Category Archives: games

Zork I remake using NWN2

This should be interesting.

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Geeks <3 Nintendo

Joey deVilla: “at the June 2006 RailsConf, which had a number of the thought leaders in new-school web development in attendance, the DS was the second-most popular machine there, just behind Mac notebooks and ahead of Wintel laptops”

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Retro Gaming Hacks on the Streets of Providence

I’m going to be running the Providence Geeks table at AS220′s Foo Fest (not to be confused with FOO), an all-day free block party in downtown Providence tomorrow (Saturday, July 15th 2006). It starts at 12am and goes late, so … Continue reading

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Natural Language Game Programming with Inform 7

Liza Daly: “If you are a COBOL fan, you will love this language, and if you are not, the main thing you should know is that Inform 7 does not suck. It can do real work in a novel way.”

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My Video Debut

I did a video on the Vectrex and one on the Hasbro Zoombox for Make this week. 

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Visit the Hacks Booth at the Maker Faire

If you’re going out to the Maker Faire, be sure to drop by the Hacks booth and say howdy. I’ll be bringing some goodies related to a few of our hacks books, and there will be plenty of toys you … Continue reading

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PSP Hacks on its Way

As C.K. found out, PSP Hacks is in print, and it won’t be long before it’s in a bookstore near you. Check out the, uh, Sample hacks to read all about the cool ways you can mess with your PSP. … Continue reading

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Retro Gaming Hacks

I love the animated tile that the O’Reilly Network folks chose for Josh’s Pong/SDL hack.

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Xbox 360 Blues (the double double blues)

Casey Chesnut: “they just point to a torn sign that says they are out of stock”

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Halo 2 Modding Considered Harmful?

Stephen Cawood, author of Halo 2 Hacks (which I had the honor and pleasure of editing): “modding is not the same as cheating.”

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