Vacation Coming Up – Guest Posts Requested

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 15, 2011

I’m going on vacation to play tourist in New Orleans in a little over a week. While I always welcome guest blog posts, this is really the time when I may be able to use them the most. If you have something on the topic of indie games, RPGs, adventure games, the games biz, or… […]

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Wanted: Indie RPG News

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 8, 2011

I’m going to do another indie RPG news round-up next week (Monday?), and could use any help I can get. Know of an indie game I haven’t covered yet that is close to release or has been recently released? Or just anything else that might be of interest to fans of RPGs that is somehow […]

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Why Do You Quit Playing an RPG?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 29, 2011

So why do you quit playing an RPG without completing it? For me, I’ll generally keep playing as long as I am still enjoying two out of three of the following: I’m still finding interesting things to do I’m still finding interesting and significant ways to improve my character(s) I’m seeing progress in an interesting […]

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This is the Kind of Hero We Make Games About

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 24, 2011

The L.A. Times wrote a pretty awesome article about one Hideaki Akaiwa, 43-year old man of action. I prefer the more colorful description of the man at Baddass of the Week (warning: strong language). And general awesomeness. Yes, it’s a bit more colorful and embellished, but I think it also paints a better picture of […]

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Weekend Links

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 13, 2011

Just some miscellaneous bits and pieces discovered this week: John Carmack announced the superiority of  Direct3D over OpenGL. Didn’t start that way, if you remember. The funny thing is, we were an early user of Direct3D, and we voiced the same complaints to Microsoft. They ignored us. They listened to Carmack. I can’t blame them, […]

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Armchair Arcade Podcast – On Going Indie, Game Remakes, First RPGs, and More

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 9, 2011

Okay, I really enjoyed hearing Matt go off on what an awesome time it is today to go indie and make your own games. While it’s not quite that easy (and I’m sure he recognizes this), he does offer a great perspective as someone who has interviewed many game developers from an era where they […]

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TRON: Uprising Trailer

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 6, 2011

So I guess this series is scheduled to appear on the Disney XD channel next year. From the trailer… uh, well, I can’t really make any judgments based on the trailer at all. “Competent CGI,” I guess. But I’m glad they have Bruce Boxleitner and Elijah Wood involved. I’d probably be more excited about it […]

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Feeding the Hunger

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 9, 2011

A copy of Fallout: New Vegas arrived for me in the mail yesterday. I debated putting it on the shelf and avoiding it entirely.  How weird is that? It’s where my head is right now, though I’m still carving out time to play games on an (almost) daily basis. I can’t afford to get sucked […]

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RPG GOTY 2010 Voting

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 13, 2011

Just wanted to direct your attention to this poll at RPG Watch: Game of the Year (RPG) Awards 2010 You actually get three choices for your first, second, and third-place choices. I wonder how they are going to weight it? If one game is on almost everybody’s second-place award, but no game is a consistent […]

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Then and Now…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 12, 2011

Some things change. Other things… not so much. Then: Arguments would get heated over Colecovision vs. Intellivision vs. Atari Now: Arguments will get heated over XBox 360 vs. Playstation 3 vs. Wii. Then: We’d keep pumping quarters into a machine for extended play. Now: We keep pumping digital dollars for DLC for extended play. Then: […]

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How Do You Roleplay in a CRPG?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 5, 2011

According to the CRPG Addict, … it works something like this. If I were to boil it all down, it would come down to this: You use your imagination, and invest yourself into the game. Although as he suggests, a lot of that depends upon how well the game allows you to do that. I […]

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Merry Christmas!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 25, 2010

Have a great one, ya’ll! And if you don’t observe the holiday – well, have a great day anyway. It’s like the only time I ever end up using the word “merry,” so … I hope it’s a merry day for you anyway. May it be full of joy, hope, peace, and general awesomeness.

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I Got Them Indie Game Developer Blues

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 8, 2010

The fist-pumping internal manifesto: I’m an indie game developer! I’m here to change the world. To fight back against The Man. To show the industry how it’s supposed to be done. To do it my way. To go back to how it was done, when teams were small enough that an individual could make a […]

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Just so you know it CAN be done…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 29, 2010

So this is kinda ancient, but I’m hoping I’m not the only one who hasn’t seen it: Not only can the M249 be fired single-handedly, but dual-wielded as well. Note that being able to move (or, apparently, even not stumble backwards), fight, or even hit anything beyond pure random chance while doing this doesn’t seem […]

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Indie RPG News Tidbits…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 19, 2010

This isn’t going to be an exhaustive news update… just some interesting bits of value: Deadly Sin and Deadly Sin 2 I just got a notification that these games have had their price reduced to a mere $9.95 each. I have no further details than that.  I have not yet updated my affiliate pages for […]

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Exult: A New Release to Play an Old Game…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 27, 2010

There’s finally a new official release candidate for Exult: Get Exult 1.4.9 Release Candidate Unfortunately, it wiped out my previous saved games, so I’ve started Serpent Isle once more. This is like the fifth time… For those who do not know, Exult is an engine that allows you to play Ultima VII Parts 1 and […]

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