Trial of the Murder Dog is Crime and Punishment as starring a homicidal, humanoid mutt who isn’t at all interested in moral justification for his thousands of remorseless kills.
It’s The Outsider, if Meursault actively enjoyed his act of murder (and was a dog).
It’s a libertarian rebuke of the modern justice system (starring a dog).
It’s a liberal treatise against the covert endorsement and use of violence by police (as made by a dog).
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free, Murder Dog IV, Space Funeral, thecatamites.
