Mike smells his hand a lot

I’ve been documenting this for quite sometime. I had a mini-intervention with Michael a few days ago, but it was brushed off with a smirk and a giggle. I feel this has grown into something bigger than Mike, bigger than us. I can only hope the internet will serve as Mike’s savior [...]

Super Mario Galaxy co-op is better than you think

On all these podcasts, reviews and critiques I keep hearing about how the co-op option in Galaxy is “girlfriend mode.” This may seem so at first, but it would appear that these people, many of them game critics, never pressed the A button while the cursor was over an enemy or over Mario himself. [...]

Shiggy <3 Reggie + Martha = Game Cake

Photoshopping of the beloved Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime atop their grand cake. Martha Stewart helped and was rumored to have a hand in the couple’s initial meeting.

Clocky! and other recipes for indie dev survival

How do you actually wake up, instead of waking up every 9-10 minutes to throw your arm at the over-sized snooze button of your oil-burning alarm clock? This is the answer, and of course it’s in the form of a robot. Damned robots. If DaVinci went polyphasic then maybe this is the [...]

Getting my failures out of the way

Hi! I’m Greg
I’ve been playing games for a long time. I remember the introduction of the Prodigy internet service, the rise and fall of Sierra games, and a jaw-dropping incident with Pong at an uncle’s house. Today, I am studying graphic design at Iowa State University, with a heavy emphasis on game development. [...]