Pippin Barr’s water collection, v r 3, is so lovely [official site]! You can download it for free and just wander round examining different people’s approaches to designing and programming water effects in a museum-style setting. It’s so pleasing as a snapshot of different game aesthetics as well as different people’s ideas and work and style! … [visit site to read more]
Like many, my relationship to World of Warcraft [official site] has shifted over the years, from second home (though never second job, unlike many) to an occasional jaunt to go catch up with my Undead Mage and see the latest fun stuff and twists and turns in Blizzard’s ongoing demonic soap opera. Sure, it’s a theme park, but so’s Disneyworld. I like making return trips to The Haunted Mansion too. And, with Legion, Blizzard’s done a much better job than its previous expansions of providing reasons to either stick around or come back. With Patch 7.2, Tomb of Sargeras, I decided to check back in on the battle against both The Burning Legion and the six-month content drought. From my perspective as a casual soloer, sure, but there’s quite a few of us.
FISH FISH FISH FISH! Oh goodness, I have zero chill when it comes to fish. That is going to make writing about Megaquarium [official site] – a theme park management game from Big Pharma creator Tim Wicksteed, where you run your own aquarium – difficult because mostly I just want to tell you everything I think about fish at any given moment. I will try to rein it in so I can get this news post up efficiently. … [visit site to read more]
Avast, ye unsightly cads! Cast ye grog-smashed memory back to The Year of Emperor Cameron 2012, when Guns of Icarus Online took to the clouds with steampunk multiplayer airship combat. Jump on a few to 2013, when developers Muse Games crowdfunded an expansion adding singleplayer and co-op, then zip up the present day, when that has arrived in standalone form (with multiplayer thrown in) as Guns of Icarus Alliance [official site]. The thing with Guns of Icarus, yeah, is that you and your pals can crew the same airship. … [visit site to read more]
One of my favourite finds at Rezzed was Exo One [official site] – a momentum-based planetary exploration game. You roll and fly across desolate spacescapes flipping form between a ball and a frisbee. The enjoyment comes from using the terrain and the controls in just the right way to go full speed. The best way I can think to describe it is like a 3D version of the mobile game, Tiny Wings. … [visit site to read more]
Tidying up some of the week’s leftovers before we shuffle into the next… For Honor [official site] has launched an update reintroducing the River Fort map and boosting the amount Steel players earn by playing. (Steel is the virtuacash used to upgrade and customise characters.) And Ubisoft say they’re going to start communicating a lot more about what’s going on with the game. … [visit site to read more]
Blizzard have announced that the next Hearthstone [official site] is due on Thursday, April 6th. Journey to Un’Goro will venture into the primeval Un’Goro Crater to play with dinosaurs, battle monstrous plantlife, and embark on Quests with a new card type. Here, have a peek at what awaits in the free-to-play card game: … [visit site to read more]
