Tea Leaves

Whenever there is a lull in my game playing you can count on two things. First, I will find something to shoot. Second, I will happiest if what I am shooting are zombies, or aliens. So, today a round up of what I have been shooting lately.
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The first time I mentioned the game The Fool and His Money on this site was in 2004. This game is the long-awaited sequel to Cliff Johnson’s classic puzzle game Fool’s Errand. In that article, a review of Everett Kaser’s Sherlock, I optimistically said something about the game being released “later this fall.”

At the time I wrote those lines, I had already paid for the game. Johnson has indicated he will list the names of people who pre-ordered the game in the game itself, in the “Compendium of True Believers.” I bought the game, if I recall correctly, shortly after it was announced in 2003. I am, in fact, True Believer #14. (more…)

A little while ago, psu wanted to shoot zombies in Left 4 Dead with me so badly that he bought me the game.

Zombies, you see are an eternal source of friction between the two of us. Put simply, he loves zombie games, and I do not. I’m pretty sure that if he’s playing any game — say, Tetris or Lumines — he’s secretly thinking to himself “Y’know, this is pretty good, but it would be better if it had zombies.” I, on the other hand, am alternately repulsed, horrified, and bored by zombie games. Most of that repulsion comes from the obligatory tropes that the games have: terrible cameras and can’t-run-away-just-like-in-a-nightmare manueverability. (more…)