99 Bricks may be the best browser game I’ve played since Desktop Tower Defense. At first glance, you’d think it’s Tetris, but that illusion quickly disappears. As you build the tower taller, structural stability becomes important, as the game uses physics. When you hit about 300 units tall, and your tower starts swaying like a […]

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I’ve never played World of Warcraft, or any MMO for that matter, but a recent Penny Arcade Comic made me start thinking about how the “quests” in so many RPGs simply require you to travel to a faraway location, and either find an item, kill an enemy, or simply visit point A, then point B, […]

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For years, I’ve been following the work being done by the talented folks over at Black Mesa: Source. What they’ve been working on is a full remake of the original Half-Life game, using the source engine. Most importantly, they’re re-creating all game assets. Voice tracks, music, character models, textures, multiplayer maps, artificial intelligence, everything. Plus, […]

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