This March, legendary interactive fiction and game creator Porpentine hosted a game jam challenging new and experienced authors to create a Twine story in 300 words or fewer. Twine is a game-authoring platform that helps creators make games without having to learn (too much) code. While it’s mostly used for deceptively simple text-based games, the…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already. This week is flying by. Our weekly round up has too sexy men in video games, a free iOS game, Five Nights at Freddy’s news and more!
Fail Better: On Being Happily Divorced
The first thought I had when my husband of eight months informed me that he had just suddenly stopped loving me and was no longer happy with me and wanted a divorce was “I have to refund all those people who bought us gifts for our wedding.” This seemed a logical thought to me. We…
She’s on the Case: Lois Lane in “A Real Work of Art”
Lois Lane: A Real Work of Art Gwenda Bond Switch Press March 4 2015 This May, Switch Press will be publishing Fallout by Gwenda Bond, a young adult novel about a teenaged Lois Lane. This is exciting for a number of reasons, starting with the format itself.
Review: Nemo: River of Ghosts
Nemo: River of Ghosts Alan Moore (W), Kevin O’Neill (A) Knockabout Comics & Top Shelf Comics March 25, 2015 Content Warning: Discussion of rape Janni Dakkar, the infamous “Pirate Jenny” and daughter of Captain Nemo, cut off the head of the long-lived sorceress Ayesha in Berlin decades ago. Yet sightings of the fearsome, goddess-like figure…