Developer: Devolver Released: September 10, 2015 Genre: Point-and-click Platform: PC (Steam) Played: November 2, 2018 Show notes Kris played Dropsy (Devolver 2015), a point-and-click game with bizarre aesthetics and a jazzy soundtrack provided by Chris Schlarb. Dropsy has received critical… Continue Reading
Developer: Bloober Team Released: August 2, 2016 Genre: Horror Platform: PC (Steam) Played: October 31, 2018 Show notes Laya, Thomas, Kelly, and Kris explore another dark, Gothic world – this time in Bloober Team’s Layers of Fear. Featuring many of… Continue Reading
Meaningful Play is a conference held at Michigan State University where academics and indie game developers gather for a three-day event. Like most conferences aimed at higher education, this one includes panels, roundtables, and workshops. During the evenings, however, the… Continue Reading
Developer: Frictional Games (Twitter: @frictionalgames) Released: September 2010 (Windows) Genre: Horror Platform: Steam Played: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 Show notes Laya, Thomas, Nathan, Kelly, and Kris explore the dank, Gothic world of Amnesia. The game exerts a liberal amount of control over… Continue Reading
Developer: Powerhoof (Twitter: @powerhoof) Released: April 2017 Genre: Local Multiplayer Platform: Steam Played: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Show notes Josh, Laya, Nathan, and Kris sat down to play Crawl (Powerhoof, 2017). As has been the case with most of the… Continue Reading
When: Wednesdays at 5pm CST; end time alternating Master’s student Chuck Sturgill has created a campaign using the AD&D 2nd edition ruleset and the Dragonlance expansion (an expansion before there were expansions…). Regular players include Scott, Kris, and Andrew with… Continue Reading
Author’s note: This is a draft of a post to see how blog posts look on the Collaboratory site. Released over three decades ago, Origin Systems’ Ultima IV in an anachronistic computer game to be playing in an age of… Continue Reading