Prison Tycoon sneak peak
I picked up a copy of Prison Tycoon on my last visit to —-’s, maybe two weeks ago, and have just gotten around to trying it out. I don’t have any particularly high expectations — it is a tycoon game...
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Okay, I’ve figured out one or two more mechanisms for this game. Staff building: Land use office 1/2/3: When you create the level 1 land office, you get access to an adjacent lot for prison...
View ArticleThe Neverhood
I saw The Curse of the Were-Rabbit last night, and afterwards we were talking about claymation. I was reminded of The Neverhood, a little known PC adventure game that came out in 1996, just before the...
View ArticleCivilization IV: I can’t play
I picked up a copy of Civ IV for a good price last week. I can’t play it on my system until they release a patch. I’ve got the “bread only” problem, where the map only shows slices of bread...
View ArticleChaos on Runescape
For the past few weeks I’ve been playing the free version of Runescape. I had played it previously a number of years ago, and though there have been significant updates most of the core game concepts...
View ArticleCaesar IV observations
Over the weekend I picked up a copy of Caesar IV for $30 at Fr-’s -l-ctr-n-cs. I played the demo a few weeks ago and was interested to see how some of the gameplay mechanisms were put together, since...
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Finally, a review of Caesar IV that sounds like they have actually played the game: 6 out of 10 at Eurogamer. Most of the other reviews I’ve seen hardly look beyond the fancy 3D effects. (Of course...
View ArticleSprout
Casual Gameplay (formerly Jay Is Games) had a game design competition. The winner was Sprout, a cute little game with a simple play mechanic. (Make sure you ignore the insipid commentary by the CG...
View ArticlePrison Tycoon 3
Well folks, it looks like one of the least entertaining tycoon games of all time is now on its third release: Prison Tycoon 3: Lockdown is now available. I can’t tell you anything about it aside from...
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