Alt + Games, a blog site on games http://www.altgames.org 2010-03-10T04:38:02+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png 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... text/html 2010-02-05T17:00:00+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Indie-Alt/Check-This-Out/Hammerfight-fall-Steam.html I just found out that the amazing physics based hammer-swinging game, Hammerfight by Russian Konstantin Koshutin and previously known as Hammerfall is available to purchase on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/41100) for €6.99. It has actually been available for a while as fun-motion.com reported it last Autumn (http://www.fun-motion.com/news/hammerfall-on-steam/). I'm gonna get the game... text/html 2010-02-04T17:00:00+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Console-Games/General/drum-games-throwback-article.html A while back I posted a video of a Japanese drum arcade game that I shot in an arcade in Tokyo. That was in the old Alt+Games site, so here's the re-run. After that incident a lot has happened in the drum game scene. Taiko no Tatsujin has been available in... text/html 2010-01-26T10:11:13+01:00 http://www.altgames.org http://www.altgames.org/index.php/Board-RPG/Roleplaying/Story-Gaming-The-News.html Roughly a year ago we played a game about the conflict in Gaza (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=95 Itemid=9) as it happened and was all over the news. It's a game I've returned in my thoughts right through the year (and in here, sorry about that :). Something ticked; all the...