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Many-Worlds Mario: Kaizo level 1 (via postsilence)

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But the strength of a puzzle is not just about the logical deduction necessary to solve the problem - for games it is equally about the psychological rewards for using each of the tools, in reality toys, in solving the problem. Ascii Dreams: The Quest for Quests: The Puzzle (Part Two)
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The number one killer of characters in Angband is tiredness, followed by boredom. The best strategy to winning the game is to attempt this in as short a time as possible - a counter intuitive approach in a game which is effectively infinitely grindable. Ascii Dreams: The Rules of Game Design:The Golden rule
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Remember the space-based microwave power station in SimCity 3? The Japanese are actually building one. Japanese people live in the future, at least 10 years ahead of the west. I bet they look at us like we look at people in Afghanistan who just heard about the Backstreet Boys this week. Feeds: Remember the space-based microwave power station in SimCity 3? The Japanese are actually building one.
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“Um, I have no idea what these are supposed to be.  It looks like they’ve got a porcupine, a football, maybe a bong, and some sort of butterfly net?” -I Played a Thing: Below the Root Edition Part 7

“Um, I have no idea what these are supposed to be. It looks like they’ve got a porcupine, a football, maybe a bong, and some sort of butterfly net?” -I Played a Thing: Below the Root Edition Part 7

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Pretty much everything in the game that you can buy costs one token. You can also sell the shopkeepers pretty much anything. Even if it has nothing to do with what they actually sell. So, yeah, it’s pretty much your standard RPG economic system. I Played a Thing: Below the Root Edition Part 4
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Kelli’s family’s house in the Hamptons - “That’s like my Sims house,” Maggie says. How unreal is ‘NYC Prep’? Brooklyn teens tell their side of the story
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Anyone who starts a web blog on an obscure game genre from the 80s and expects to become a celebrity has delusions of grandeur. Ascii Dreams: 500th Post
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