Computer Beats Go Champion, Shaking the AI World

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 28, 2016

The first game I ever played over the Internet (as opposed to a dial-up BBS, waaaay back in the day) was the game of Go. I was learning to play the game as part of a class in AI. Our big project for the semester was to create a competitive Go-playing program. So besides playing […]

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Farewell David Bowie

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 11, 2016

David Bowie was an old-school veteran rocker by the time I was old enough to pay attention. But where others of his generation of rock legends had died, burned out, or faded away, he kept reinventing himself and staying current – and producing hit songs. But as much as I enjoyed many of his songs, […]

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Merry Christmas

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas everyone! I found this old’ programmer pixel art from years ago, and thought I’d repost it. Just ‘cuz I knew you’d appreciate it. Or not. I won’t be posting tomorrow (Christmas Day), so y’all have a safe and wonderful weekend. Good luck, and have fun!

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Making Weapons in Fantasy Worlds More Interesting by Banning Them

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 8, 2015

The crossbow was once banned for use (“against Christians”) by Pope Innocent III. It was the “ultimate weapon.” The prevailing belief is that this was done because it took minimal training to use and could penetrate a knight’s armor at range. Since knights were the “main battle tanks” of the era, the idea that these […]

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Computer Tech Eases Off the Gas

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 2, 2015

Heh – after yesterday’s awesome comparison of the 1957 Elliott 405 to last week’s release of the Raspberry Pi Zero, here comes news that the phenomenal growth in computer power over the decades may finally be hitting the limits of both physics and economics. Moore’s Law isn’t coming to an end, exactly, just downshifting a little […]

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Why be Thankful?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 26, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving! For those not in the U.S. – Happy Thursday! Today is a day of gratitude here in the U.S., and I’ve got a lot to be grateful for. It’s also a nice little vacation. My eldest daughter is home this weekend from school, which is awesome. And what does she want to do […]

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The Void: Welcome to the Future

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 13, 2015

“We played the VR game Dactyl Nightmare back in the 90’s,” I tell the girl who is helping us suit up. “It made us sick.” “That won’t happen now,” she says, and then corrects herself. “I won’t say it never happens, but it almost never happens. This is very different, and it isn’t even the […]

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Fallout What?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 11, 2015

I’m not playing Fallout 4. I haven’t even bought it. I’ve not bought The Witcher 3, either. For the same reasons. Mainly: They will be my reward for shipping Frayed Knights 2. I know me. I know I will binge-play these games for 100+ hours, and I cannot afford that time right now. Especially since […]

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The Ten Best CRPGs?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 4, 2015

BrainyAndNerdy has an article about the ten best (Computer / Console) RPGs you must play. Now, a part of me really wants to rail about the games that are missing from the list, the lack of “indie” titles (unless you count The Witcher and Divinity: Original Sin), or the ordering. But you know, it’s a […]

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TheMeatly Kickstarter

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 24, 2015

Crowdfunding is pretty much a constant thing these days. My hope with all things saturated is that the cream will rise to the top. But sometimes the cream needs some help. For friends and really cool-sounding projects, I’ll make note of the projects and suggest them here, but even if the projects sound interesting to […]

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Enlisting the Aid of the Genius 14-Year-Old

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 8, 2015

I joke that I was the world’s greatest game designer right up until the moment I had to design games for a real audience, and then I sucked all of the sudden. Mysterious thing that… Obviously, the point is that things always look a lot simpler from a distance than once you have to go […]

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Frayed Knights 2 – Appearances

Posted by Rampant Coyote on July 9, 2015

Let me apologize to people right now for not being particularly agile on responses to stuff the last few weeks. The push for the Frayed Knights 2 demos has been pretty demanding of my attention. (I’ve even been missing days of playing Rocksmith… you know it’s bad!). It feels like I’m spending all my time fighting […]

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Old and New

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 15, 2015

This is the week of E3… the video game industry’s biggest show. There are going to be a lot of games and game-related things announced this week. I’ve gotta admit, as jaded and cold-hearted as I may be about the mainstream biz, I’m a little excited. Bethesda opened up with a preview of Fallout 4 […]

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Ten Computer RPGs You’ve Never Heard Of*

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 25, 2015

I struggle with the obscurity of my own indie RPG, Frayed Knights, every day. That’s a common problem with indie games, in spite of our best efforts. But compared to the average indie release, Frayed Knights is doing pretty well. It’s been in some bundles, made it onto Steam, gotten some good reviews and even […]

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Steamfest Presentation: Steampunk Video Games

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 21, 2015

Nick Lives of Deli Interactive and I will be giving a presentation at Salt City Steamfest in July on steampunk video games. And… well, steampunk-adjacent (dieselpunk, etc.) We’ll be showing a few trailers, will have some video clips from game developers, and will be discussing mostly what’s out there and how they embrace the steampunk tropes, […]

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Classic Video Games… In Your Browser

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 30, 2015

This is old news, but I’m not sure I mentioned it yet. Anyway, apparently some of these can also be played inside of a tweet now, too. So… cool. As if you really needed something else to nuke your free time in your browser! MS-DOS Games. Arcade games. Classic consoles. If you are old enough, you […]

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