Beware The Frog

Once upon a time I made a blog about video games. And this is what's left of it (mostly tweets).

2 April 2015

The new GTAV PC 60fps trailer makes trivial things like Lester pushing pins into a bulletin board look AMAZING. [rockstargames.com]

# 2015/04/02 - 19:38 — original tweet by @GameTrailersVO

“Valiant Hearts’ first episode is now free on iOS”

Don’t know how good it is on mobile but you must at least try it.

# 2015/04/02 - 22:14 — published on @commandergaroo

3 April

Amazing production values on Powers #specialeffects #microsoftpaint

# 2015/04/03 - 23:55 — published on @commandergaroo

4 April

Shadow of Mordor is the first time it bothers me to recognize Troy Baker’s voice. (Too American, maybe?) Was bound to happen someday.

# 2015/04/04 - 03:13 — published on @commandergaroo

The Making of Alto’s Adventure - Harry Nesbitt

# 2015/04/04 - 06:33 — published on @garoo

5 April

Fuck the proximity wingsuit objective.

# 2015/04/05 - 17:08 — published on @commandergaroo

6 April

@stroughtonsmith:

Watching Elite Dangerous gameplay is like watching people fly actual spaceships in an inhabited universe. So good. [youtube.com]

# 2015/04/06 - 23:59 — original tweet by @stroughtonsmith

7 April

I so, so, so want to play Elite Dangerous — but only with a VR headset, so that’s a bit of an investment.

# 2015/04/07 - 01:09 — published on @commandergaroo

Oh. Even with assists off, Elite Dangerous enforces speed limits; ships don’t roll nearly fast enough for Battlestar Galactica dogfights.

# 2015/04/07 - 02:44 — published on @commandergaroo

I’m ashamed to say I had never realized before today that “newtonian physics” in a spaceship sim would also apply to rotational inertia.

# 2015/04/07 - 05:18 — published on @commandergaroo

17 April

DomiNations for iOS is everything you expected from Godus minus the fancy terraforming. The pinnacle of free-to-play city-building Skinner boxes.

# 2015/04/17 - 16:31 — published on @commandergaroo

First in-engine footage of Star Wars Battlefront

It’s definitely gonna be a good year for Star Wars.

# 2015/04/17 - 19:43 — published on @commandergaroo

18 April

@Phastin:

The secret backstory of The Lord of the Rings:

Gandalf is trying to get an achievement for taking the Ring to Mordor using only Hobbits.

# 2015/04/18 - 11:36 — original tweet by @Phastin

If I didn’t have rent (and taxes) to pay I’d take a few months off to learn Unity and code a fully Newtonian, zero-assists spaceship sim.

# 2015/04/18 - 15:06 — published on @commandergaroo

20 April

“Dialogue by Orson Scott Card.” I bet that’s why the woman in The Dig keeps protesting “I don’t need to be rescued,” then needs to be rescued. Because aren’t feminists funny.

# 2015/04/20 - 02:01 — published on @commandergaroo

I feel less guilty for being addicted to DomiNations knowing that its creators were designers and producers at Firaxis.

# 2015/04/20 - 03:45 — published on @commandergaroo

24 April

Microsoft needs to license the technology from Huanshi’s MyIdol app for the Xbox Live avatars. It’s just too good.

# 2015/04/24 - 03:27 — published on @commandergaroo

26 April

I’m gonna need to get a wheel for my PS4

And a bigger bedroom to wrap around it.

# 2015/04/26 - 00:52 — published on @commandergaroo

Rymdkapsel (iOS and desktop) is a great distillation of base-building game mechanics

# 2015/04/26 - 16:49 — published on @commandergaroo

27 April

Argh, I want a gaming PC

# 2015/04/27 - 15:08 — published on @commandergaroo

28 April

“Tim Schafer recommends Broken Age players start over from the beginning”

Between this and the bad reviews, I might just youtube act 2.

# 2015/04/28 - 16:15 — published on @commandergaroo