Category: fiction
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Doom 64: Save State the PickleBandit Way!
Wow. Nightdive Studios cannot fail at this point. I’ve played their updates for Quake, and Quake II and enjoyed them. My most recent journey into the foggy recesses of my early twenties comes in the form of the 2020 update to the underappreciated-in-its-day, but now totally appreciated, Doom 64. Originally created for the Nintendo 64… Read more
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Quake II: Strogg and Slog
By The PickleBandit Screenshot captured by User:Ben_2082, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579986 Quality of Life Improvements Make Nightdive’s 2023 Update Friendly to Older Gamers In the context of the time it was released, I could see that Quake II must have been a narrative improvement over its predecessors Quake and Doom. Instead of the basic key-and-door flow of progress,… Read more
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Looking Back: Slenderman Narrative Video Game That Wasn’t
Notes are extracted from an email time stamped on Fri., 09/14/2012 at 1:46 P.M.This text is a result of an uncompleted project I was asked to consult on by an adjunct lecturer at CSU Monterey Bay. I had recently completed my Master’s Degree in Theater Studies at San Jose State University. I was greatly inspired… Read more