Monthly Archives: August 2011

Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues

Old World Blues (OWB) is the third DownLoadable Content (DLC) for Fallout: New Vegas (FNV), and fits neatly into standard Three-Letter Acronym (TLA) territory. My first thought while listening to the Prologue Voice-over, and then participating in the first conversation … Continue reading

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MineCraft – Yes, Yes, I Know.

Everyone, their dog, and the dog’s fleas have seen or played MineCraft and had an opinion on it.  Who am I to buck trends? My first play of MineCraft some time ago didn’t really “hook” me.  I did buy it, … Continue reading

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Procedural Worlds

Lately I’ve been following the work of three people who are experimenting with developing game-worlds procedurally.  That is, they’re getting the computer to generate the worlds with minimal input from them, as opposed to the very manual way most game-worlds … Continue reading

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Fallout: New Vegas – Honest Hearts

Honest Hearts is the second DownLoadable Content (DLC) for Fallout: New Vegas (FNV).  It was the latest when I started playing it, but other things got in the way.  This one takes you out of the Mojave to what used … Continue reading

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