By Nathan Humpal, Metadata Librarian A curious thing has been happening while playing The Witness on “The Cat’s Moustache.” As the game progresses I find my puzzle-solving becoming more and more tactile. The Witness’ early puzzles are deceptively simple, as it… Continue Reading
By Scott M. Bruner PhD Student, English, Bard of Skara Brae One of the issues that’s come up a few times during Classic Quests (Every Tuesday from 1-2ish!) is that most of us didn’t play a lot of Richard Garriott’s… Continue Reading
By Kelly Brajevich PhD Student, Doctors & Dungeon Masters DM One time, my mom and I were driving in a blizzard. I was behind the wheel when I noticed a car in the opposite direction had lost control and was skidding… Continue Reading
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
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