http://www.brittlefish.com Games of all sorts Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:05:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.brittlefish.com/2007/04/15/zork-dungeon-maps-and-more/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2007/04/15/zork-dungeon-maps-and-more/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:26:09 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/2007/04/15/zork-dungeon-maps-and-more/ Zork and Imagination Back when we occasionally had to use our brains to create the images within games, a.k.a. in the 1980s and earlier, a text-based adventure game called Zork was incredibly popular. Since most games back then were either played on a board or in the backyard, our imaginations regularly got a workout. Besides, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and other books (stories written on piles of flat sheets called "paper" and bound together) were popular back then too, so the imagery came easily. If you were born after 1980, brace yourself; the image you see below may shock you.]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2007/04/15/zork-dungeon-maps-and-more/feed/ 4 http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/28/evolution-of-video-games/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/28/evolution-of-video-games/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:16:21 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/28/evolution-of-video-games/ ]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/28/evolution-of-video-games/feed/ 0 http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/21/freegamesnews-interviews-tonypa/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/21/freegamesnews-interviews-tonypa/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:08:21 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/21/freegamesnews-interviews-tonypa/ ]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/21/freegamesnews-interviews-tonypa/feed/ 0 http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/19/the-snake-game/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/19/the-snake-game/#comments Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:51:17 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/19/the-snake-game/ ]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/11/19/the-snake-game/feed/ 0 http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/08/17/tiny-javascript-wolfenstein5k/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/08/17/tiny-javascript-wolfenstein5k/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:49:20 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/08/17/tiny-javascript-wolfenstein5k/ ]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/08/17/tiny-javascript-wolfenstein5k/feed/ 0 http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/05/31/dart-board-numbers-and-history/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/05/31/dart-board-numbers-and-history/#comments Wed, 31 May 2006 21:09:53 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/?p=42 ]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2006/05/31/dart-board-numbers-and-history/feed/ 0 http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/09/16/the-revolution-controller/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/09/16/the-revolution-controller/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:24:09 +0000 grant http://www.brittlefish.com/?p=28 The unveiling of the new controller for Nintendo's Revolution caused many shouts of joy and anger. Some see how this could be great in games and others see how this could be Nintendo's downfall. And everyone has an opinion. Here is our tilt (pun heavily intended) on things.]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/09/16/the-revolution-controller/feed/ 15 http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/09/07/give-us-your-games/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/09/07/give-us-your-games/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:19:09 +0000 grant http://www.brittlefish.com/?p=24 The Nintendo DS has given developers a chance to put forth new and innovative games. And with the addition of the touchscreen it has enabled developers to create game ideas that were previously impossible (or at best awkward) on any kind of console. Following is a list of ideas for ports and generic game ideas that would make good use of the DS hardware.]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/09/07/give-us-your-games/feed/ 43 http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/08/03/game-links-aug-3-2005/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/08/03/game-links-aug-3-2005/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:40:39 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/?p=19 ]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/08/03/game-links-aug-3-2005/feed/ 0 http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/07/26/does-gaming-need-christianity/ http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/07/26/does-gaming-need-christianity/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:17:00 +0000 bill http://www.brittlefish.com/?p=15 ]]> http://www.brittlefish.com/2005/07/26/does-gaming-need-christianity/feed/ 6