As is likely obvious, Lungfishopolis is kind of dead. It never had much of an audience, and as such it existed primarily as a creative outlet for me. I’ve moved my musings on video games mostly to Google Plus posts. If you’re interested in participating in those discussions and you’re not already in my Google […]

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It’s been nearly two weeks since I last played Skyrim, but while I was playing I was completely absorbed in the game, as I’d known I would be. 146 hours I put into that game, and I feel fairly certain that I’ll be going back to it in maybe a year or so, once some […]

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So I’m still playing the crap out of Skyrim. Last night I got to try out the new high resolution texture pack, which looks just amazing, and the new mod management system, which doesn’t seem to integrate very well with mods that may have been installed before its implementation – I got about three crash-to-desktop […]

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I’ve just encountered a disheartening example of corporate personhood. The argument against piracy is primarily that the creators of a given work should continue to receive recompense for that work. Pirates deprive them of that profit. Do you know what else deprives them of the same profit? Publishers who come into ownership of their IP. […]

Read the rest of I’m Not Abandonware Yet! I Feel Happy!

I’m not sure whether I can technically call this a postmortem, since I’m going to continue to play the game, but I finished Skyrim’s main plot last night. Not only did I finish the main story, but I found 20 shouts, read 50 skill books, got married, and I’m the guildmaster of the Thieves’ Guild. […]

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So Capcom just confirmed Resident Evil 6, due to come out on November 20. Great! I’ve played each of the numbered Resident Evil games to completion and loved them all, even if I’ve found all the even-numbered games to be superior. I’m hoping that RE6 is also awesome. Not that it matters, but here’s a […]

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At this point, I’m sick of writing about 2011 games, and I’m sure you’re sick of reading about them, so I’ll wrap it all up. I did a best of 2010 post last year, and now here’s this year’s best of 2011 post. In my number five position is Bastion. The game had stellar music, some very nice […]

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Many people have written off their Wii as a dead console. Probably most of the people who haven’t are the ones playing Skyward Sword or the ones still stuck on Wii Sports. At our house, the Wii game that sees the most play is Super Mario Galaxy 2. From the beginning, I’ve played the whole […]

Read the rest of The Games of 2011: Part XI

Disclaimer: There are many concerns about kids and video games, and so I’ll state up-front that parents absolutely need to be familiar with the games that their children play and the ESRB ratings of those games. You should no more let your child play Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto than you should let […]

Read the rest of Single Player Games as Parent / Child Experiences

It’s hard to think about all the games coming out in 2012. I’m up to my neck in Skyrim and Trine 2, I still want to finish off the Riddler challenges in Arkham City, and I have yet to start Skyward Sword, Deus Ex, Ico, or Infamous 2. With the exception of the top few […]

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