Alt + Games, a blog site on games http://www.altgames.org 2012-02-05T01:05:25+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-08-30T20:41:16+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Indie-Alt/Check-This-Out/Working-in-a-coal-mine.html How do you know that something is “hip” and “cool” in indie gaming society? Well, you hop on a band wagon a bit too late, as I did, since Minecraft seems to be the next big thing in gaming society in general. Ugly? Well, sort of, if you’re accustomed to... text/html 2010-07-29T11:54:37+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Board-RPG/Roleplaying/RPG-Skill-Atoms.html Daniel Cook wrote about feedback loops, learning and game mechanics in his blog Lost Garden (http://www.lostgarden.com/2006/10/what-are-game-mechanics.html) a couple of years ago (he then wrote another article about this on Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1524/the_chemistry_of_game_design.php)). What has stuck in my mind about these articles is what DanC describes as skill atoms. Skill atoms... text/html 2010-05-18T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Board-RPG/Roleplaying/New-Dogs.html We started a Dogs in the Vineyard (http://www.lumpley.com/games/dogsources.html) game a couple of weeks ago with a character creation session. This was the first time I played RPGs since Senja was born. Matti (being the GM) explained the game briefly and then we went through the character creation process. By my... text/html 2010-02-25T15:17:50+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Multiplayer/Experiences/Evoke-fixing-the-World.html Evoke (http://www.urgentevoke.com/), the new serious alternate reality game by Jane McGonigal (http://www.avantgame.com/bio.htm), kicks off on March 3rd. That's next Wednesday, folks. I'm interested about experiencing and dissecting the game and I hope that you are too. So, what's in the genre definition serious alternate reality game? Alternate reality games... text/html 2010-02-17T08:12:50+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Meta/News/Beautiful-New-Things.html My family just received a new member this Monday. It is a baby girl we like to call X (there's a bit of mystery for you :), Supergirl and The Thing. Everyone involved is fine and in good health. On much smaller news Alt+Games also got a new graphical look last...