I’ve never enjoyed the RTS genre, usually because the control scheme doesn’t engage me (over-the-top complexity might have something to do with it as well), but I’m pretty sure this would change all that for me.
Any skills that have improved are always the ones that I continually used, not just thought (fantasized) about. Steven’s post illustrates (literally) that principle in a fantastic way.
An old friend of mine’s short film has just gone live on Atom.com—give it a watch and if you like it, please give it a thumbs-up over on Atom. The films with the most thumbs-up’s get played on Comedy Central!
Probably NSFW, but if you played any form of text adventures back in the day (Zork, MUDs, etc—my game was TeleArena) and you don’t mind a little lowbrow humor, then this video just might be up your alley.
Call me crazy, but I don’t think that A. Boston College has its own operating system and B. “a black screen with white font which he uses prompt commands on” is one either.
“He had a … thingy … and I didn’t know what it was … so it must be bad!”
I hope the next computer tech that gets called out to the BC Police Station to fix a broken machine isn’t too good at their job, otherwise they’ll be arrested.
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Ideademic is where my time & energy go. We made and manage The King and are now working on a different project that's still under wraps. My wife & partner Brittany keeps me in check.