Pat Holleman
@patmakesrpgs.bsky.social
Freelance RPG director, writer, designer. (Quartet, My Familiar, Threads of Time, others.) Author of the Reverse Design series of books: http://thegamedesignforum.com/books/books.html
Oh, that's just the beginning. Get your google translate ready!
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Oh, that's just the beginning. Get your google translate ready!
Try the demo! Free on Steam. It's pretty similar to FF6, if had opened with the split scenarios.
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Try the demo! Free on Steam. It's pretty similar to FF6, if had opened with the split scenarios.
I wonder if I recommended it. I wrote a short story in college that quoted it, several times.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I wonder if I recommended it. I wrote a short story in college that quoted it, several times.
I've read it 4 times and I get something new every time, and like the book more every time.
November 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I've read it 4 times and I get something new every time, and like the book more every time.
It's the best book of the 20th century.
November 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
It's the best book of the 20th century.
I think that Murakami understood that his subject--and his talent--was a kind of bookend to the literary century that Joyce started with Ulysses. Toru Okada refutes all the useless, priapic self-pity that characterizes Bloom, even while they share the exact same kind of (very 20th-century) quest.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I think that Murakami understood that his subject--and his talent--was a kind of bookend to the literary century that Joyce started with Ulysses. Toru Okada refutes all the useless, priapic self-pity that characterizes Bloom, even while they share the exact same kind of (very 20th-century) quest.
Reposted by Pat Holleman
Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
BoF2 has one of the most brilliant intros of all time. It gets REAL messy after that, but hey. BoF3 had a pretty metal opener, too.
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
BoF2 has one of the most brilliant intros of all time. It gets REAL messy after that, but hey. BoF3 had a pretty metal opener, too.
Assets in this version looking like someone cut them out with 1998 adobe magic wand
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Assets in this version looking like someone cut them out with 1998 adobe magic wand