Assault on the Inbox

Another week, another truckload of gaming press releases. Bioware announces their new downloadable content for their Dragon Age RPG, “The Darkspawn Chronicles“. Meant as an alternate story — one where your character from Dragon Age: Origins and Awakening dies during the Grey Warden initiation — here you command the forces of the Darkspawn against the … Read more

What? A new game programming challenge?

Via Slashie of Temple of the Roguelike, news of a NEW game programming challenge: Tiny Game 2010. A full game in 40×30 PIXELS, using the 16 color EGA palette. I remember EGA; I wrote an EGA video driver way back when I worked for Digital Research, Inc. The original one. Rules are: 40×30 (or 30×40) … Read more

The West Karana Friday Offer Wall!

Unlike other offer walls, this one probably won’t infect your computer with anything TOO harmful. Like watching pretty alien spaceships blow up in all sorts of interesting ways? I do! I bought Gratuitous Space Battles the day it came out and every now and then, I build some fleets and watch them get crazy on … Read more

The Ultimate Casual Browser-Based Game: Progress Wars

All the thrill of the adventuring life RIGHT IN YOUR BROWSER! Play for a minute, play for an hour, play for a LIFETIME! Fight fantastic creatures from your imagination and beyond! Go on hair raising missions that will shape the future of the UNIVERSE! (Caution: some advanced adventures may require multiple presses of the button … Read more