Month: April 2008
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Good puzzle, bad puzzle
Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a delightfully charming adventure game for the DS (emphasis seemingly required whenever describing this game). Set in some wacky mashup of modern and 1800’s Dickinsonian England (minus the suffering of the lower classes) Professor Layton puts you in charge of the titular professor and his young assistant Luke…
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Penny-Arcade, indie games, and distribution
Yesterday brought the announcement of Greenhouse, the new distribution service/game portal from the guys of Penny-Arcade. You can see further coverage at the Game|Life blog at Wired and an interview with by Chris Kohler the Penny-Arcade chaps about their new venture. Of course, if the news of the arrival of Greenhouse doesn’t set your world…