Recent content by ockham

I've been starting to explore genres lately, I think I have a preference for turn-based strategy, and logic/physics games. Tried a couple roguelike ones, couldn't really get into them. They just got too repetitive for me after a bit. (I'm looking at you Binding of Isaac. I shouldn't have to...

There's a game I've had in the back of my mind for a few years now. I don't really do console game, as I'm more a web developer than a game developer. And the game I've thought of making is a browser-based one. It's more text-based than anything else - think of OGame, Ikariam, or Travian. These...

I don't have the nerve for scary games, but I did (carefully!) watch a Twitch streamer play through the series. Well, actually, she's only on night four of the third game right now. The series has an interesting but terrifying concept. I didn't really buy into the lore around it, though. The...

People who say you're too old to be playing video games seem to assume that past a certain age, you're supposed to just be doing productive stuff, or have non-game hobbies just as fixing your car or writing a book. Video games seem to be associated with the child/teen demographic, and often has...

"Holy Shit!!! You seem to have completed your entire steam library! That's pretty awesome!" Wait... what? I certainly have not. I have a whole two games. Portal, which I've never gotten around to finishing. And Binding of Isaac, which has enough content to keep me busy for months. How do I tell...

I don't know if I'm a good person. I would like to think I am, since I tend to fit the minimum qualifications that would make others say "That Ockham guy is a good person!" but I also know what goes on in my mind, what my intentions are, and those small almost imperceptible actions of rudeness...

My problem isn't what games they play, as much as how they act when they play. I don't necessarily like the idea of 10 or 12 year olds playing very violent or sexually graphic games, but there's nothing I can do to stop it. What I don't like is when they're in a multiplayer game and they're...

I picked up reading again about six months ago. I usually read around an hour a day. There's a quote by George R. R. Martin, "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." I think that's true. I enjoy experiencing the worlds and conflicts that writers...

FPS games. I get all dosed with adrenaline and it makes my hands shake like mad. They also tend to require really fast reflexes and I don't have those. Also real-time strategy games. Those require you be quick to think on your feet. I'm a fast thinker but if I'm doing long term strategizing, I...

Oh gosh, I miss my KoL. I remember there was a user with a higher rank than me who saw I was equipped quite dismally for my rank. Guess I wasn't too good at it. >.> One of the things I actually dislike about browser-based games a la OGame and Ikariam is simply how long it takes to do things...

Anyone here do browser-based games? Ones that only require you log in to its website? I tried to play OGame. Honestly, I think the game takes itself too seriously. The mechanics are a pain in the rear to get my head around. I also tried Ikariam, a similar game made by the same company. It's a...

Do MMORPGs even have ends these days? It's so rare for me to hear someone say "I finished [MMORPG game]"

Settlers of Catan and Apples to Apples. In my younger years I might have said chess, but honestly that game requires a lot more mental power than I want to expend during my free time.

LG Optimus Dynamic. Running Android 2.3.6. Simple, a bit outdated, but it runs most apps I'm interested in, and has decent Internet connectivity. So you won't get any complaints from me.

I'm a writer and programmer. I'm working on getting my website stocked up with examples of my programming work, and I completed the NaNoWriMo 2014 challenge. I am presently an unpublished novelist, but I'm hoping to get my story published in ebook format by early 2015. :D