Ascii Dreams

By way of a John Carmack blog post , I am reminded again of some pithy words by Joel Spolsky which people working on the pyAngband project ...

We've had to step over this guy to get out of the house the last couple of days. Unfortunately, that probably means he's sick or inj...

Just a quick comment about user interface design and game programming after reading various comments on Unangband UI , Dwarf Fortress vs. Mi...

I'm going to take advantage of a) the timezone difference in Australia, and b) the generosity of strangers to contribute very little to ...

You are encouraged to read parts one and two of this article series, and are strongly encouraged to read the original Designing a Magic Sy...

A theatre lobby, filled with speakers whispering the most innovative advertising campaign in movie release history: 'What is the Minecra...

You can now export your Dwarf Fortress maps to Minecraft...

I try to use the reviews at ASCII Dreams as writing experiments: from fiction writing , to New Games Journalism , to advocacy for games whic...

At a time like this when you've got a game with such massive expectations heaped upon it, it's almost futile trying to offer anythi...

It turns out, ten hours into Arma II, that everything great about the single player campaign I've experienced so far can be found in the...

Despite my attempts to dissuade him, Hajo appears to be insisting on doing an isometric graphics version of Unangband. This will be a much i...

[You'll probably want to read the original article series that inspired this follow up, then start with parts one , two , three and fo...