Month: December 2015

Thanks to the commenter on my previous article, raises some good points about how we now EXPECT Grind in our games. And the amount of “Grind” feeling can vary, even in games in the same series (Dragon Age 2’s reusing of...

I looked at Warcraft’s grind in my last post, but let’s look at it from another angle, the smaller game that requires a different level of grind. Marvel Puzzle Quest is the latest game from the behemoths of the Match 3...

No, it’s not a Christmas post for Grinches, it’s a thought on how Video Game companies get us to do more with their games by giving us less. And that means, The Grind. The Grind is all that levelling stuff and...

There are times when the world seems to be giving you the ol’ double bird and you feel like everything is against you. I had one of those moments this morning, but a matter of perspective and NOT flying off the...

(That’s Right, three posts before I even have the domain set up!) If you ever want to see someone completely lost, give them something similar to what they’re familiar with, then change just enough so they are flailing around like crazy....

As a writer, I am amused by word play. I got my nickname for a good reason. I love wordplay/jokes. I am a horrid punster. My friends used to assign categories of pun to decide who would smack me after a...

What’s this? Who’s this? Why This? Well, that’s kinda a lot to answer in a first blog post. But, let’s take it one step at a time, shall we? What’s This? This is an 8 Bit Mind in an 8GB World....