Opportunities Going Into Overtime…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 9, 2013

Looks like the Groupees Dan “Indie” Long bundle deal has been extended an extra couple of days… if you wanted to get in on the deals there, you have a few hours. Very few, as of the time of this posting. Dan “Indie” Long hand-picked Indie Game Bundle Also not-exactly-expired this weekend: Guido Henkel’s Deathfire: […]

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Game Development Quote of the Week – Early Richard Garriott

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 6, 2013

Now, bear in mind that this was said less than a third of the way into his career (so far) – around the time of Ultima 6’s development. But here’s an old quote from Richard “Lord British” Garriott on his RPG design philosophy during Ultima’s heyday: “My philosophy is that once you get people compelled […]

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DLC for the Next Gen

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 5, 2013

I don’t know who made this, but it feels painfully accurate. Click on it to embiggen…   I was particularly amused by the 2005 expansion offering… more of the same. It’s one thing when you have “freemium” games that make up for free or really cheap installation & gameplay in exchange for several layers of […]

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Indie – A Revolution Only to Those Who Weren’t Paying Attention

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 4, 2013

I’m an indie cheerleader. Or “evangelist” as I sometimes call myself. I’ve embraced the term, as ambiguous as it is. It’s a useful term. Part of the reason I embraced it is because I was in the mainstream industry back in the 1990s, and I saw the best and worst of what it had become. […]

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Guido Henkel Talks About Arkania, Writing, and Really Old Ports With Matt Barton

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 3, 2013

I posted a couple of links last week to the previous parts of the interview, but I found this part to be even more… I dunno… informative? inspirational? Probably both. This is the “last ditch” effort to get his new RPG off the ground via the Deathfire Kickstarter Campaign. It’s not quite half way there […]

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Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon featured in a new bundle!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 2, 2013

This week only – Dan “Indie” Long has hand-picked some favorite games (including the Cognition series, which he worked on) for inclusion in a pretty fun game bundle. Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon is one of the second tier features, available for those who pay more than $5 for the bundle. A portion of […]

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