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4 September, 2019 Geoff Scaplehorn

Gravity Bomber – finished!

It occurred to me that I never finished my mini-series of blog posts about Gravity Bomber, despite having a strong final version of the game.

30 April, 2019 Geoff Scaplehorn

The phrase ‘keeping score’ carries a whiff of competitiveness, but scoring isn’t about beating other people unless you’re actually in a formal competition. Keeping score is about having a numerical value that tracks your progress as an archer.

1 March, 20191 March, 2019 Geoff Scaplehorn

How editing can refocus a bad film franchise

Articles, Films

Big film franchises keep dragging out stories over 2 or more films when they only have enough story for a single movie. Some fans, such as actor Topher Grace, are fighting back.

15 February, 20194 February, 2019 Geoff Scaplehorn

Are we ready for a TIE Fighter remake?

Articles, Gaming

It’s been 25 years since TIE Fighter was released, and it is still arguably the best Star Wars game ever released. Is it time that Disney returned to the space sim classic?

28 January, 201922 January, 2019 Geoff Scaplehorn

The problem with long games

Articles, Game Design, Gaming

Mechanically, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is almost perfectly balanced. It is artistically beautiful, at least by the standards of 2003. The puzzles are an intrinsic part of the world, and the time travel is perfectly pitched into the world and the combat. The story melds into every system flawlessly, including the pause menu. And it is short.

22 January, 201922 January, 2019 Geoff Scaplehorn

Why there’s a buzz about Bumblebee

Articles, Films, Reviews

I’ve been thinking about the new Bumblebee movie. Bumblebee is not an especially thought-provoking film. It’s a film about a giant robot who fights other giant robots, and about how he loses his memory and makes friends with a girl who helps him get it back again. Somehow, though, Bumblebee works.

16 August, 201316 August, 2013 Geoff Scaplehorn

Let board games be board games: why I need to see the dice in Space Hulk

Articles, Game Design

I got excited when I heard that Games Workshop’s classic Space Hulk was being brought to my PC. However, it’s missing a crucial detail: dice.

13 March, 201313 March, 2013 Geoff Scaplehorn

Daily Express propaganda trashed by the European Parliament

Articles, Round the web

The Daily Express has called a new website by the European Parliament “‘sinister’ Soviet-style propaganda”, prompting an awesome response from the EU.