Category: Videogames
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My Favorite Games: Myst
The first mega-hit CD-ROM game still doesn’t get enough credit for what makes it so special
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My Favorite Games: Dark Castle
Along with Uninvited, the game I played incessantly on my Mac Plus in college was Dark Castle. (And then, Beyond Dark Castle). Unlike Uninvited, I can call Dark Castle a classic without any qualifications or reservations. It’s easy to fall into comparing the two games, not just because I played them both around the same…
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My Favorite Games: Uninvited
One of the first games I played on the Mac was one of the most influential games I ever played
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My Favorite Games: Day of the Tentacle
I’ve said several times before — to anyone who will listen, with or without their consent — that the demo plus first “Meanwhile…” cut-scene in The Secret of Monkey Island is what made me want to work in video games. Playing Sam & Max Hit the Road is what made me feel like I “belonged”…
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My Favorite Games: The Sims 2
Memories of the game series that taught me about abstractions, and about how profitable video games can be (for other people)
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Bandersnatch and Possibility Spaces
More like an extended-length episode of Black Mirror than an interactive movie, Bandersnatch reveals (probably intentionally?) most of the problems with interactive fiction.
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My Favorite Games: SimCity 3000
You can’t cut back on nostalgia for the SimCity series! You will regret this!
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My Favorite Games: Final Fantasy Tactics
Possibly my favorite video game of all time, and one that’s apparently impossible to recreate
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My Favorite Games: What Remains of Edith Finch
An ongoing list of my favorite games, starting with an astounding, metaphor-filled, exploration game by Giant Sparrow