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Sent Back From the Future

Succinct lifestyle recommendations.  New posts on Thursdays, usually.

For The Love of Running, Tracksmith

This last season my wife and I have fallen in love with Tracksmith, a runner’s apparel company out of New England (where we live) …[continue reading]

Sci-fi Under the Sea

Low by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini

 

The Comeback Sheep

Color Sheep Updated

And so the time has come to dust off your color mixing skills, or if somehow you’ve missed this gem, start mixing.  Just over …[continue reading]

Why Indie?

In the markets of tomorrow the most successful game development will be done by leaner and more sustainable practices …[continue reading]

The RTS You Didn’t Know You Were Waiting For, Rymdkapsel by Grapefrukt Games

Finally the RTS mobile deserves. A game truly well designed for mobile is above all, lite.  Rymdkapsel floats.  Martin Jonasson who is Grapefrukt Games […continue reading]

 

Calendar Added to the Site

I keep a google calendar of what I’m excited for in upcoming releases in games, films, comics, shows, and similar that I embedded into a page on this site for any interested party.  So you’ll now notice a Calendar link in the primary navigation. Go ahead, count down the days with me.

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Sci-fi Under the Sea, Low by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini

In a sea of sci-fi, Low explores new depths. While my head is usually among the stars, it’s nice to imagine other worlds closer to home.  And where on Earth is more other-worldly than beneath the seas?  Now imagine you fast-forward a few millennia, we’ve never made it off Earth, we have to retreat under the waves, […]

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Happy Thanksgiving

I am very grateful for a great many things, but maybe nothing more so than the love of my family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, Cheers!  

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Aliens Infestation

The perfect handheld space marine game. Most of the games I’ve played in the Alien series have sucked.*  Which is particularly disappointing because I am such a huge fan of Alien.  But Aliens Infestation breaks away from the rest, and is a noteworthy 2D side-scroller even if you’re not a fan of the franchise. You […]

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The West was Won with Mini-games, Ready Steady Play by Cowboy Games

Instantly classic collection of mini-games. The Cowboy from Ready Steady Bang returns in this awesome, rumored to be growing, collection of mini-games.  This title keeps the clean minimal feel of its predecessor with brilliant animation that springs to life and gives playful personality to our hero. The games capture the nostolgic feeling of simpler games […]

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Requires a Circular Way of Thought, Duet by Kumobius

Duet makes you feel like you can work around anything, with enough practice. You are a pair of circles, seemingly floating in space.  Blocks hang, fall, slide, spin, even disappear later in the game, and you have to make it through without smacking into any of them.  Sounds straight forward enough, but no straight path […]

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