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I'm glad someone if finally addressing this. "The Grind" in games (spending hours and hours doing the same actions to get better items) has long been one of my soap box rant topics. It's interesting that it took "freemium" games on Facebook and iOS to pave the way for big game houses like Blizzard (Diablo and WoW) to adopt a better standard. Still not sure I agree with the in-game auction house, but it's a start.

"Previous centuries have been defined by novels and cinema. In a bold manifesto we're proud to debut here on Kotaku, game designer Eric Zimmerman states that this century will be defined by games."

Great site with older games at discount prices. Similar to Steam and Humble Bundle. Great deals on a lot of old faves and games that you probably never got around to playing. 

Hahah. This game evolves from 8-big graphics all the way to textured 3D as you level up. It's an RPG about the history of video games. 

This is very funny. I wish they had the old Ultima IV screen, though. That's the first one I remember playing.

This week's Humble Bundle give you $370 worth of game design content for $12 with RPG Maker VX Ace, lots of DLC tiles sets, art and music, and a few games made with RPG Maker as well. It's a steal! 

Someone has FINALLY made digital, multiplayer game manager for traditional pen-&-paper games. It's looks really well done. One feature in the video for it (in the link) is that the GM can type in a custom item like a weapon, including the name, damage, and bonuses, then click on the text, and have a digital d20 appear with the bonuses automatically added into the roll. Genius!  There's a free demo of it on Steam right now. 

Cool. I just added it to my wishlist.

Interesting take on multiple layers of moral dilemmas  vs good-bad dichotomy in games. 

Play all the old Sega console games in a browser (if you're into that sort of thing). Thanks to Drew Glover for this walk down memory lane. 

"Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games"

Gamespot's "Game Series of the Decade." It's down to The Elder Scrolls and GTA. Interesting to see the early losers and how the matchups worked. Poor Red Dead Redemption never stood a chance against Zelda in the first round. 

Take the survey. Help a college student out by taking his survey about gaming habits. 

How D&D deals with the math of game mechanics. 

Yes. Probably. Maybe. 

These guys are doing a kickstarter for an online, collaborative story building game. Looks like fun. 

I mentioned HabitRPG in a previous Wednesday night meeting. It's a "gamified" to-do list. I've been using it for everything from remembering to drink more water to getting specific tasks done on my game. It's been one of the best, most consistent motivators that I've ever found for encouraging good habits and discouraging bad. The mobile interface is a bit wonky, but they're working on it. The web interface is really the best way to manage it. I recommend the mobile mostly for logging completed tasks.  One nice feature of the game is the wide community of others working on tasks. You can join parties and guilds, and work together with others to complete quests and challenges. 

This looks interesting. It incorporates "sins" as a game mechanic. Plus, it's based on The Canterbury Tales, so it's kind of required gaming for word geeks. ;) 

Cool looking kickstarter. These guys have all the right ideas. Player choices, huge worlds, puzzle elements, good crafting matrix, and player mods. I hope they can pull it off.

Abstract. This paper introduces the concept of Narrative Game-based Learning Objects (NGLOBs) as the basis for the creation and control of Story-based Digital Educational Games (DEGs).

THE list of video games of the past. Amazing database of just about every game ever made for old-school arcades. 

Funny and informative.