I finished The Roottrees Are Dead (Evil Trout Inc.) tonight. For a game that I at first did not get at all (why someone would play it), I jumped into it with both feet when it clicked (which was very soon after the second time I tried to play it). The premise is shaky, but… Continue Reading
I have been musing about detective/mystery games for the past week or so because I’ve been obsessed with them lately. Here is my post from yesterday in which I griped about more things I hate in detective games. In this post, I’m going to try to focus more on what I want from a detective… Continue Reading
I have played more of Murders on the Yangtze River (OMEGAMES Studio), and while I still enjoy it muchly, there are more things that are irritating me. Such as the fact that they introduce new mechanics without explaining them. Or give a very brief explanation that doesn’t really tell you what to do. Here’s my… Continue Reading
Since I’ve been on a mystery/detective game kick lately, I’ve been thinking about what I really want from a detective game. Many years ago, I tried several of the Sherlock Holmes games by Frogwares. They were highly-esteemed, and while I don’t particularly like Sherlock Holmes, that was all that was available at the time. Oh,… Continue Reading
I am still on my murder mystery game kick. And for whatever reason, I was looking at Steam. Well, no. I know exacttly why. I wanted to look at mystery games precisely because I’m on this kick. I found a game that immediately intrigued me. I think I had heard of it before, but I… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I wrote about love in the context of family. Here is the post in which I mused about how complicated it can get and how we don’t talk about the fact that some parents don’t love their children. When I state plainly that my parents don’t love me, even my closest friends have a… Continue Reading
I was reading random Ask A Manager posts as is my wont. One was from a woman whose mother was telling her that the reason she could not get hired is because she (the writer) was fat. The writer was also multiracial (black and white) and gay. So, of course, I instantly felt a kinship.… Continue Reading
When the first Golden Idol game came out, I desperately wanted to like it because it seemed to be way up my alley. Sadly, I could not get into it, so I put it aside. Then along came The Roottrees Are Dead. Someone in the RKG Discord was really pushing it, and I bought it… Continue Reading
This is both A Quick Look at Inspector Waffles (Goloso Games) and a rant about point-and-clicks in general. A brief history: Eons ago, I thought I would really like point-and-clicks. Why? Because I like detective/murder stories/mysteries. I tried a bunch of the Wadjet Eye Games (Lauren Blackwell series), and my god, were they an exercise… Continue Reading
I’m still on an indie dev kick, and I decided to play Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Happy Broccoli Games). It’s about a duck who is, yes, a detective, and it’s very Sam Spade about the whole thing. Except with animals as the characters, and a very cute pop-up book, cut-out characters visual style. The… Continue Reading