Category Archives: Closed Source / Proprietary

Phoenix Online Studios has finally released their first Episode of the The Silver Lining. Which used to be called King’s Quest IX the Silver Lining, until they were forced to change the name. Episode 1 is the first of 5 … Continue reading →

I tried the demo for Supreme Commander 2 this week. And man what a let down. It’s like Square and GPG turned an original novel into a mass market paperback romance. The first mistake: you have to have Steam to … Continue reading →

I tried out a few lighthearted action games a little while ago. And I enjoyed them immensely. So I recently heard about a new Lego game in development. Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 is scheduled to be released sometime next … Continue reading →

Lately I have been taking a break from learning ruby and working on my game. I beat the campaigns for Warcraft 3 Frozen throne and Supreme Commander Forged Alliance. Though I cheated on the last Warcraft scenario. The population limit … Continue reading →

After I updated Supreme Commander to the latest patch I could no longer play the original game. It turns out I had to remove game.prefs from application data and then it worked fine. (The old save files were incompatible but … Continue reading →

So is digital distribution the next best thing? Instant gratification is quite convenient. I wish more companies would put up their old games for download (for a reasonable fee if they insist). Its funny they have nothing to lose and … Continue reading →

I have been playing a lot of Warcraft 3 recently, thanks to Blizzard’s digital downloads. I beat the campaigns for Reign of Chaos last night. So now I’m on to the Frozen Throne campaigns. Now I know why WOW is … Continue reading →

Well I have to say I found the ending of Last Scenario quite disappointing. Enough so that I didn’t actually finish it. I just watched someones terrible recording on youtube to see the ending. (They clicked through all the dialogue … Continue reading →

Recently I have been looking at different RPG’s (partly) for research purposes. I am looking for things to add to the Betrayer. I would like it to be more dynamic and have a more immersive feel. Considering the fact that … Continue reading →