Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Tag: video.games

  • Castle Crashers and Cramping

    Writing essays for med school secondary applications has been “cramping my style,” so to speak (if one is speaking as a bit actor in a late-night infomercial). The necessity of completing these assignments takes priority over a number of other activities I would much rather be doing. I often wonder if anybody actually bothers to…

  • Life is an MMO

    More accurately, “at this point in my life it often feels like I am trapped in a MMO.” I’ve gotten the the point where I’m past all of the early levels, so no more easy battles. At the same time, I’m not yet at the high levels, where you get to experience all of the…

  • Left 4 Dead Fanart

    I like HDR photography, and I like Left 4 Dead, so when I saw a link to a Flickr gallery of Left 4 Dead-inspired HDR photography, I was pretty excited. I think they do a pretty good job at recreating the L4D atmosphere with live-action models. A few of the actors have a difficult time…

  • World of Goo

    I just beat World of Goo, an excellent, award-winning independent game from 2D Boy, a studio that from the credits consists of about four people. I’ve only more recently gotten into puzzle games after being introduced to Auditorium. I paid $10 for that game (which I still haven’t beaten), so when World of Goo went…

  • On OnLive

    Apparently at the recent Game Developers Conference, OnLive was revealed as the future of video games. Rather than buying consoles or upgrading your computer, you just pay for the service. They run all the latest games on powerful computers out in “the cloud,” and pipe the content directly to your TV screen through the magic…

  • cp_usa

    A couple of nights ago I had a crazy dream based around Team Fortress 2. The teams were red and blue, as usual, and I was playing on the red (defending) team. The map was some strange modification of cp_dustbowl translated to real life. The twist was that the blue and red teams represented Democrats…

  • Grow: Another Excellent Flash Game

    Thanks to a link from Penny Arcade I discovered another excellent flash game, “Grow.” You have to stack five pieces to make a tower, but as the tower grows each piece interacts with the others in unique ways. Only the correct order will allow the tower to grow to its full height. There’s not too…

  • Auditorium

    I was looking back through my Google Reader starred items and I rediscovered what has to be the greatest flash game since Grid 16. It’s called Auditorium, and it’s a puzzle game that blends the logic of puzzle solving with multi-part musical harmony and smooth visuals. I only made partway through the second act before…