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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]

 

I’m Loving This Controller – Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710

This controller is a serious game changer. I know there are a lot of controllers on the market, and I’m really looking forward to Steam’s, but I use a lot of Logitech equipment so when I finally decided to invest in a controller for my computer this is the one I went with.  What surprises me […]

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Get Cyberpunked in Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes

Down a dirty twisted alley shrouded by the shadows of skyscrapers so tall they blot out the sky and illuminated only by neon advertisements is a door hidden among the filth of an overflowing dumpster. Behind that door and its many locks is a cyberpunk throne room where in dark congress sit the likes of […]

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Fight Your Way to the Top in Savant: Ascent by D-Pad Studio

Blow away hoards of flying animated household goods to the sweet beats of Savant. If you don’t know the music of Aleksander Vinter (a.k.a Savant) then hear some at his SoundCloud page.  After you’re mind is blown by an EDM living legend go buy Savant: Ascent for only a couple of bucks on the platform […]

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Feeling Optimistic About the Future of Indiana Jones [UPDATE]

[UPDATE] A couple day’s after I wrote this, Schoenmaker updated his site with some more Indiana Jones sketches.  See them here. FYI: Disney got marketing and distribution rights for Indiana Jones yesterday. I figured when Disney acquired LucasArts last year that it would be the end of Indiana Jones given the stalemate over marketing and […]

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Put Petal to the Metal in Real World Racing by Playstos

Top-down racing at its absolute best. Just as advertised, Real World Racing lets you race on actual city streets captured from aerial photography all over the world.  You can amass a decent garage of cars, plus tracks in several major world cities.  Racing is tough, I’ve gotten stuck on a few tracks, but the challenge makes […]

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Why Indie?

In the markets of tomorrow the most successful game development will be done by leaner and more sustainable practices. – Ian J. Treu Last week Games Industry International had a couple of great articles related to the topic; Mobile evolution will make today’s market irrelevant Free-to-play specialist Teut Weidemann says disruption of smartphones is just […]

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