Monthly Archives: July 2009

Mochi First Impressions Game Review Mash-Up: Friday, July 31, 2009

Posted on July 31, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi First Impressions Game Review Mash-Up: Friday, July 31, 2009 I love games. Doing all of these reviews is starting to help bring back a little passion for games that I seem to have lost as this has become more … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: Thursday, July 30, 2009

Posted on July 30, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-Up: Thursday, July 30, 2009 I have decided to go back to the 9 new games (not featured) today because I like torture. Actually, my hope is to find some gems missed by the over-worked Mochi staff, … Continue reading →

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Flash Game Interweb Mash-up : July 29. 2009

Posted on July 29, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash Game Interweb Mash-up : July 29. 2009 We delivered the first 3 chapters for our book on Flash Game Development this past weekend. Before I start my game and write up for the next chapter, I have been spending … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Interweb Mash-Up: Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Posted on July 29, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Interweb Mash-Up: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7 Featured and the 2 best non-featured games on tap for today. It’s a very strong group of games today and almost everyone will find a game that they will like … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Interweb Mash-Up: Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Posted on July 28, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Interweb Mash-Up: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Nine more games on tap for today. OUCH! Not much good going on today. Some fun to be had, but its a stretch. This is the worst day so far with … Continue reading →

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Wii Motion Plus/Wii Sports Resort : First Impressions

Posted on July 27, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I picked-up my reserved copy of Wii-Motion Plus/Wii Sports Resort yesterday at Target.  My first impression is this: No Need To Reserve It. There were many many copies, and not too many buyers.  I also noticed that Target was giving … Continue reading →

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FIOS, DSL and Verizon. I want to laugh and I want to cry #1(Updated)

Posted on July 27, 2009 by 8bit_admin

FIOS, DSL and Verizon. I want to laugh and I want to cry #1 **** Update **** Last Thursday, as I was getting into my car to leave for work, someone tapped me on the shoulder. It was a Verizon … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-up:’Monday July 27, 2009

Posted on July 27, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-up:  Monday July 27, 2009 Mochi "First Look" game reviews. Every day brings a new crop from the Mochi gods, let’s hope yours is there and its not crap. I have now added my own designation to … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-up: Sunday July 26, 2009

Posted on July 27, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-up:  Sunday July 26, 2009 It’s Sunday, a day I normally leave for TV shows on the DVR and playing with my kids outside. But,  I’m trying to get a good handle on the quality of Mochi … Continue reading →

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Expressing An Emotional State Of Mind In A Game

Posted on July 26, 2009 by 8bit_admin

There are games I’d like to create, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to approach them. Many of these games have to do with true emotions that are difficult to describe in game form, however, … Continue reading →

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Play the new free Atari STE Game rOx in Windows with a single mouse click!

Posted on July 25, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Play the new free Atari STE Game rOx in Windows with a single mouse click! The guys over are RGCD UK have out done themselves with a brand new, FREE Atari STE game that can be played in Windows with … Continue reading →

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Mochi Game Review Mash-up: Saturday, July 25, 2009

Posted on July 25, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Mochi Game Review Mash-up: Saturday, July 25, 2009 Nine more Mochi Games Reviewed Based In Initial Impressions I need to pick up the slack a little bit. Here are my capsule reviews on the 9 games currently on the “Latest” game … Continue reading →

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Flash Game Interweb Mash-Up July 24, 2009

Posted on July 24, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash Game Interweb Mash-Up July 24, 2009 I have been working on part one of a very large (Flash Game relegated) project over the last couple weeks. I just sent the first version of the first set of deliverables off for … Continue reading →

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Random Game Design Notes From Chris Crawford

Posted on July 20, 2009 by 8bit_admin

A few years ago I hosted an all-day game design session with Chris Crawford. After the session, I took some notes and shared them with my colleagues. These notes were geared-towards “Kid’s” games, but many of them hold true for … Continue reading →

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Great Free Online Book On Eary Computer Games: Let’s Tell a Story Together

Posted on July 17, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I’ve always wondered how long it would take to create a text adventure/graphical text adventure engine for Flash.   I *know* the marketability of text adventures is not great, and I know the audience is limited, but for someone like me … Continue reading →

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They Used Our Kung Fu: GameNutz Podcast

Posted on July 16, 2009 by 8bit_admin

GameNutz is a video game “news” podcast that originates from Sherrill, NY. The podcast includes Rob “StickyNugget” Feddersen and Andrew “Boter” Hookway, who are employees at GameNutz store, also is Sherrill, NY, plus Justin “FearTheClaw” Clough. All three are very … Continue reading →

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More Algorithms For Modern Managers

Posted on July 16, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I’ve been looking for these for a very long time, and I finally found them. We came up with these many years ago, and I think they still hold-true today.  The following are 21st Century “algorithms” that modern managers can … Continue reading →

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Flash Indie Game Interweb Mashup – Mochiads Games Edition July 10, 2009

Posted on July 11, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash Indie Game Interweb Mashup – Mochiads Games Edition July 10, 2009 Since I did a Mash-Up last week on blog entries, I thought it would be fun to take an entire mash-up to focus on my favorite subject – … Continue reading →

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Silverlight 3 Released And Ready For You To Make Some Awesome Games – Maybe

Posted on July 10, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Microsoft has finally released their new version of Silverlight, Silverlight 3.  All the dev tools are now available here:  http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/ . However, if you want to develop on a Mac, you  will need to use something like Eclipse4SL, which, when … Continue reading →

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Atari 2600 Game Quiz: Name The Games From The Manual Excerpts

Posted on July 9, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Atari 2600 Game Quiz: Name The Games From The Manual Excerpt Many Atari 2600 games had manuals that were nothing short of…bizarre.  Some of the descriptions and back-stories created, even for some of the most well-known games of the time, … Continue reading →

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RESULTS! Quiz: Can You Name These Classic Computer Games From Their Old-School Reviews (#1)

Posted on July 9, 2009 by 8bit_admin

A Couple weeks ago I posted the following quiz.  It takes parts of old-school game reviews and challenges you to name the game.  I thought this one was EASY.  However, it was not, it was really hard and I have … Continue reading →

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Top-10 Alternative Ideas for The Universal “Asteroids” Movie

Posted on July 7, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Last week, Universal announced that they had won a “bidding war” for the rights to turn Atari’s Asteroids coin-op into a feature film. Almost immediately, game pundits  and art critics alike pounced on the news, and scoffed at the idea … Continue reading →

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Absolutely Brilliant Lost Garden Article On Flash Game Monetization

Posted on July 6, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Absolutely Brilliant Lost Garden Article On Flash Game Monetization If you have even a passing interest in making games full time, you have to read Flash Love Letter Part One by Danc on the Lost Garden blog. He ever so … Continue reading →

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Flash indie game interweb-mash-up : July 3, 2009

Posted on July 3, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash indie game interweb-mash-up : July 3, 2009 I was sick this past week (it’s still lingering on), and today (actually July 4)  is a USA holiday – a couple hundred years ago some dudes in funky white wigs decided … Continue reading →

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New Retrogaming Times Monthly article on ST game developer Michtron

Posted on July 1, 2009 by 8bit_admin

New Retrogaming Times Monthly (free online magazine) features my first Atari Playfield article on ST game developer Michtron . Richard Davey (www.atari.st and www.photonstorm.com) was invaluable help on this article. I have been reading this splendid on-line magazine every month … Continue reading →

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