A tale of blades & Demon's Souls
Demon’s Souls must’ve been one of the bigger surprises of 2009 for me. The positive exposure it got just about everywhere was intriguing, but even as I …
Go-go-gadget Gowalla
I’ve been test-driving both Foursquare and Gowalla from a game perspective for a few weeks now. Both are location based services that allow you to virtually …
Of repaints and retools
Funny thing. When you are making toys you want to sell a lot of them.> Makes sense right? So when you’ve got a set of toys, it’s a bit silly to cast them …
Foie Gras translated
This is maybe only relevant for the Dutch readers out there, but somewhere in 2009 I watched Dan Barber’s foie gras parable at ted.com. Its topic was about a …
Spellborn: Down the Mountain
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
In Limbo
I suddenly remembered I still had to download Limbo. A one-and-a-half hours later I seem to have accumulated a score of '70', which for some reason my brain …
Spellborn: Lost Spirit
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
Spellborn: Lerrick's Journal
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
App for the Milk
I'm a rather enthusiastic Remember The Milk user. But even then it's hard to argue that RTM's webapp interface can be a bit cluttered at times. Sadly, using …
Spellborn shuts down in the US
I'm in doubt whether I should be surprised about The Chronicles of Spellborn being shut down over at Playdom (who bought Acclaim Games) or I should be …
Spellborn: Cauldronborn
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
Spellborn: Beakless
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
A trip back to McDonaldland
Some time ago a friend of mine mentioned how he still at times breaks out the Super Nintendo to play the game Hook, a platform game based on the movie by the …
Spellborn: Seregrin Carnyxian – Master Adept
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Puzzle Dimension is a sequel
To me at least. On the PlayStation (or PS One if you are up to date with Sony's trademarks) there was this beautifully simple yet mind-bending puzzle game …
Dutch still life In plastic
I remember my nephew Richard Kuiper explaining the idea to me. I thought it was weird to say the least, but at the same time it made sense: using plastic …
Spellborn: Kimian the Quartehr – Master Ancestral Mage
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Other M sequence break
And so the dance starts anew. It's the first proper sequence break it seems. While using that particular morph ball tunnel, I thought of this a few times …
Spellborn: Alkard Pettera – Master Bloodwarrior
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Expert Vanquish
Don't have a clue how to play Mikami & Platinum Games's latest? Do you think Gears of War is already going too fast? Then you need to watch this.
Spellborn: Nhiana Flammeon – Master Deathhand
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Spellborn: Gerreth Bournbray – Master Runemage
At one point during development of The Chronicles of Spellborn, we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of …
Spellborn: Shift – Master Skinshifter
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Spellborn: Nolden Krainstyn – Master Trickster
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …