Archive for November, 2007

Eschalon Book I

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

The future of the CRPG has arrived in all its Old-School magnificence!
While we are being defiled left and right by Shoot-Em-Ups with RPG elements bolted on, Basilisk Games has stepped up to defend the genre with the imminent release of Eschalon Book I. As you can see from the screenshot the game is beautifully done, [...]

The genre formerly known as RPG

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Mass Effect comes out on the 2oth, and it is a symbol of something terrible which is happening in the industry, through greed - sheer unadulterated greed - the genre formerly known as RPG is becoming the genre known as Shoot-Em-Up with RPG bolted on. Every game site you go to is raving about how [...]

A pain in the ASUS

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Update: 9th February 2008
You might be interested in my new EEPC post; including where to buy, specs, and a bit about its new colours:
http://graeme-s-houston.com/archives/182
The saga continues
My recent entry (about ASUS ripping off Europeans (count 4 down)) has been generating a lot of hits from people who would like to know where to buy an [...]

One Laptop Per Child

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

I’ve blogged about this before, and undoubtably I will blog about it again. The one laptop per child is a fantastic initiative which aims to make $100 laptops available to children in developing countries. It seems that the organization behind the device have listened to the general population (my self among them) and will be [...]

A Binary Convergence

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

A Binary Convergence by Brian L. Porter and Graeme S. Houston coming very soon!
http://www.stonehedgepublishing.com
http://www.freewebs.com/brianlp/