Thornwatch makes me feel good and also like an asshole

To talk about Thornwatch I first want to talk about Dungeons and Dragons, and any other Tabletop Role-Playing Game I've played. My experience playing these games has always straddled the line of true role-playing and meta-gaming. Due to my insecurities, when I am playing a character, I feel like it is important to play an … Continue reading Thornwatch makes me feel good and also like an asshole →

Oxygen Not Included makes me feel like an Astronaut and Administrator

Everything is going fine. I’ve got a colony of 12 happy little duplicants, all busy mining and sleeping and building. Whoops, looks like my food system isn’t going to support this many colonists. That’s okay, I’ll just build another patch of farms. Whoops, looks like some of my more elite colonists are becoming depressed by … Continue reading Oxygen Not Included makes me feel like an Astronaut and Administrator →

Steampunk Rally made me feel like a Mad Scientist, and an Artist

My ultimate creation hummed. It whirred and it gasped. It gurgled, whined, rattled, and roared. It was destroyed, it was repaired, it was restored, it was ground down. And finally, it moved. Steampunk Rally is a board game by Roxley Games that puts you in the inventor's seat of an improbable machine. You are adding … Continue reading Steampunk Rally made me feel like a Mad Scientist, and an Artist →

Cultist Simulator made me feel like a Cultist

I stayed up too late. I had strange dreams. I babbled to those close to me, as they laughed nervously. Work became a clock, every second ticking closer to when I could go back. A necessary evil, to provide me with the resources I would need to continue my journey in that incomprehensible space. It … Continue reading Cultist Simulator made me feel like a Cultist →