The Economics of Video Games, Part I: Exclusivity
Video games, much like action figures, are a fascinating example to look at for the application of economic concepts in the real world.
Category: Games
Saturday Morning Gaming: Cogs in the Machine
I’ve been playing Factorio for years in Early Access, it’s been an essentially complete game for quite a while
Saturday Morning Gaming: Tower Defense Minimalism
A tower defense game that will have you yelling “okay, just one more try… just one more try…” until you force yourself to turn the system off and go to bed.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Turn-Based vs. Real Time Debate and Missionforce Cyberstorm
Real Time Strategy vs. Turn-Based Strategy in the days before ubiquitous internet.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Minesweeper, Updated
This is a game that asks “Wouldn’t Minesweeper be better if it were an RPG?” And it adds items, and coins, monsters, hit points, armor, and you name it.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Lightmatter
The delightful sub-genre intersection of FPS Puzzle Games + Monologues
Saturday Morning Gaming: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 (remastered)
Sports games for people who don’t like sports games.
COVID Clue
Too soon? Insensitive? Maybe. But imagining what COVID Clue might be like has got to better than watching another one of Trump’s insane press conferences from between my fingers.
Yakuza and the One Good Mobster
The idea of the “good criminal” is frequently romanticized in fiction. Few games, though, have successfully captured that feeling the way Yakuza does.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Blood Bowl II
All of the things you love about football, none of the things you don’t.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Returning to Mordor
A game I balked at when it was selling for $100 is now selling for $12. And it got rid of the microtransactions! Replaying Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sets a New Path for the Series
Whether you’re a seasoned Animal Crossing fan or have never touched the series before, I can offer nothing but a wholehearted endorsement for New Horizons.
The Avengers: The Origin Story of Louisiana’s Mightiest Heroes
These days, an Avengers product would be top of the line. However, back in the mid-90s, the Avengers were decidedly second-class.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Gaming Frugally
A lot of people are out there right now with a lot of free time on their hands but they might also be in a place where they have to squeeze every single penny.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Good games for when you’ve got a lot of time to play
Sometimes you find yourself with a couple of days to do nothing at all but play a game. What are some good games for that?
The Stark Simplicity of Hungry, Hungry Hippos
As much as I love the complex, there are times when I just don’t need to be stuffing yet more information into my already over-crowded cerebrum. So, yes, there are times when I’m in the mood for Hungry Hungry Hippos.
Nintendo Needs Mario Role-Playing Games
On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream Corporation, the team behind the beloved Mario & Luigi series of turn-based role-playing games, declared bankruptcy. This move surprised many and marked yet another crippling blow to fans of Mario RPGs,...
Tenacity, Thy Name is Superfection
Symposium: Not only was the impossible possible, I could excel at something I had once truly believed I was incapable of.
Not Sorry!
Board Game Symposium: Not sorry…Sometimes that is all we need and want, just a bit of badly needed fun.
They Don’t Have a Clue
Symposium: There was a murder, and justice must be done. Someone killed Mr. Boddy in his own mansion. Trouble is, no one knows who…But I intended to tell them.
