Monthly Archives: November 2010

Teach your children well

I have dreamed for a long time about sharing my lifelong love of videogames with my own children. I discovered videogames around age 8, and in addition to being a lot of fun, I really feel like they have helped … Continue reading

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Bait the Daywalker – Battle Royale

The best offense is a good defense. I was walking through the wilderness from one town to the next, so I could hopefully drop off my latest cool weapon from the deep (a Holy Avenger). I was running along and … Continue reading

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ZAngband and other roguelikes

ZAngband is winnable. That’s the allure. It’s wicked hard. It’s not always completely fair. There are certain intrinsics that are required before venturing past certain points in the game (If you see a little blue “e” and you don’t have … Continue reading

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Bait the Excessively Lucky – better than good

I have a second Zang character running at the same time as Bait the Daywalker. The other character’s name is also Bait. But this new character is having an exceedingly good run of luck. The first trip down to the … Continue reading

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