Recent content by chuckwendig

First: You can play it: http://www.playalterego.com/ Second: As a sidenote, in my bio you'll note I mention "unborn progeny," who was scheduled to be born tomorrow. He decided to be two weeks early, so, not so much with the "unborn." :) Now, time for him to play his own personal game...

As always, a big YMMV -- I posted my review a couple hours ago. It's a review, but also talks about takeaway lessons for storytellers. http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/03/25/sucker-punch-lessons-learned/ I am a big Snyder fanboy, but while SUCKER PUNCH has some good things going for...

Thanks all for reading and digging on the article: Chupa, I'll just add that -- and maybe this is due to my writing in the article, and for that, I apologize -- my concern isn't that you cannot form connections or friendships in play but rather than you do not begin with any. You enter the...

Too true. I have been medically categorized as "Full-Part-Retard." I am lucky to have found a mate who accepts me for my mule-kicked monkey-brain. You, too, will be lucky some day in love, sir. Hell, with your excellent bragging skills about how well you play video games -- I mean, Braid...

Thanks, folks! We are, of course, chomping at the bit for PORTAL 2. The baby's just going to have to deal with it. :) -- Chuck

Oh, no worries! The tongue-in-cheek parts of the article, while perhaps amped oh-so-slightly, remain fairly accurate, I'm afraid. :) Thanks for digging on the article. -- Chuck

Do I stereotype? Apologies if I seem to. I'm not stereotyping in terms of my wife -- it's just the way that it is in this household. I'm good with the buttons, she's good with the brains. (Arguably the more flattering and significant role, in my estimation.) -- Chuck

Much appreciated. :) -- Chuck

Thanks, LC! -- Chuck

That's exactly it, yes. It begins with me thinking that the multiplayer experience is like Lord of the Flies: brutality and boulders. But the reality is far less cynical, showing a world where Piggy is not only *not* crushed by his peers, but actually manages to be a leader instead of merely a...

Oh, and thanks, all. :) Glad you liked it. I now have great thirst for Old Speckled Hen. Sure, it's not even noon. Sure, that probably makes me an alcoholic. Sure, I'm not wearing pants. Shut up. -- Chuck

Don't have the actual book in front of me at present, but: http://books.google.com/books?id=hau4eUh2Z7wC&pg=PA68&dq=%22kill+the+pig%22&hl=en&ei=s1CGTLCVHMLflgetnpCNDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22kill%20the%20pig%22&f=false -- Chuck

I've not read Great Expectations, but I am familiar with "Pip" as a character in that -- but I wasn't sure if the South Park "Pip" was a reference to that, or that it was just a reference to the English slang, "pip" (or "pip-pip"). Also, I figured Lord of the Flies was enough of a literary...

Greg, Editor Extraordinaire, also called out the Ender's Game thing. I just liked the spin on Lord of the Flies -- LotF has that "Anarchy Versus Order" thing with a group of English schoolchildren. Regardless of the reference material, it's nice when an online game doesn't devolve into a...

A cool article over at New Scientist today about the "natural selection of leaders." http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727761.400-the-natural-selection-of-leaders.html Related reading, I suppose you could say? -- Chuck