Livin' In a Lonely World
Journey is Still a Beautiful Game
On a whim, I decided to boot up Journey on the PS4 again the other night.
Archive
Previously, on Underlost...
Jaded Gamer
Rebuilding Jadedgamer
Jadedgamer was a mostly single page news website that allowed you to quickly scan headlines of the most popular news outlets. I liked to consider it the front-page of video game news.
Development
Configuring Ghost CMS for Production On Digital Ocean
Getting the Ghost CMS setup is a pretty painless process with the prebuilt Digital Ocean Droplet. Out of the box, it will server 99% of the majority of users well as a simple blog. But what about scaling and better asset hosting support? That's where it can get tricky.
The State of Blogging in 2019
It's been a whole year since my last look at the state of blogging, so I figured it was time ti check to see where things are at.
Favorite games of 2019
My top games of 2019, and a few others that came close.
Artifact: What Went Wrong? | Don't Worry About the Vase
Previously: Card Balance and Artifact, Artifact Embraces Card Balance Changes...
Overwatch adds simple scripting language in-game
Overwatch is Blizzard’s team shooter for PC and consoles. Choose a hero from a diverse roster of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities, each with their own unique set of abilities. Bend time, defy physics, and unleash an array of extraordinary powers in concert with your allies. Lead your team to victory in iconic locations across a near-future Earth. The world needs heroes!
Source: Introducing the Overwatch Workshop – News – Overwatch
Thank God, Next Year's 'Control' DLC Will Apparently Involve [Redacted] - VICE
The premise for ‘Control’ gives Remedy a chance to do almost everything, and they’re really gonna go for it.
I am beyond excited for this. Alan Wake continues to be one of my all time favorites, and knowing Control is set in the same universe makes the game so much more enjoyable.
Thank God, Next Year’s ‘Control’ DLC Will Apparently Involve [Redacted]The premise for ‘Control’ gives Remedy a chance to do almost everything, and they’re really gonna go for it.
KFC is making a Dating Sim
Sure, fine why not. The developer behind this has some experience making narrative-based games, so it won’t be terrible. Probably.
Eleven new games come to the Atari Lynx in 2019
Atari Gamer, has been running the Atari Lynx 30th Birthday Programming Competition over the past few months and we now have the final submissions! All eleven of them! That’s right, that’s eleven new games for you to play and rate. We do admit that some are very well polished and others are more on the tech demo side, but all are worth having a look at.
Admittedly, I never played the Lynx hardware when it came out, but I find it fascinating people are still developing games for the platform
Respawn CEO says some developers ‘crossed a line’
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— Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) August 19, 2019
I keep going back and forth between how I feel about the whole situation. On one hand, this is exactly what community managers are for. As developers, it’s not our responsibility (nor do we often have the experience) to interact directly with fans. It’s not really a surprise that some developers resorted to name-calling and poor judgment when they started to receive death threats.
But, on the other ha
Respawn's Plan to Deal with Apex Legends Cheaters
Apex Legends developer Respawn is looking to deter cheating by forcing those who break the rules to play together.
Too bad they don’t take this concept one step further. If painted in the right light, this could be a huge opportunity for a hacking type of competition, much in the same vein of Facebook’s CTF. They could even go so far as offering rewards for players who disclose exploits, as a sort of bug bounty program.