Merry Christmas!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and may your days & weeks to come be safe and fun!

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Back in the USA

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 16, 2011

Hi folks! I made it back from Thailand in one piece. I’m jet-lagged as all-get-out right now, but I expect that by Monday I’ll be mostly back on schedule and things will be back to normal(ish) for a bit. I’m facing a mountainous backlog right now of tasks – for Rampant Games, the family, and […]

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Frayed Knights: Indie Game of the Year?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 30, 2011

Will Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon be the indie game of the year? That’s your call. But you can vote here. Click the link to go to the voting page for Frayed Knights. This type of contest favors the smaller, less niche games that have gotten a lot of coverage and cheap downloads. That […]

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Be ‘Frayed

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 27, 2011

Be ‘Frayed. Be very, very ‘Frayed…

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Twenty Years…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 24, 2011

Okay, not really a game-related post this time. I just wanted to note that twenty years ago today I married my dream-girl and best friend. I wasn’t even out of school yet when we decided to continue our journeys together. It’s been an awesome trip so far.

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Subtlety. Or Not.

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 23, 2011

A few years ago, at a Utah Indie Night we got into a discussion of subtlety in video games. Herb Flower (of LinkRealms) half-jokingly said, “Subtlety in games is a sledgehammer against a baby’s skull.” In other words, video games don’t do subtle. Or rather, they don’t do subtle for anything that the player is […]

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The Worst RPGs of All Time?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 10, 2011

Matt Barton followed up his list of favorite CRPGs with a list of what he felt were worst CRPGs ever. He notes that this is not simply a qualitative pronouncement – undoubtedly there were some low-budget duds out there that were far worse (the CRPG Addict has played several of them). For the purpose of […]

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Guilty Pleasure RPGs

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 9, 2011

Yesterday I talked about lists of favorites. It’s fun to talk about the classics, what made them classics, and how influential they were, and how they rate in comparison to each other.  Fans make arguments defending their favorite games, people reminisce a bit, and everyone involved in the discussion can learn a little more about […]

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Picking Favorites

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 8, 2011

Matt Barton, author of the excellent “Dungeons & Desktops” history book of computer RPGs and host of the “Matt Chat” Youtube video series, has posted his list of favorite computer RPGs: Matt’s Top Ten CRPGs I love lists like these. Not because Matt is an authority on the subject (though, having literally written the book […]

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Stupid Female Armor…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 29, 2011

College Humor tells it like it is… Definitely watch to the very end. “Oooo! Right in the shiny part!”

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Jon Blow on Indie Game Programming

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 24, 2011

Apparently I’m appealing to programmers this week, talking about source control and rapid indie game programming. My apologies to the coders out there, but sometimes we code-monkeys  need to yap. Today, Jonathan “Braid” Blow talks about how to program indie games. He’s talking to a bunch of computer science students, and what he says might […]

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That Old-School Feelin’: Contest Winners

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 20, 2011

Last week’s contest concluded at midnight Saturday on the forums. The three winners were determined by random dice roll: DGM, Maklak, and McTeddy! All three get a copy of Viridian Games’ Inaria. PM me with your name / email you want the game sent to. If you already have it and want to gift it […]

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Hobbes & Bacon

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 14, 2011

I loved Calvin & Hobbes for its entire run – it was second to none (with only Gary Larson’s The Far Side even in the same league back in the day). Like all fans, I was terribly disappointed when the comic ended abruptly. But now, as far as I am concerned, these two fan-made comics […]

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Guest Post: Hardcore Versus Casual (Versus Fun)

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 3, 2011

I may be back from vacation, but I’m not back from being lazy. I’ve still got some great guest posts to share over the next several days. Today’s guest post is by Chance Gibbs, who’s bio line reads, “Chance Gibbs once played Gameboy during a college English class, and that makes him more than qualified […]

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Jousting Competition in Texas

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 22, 2011

Hey, if you happen to live near Austin, Texas, there’s a pretty massive three-day jousting competition going on near you in about a week. I don’t, but if I did, I’d be going: “Lysts on the Lake” Jousting Competition, April 29th – May 1st. I’ve seen a few real jousts before, though never a full […]

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The Impact of Magic on Fantasy Worlds

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 20, 2011

Fantasy worlds rarely take into consideration the full ramifications of the effect of magic in the game world. It’s probably easiest to take the approach that magic is rare enough (player-run magic users notwithstanding) that the effect is minimal on the fictional world that it might still resemble our own. But would it? Imagine a […]

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