So, a few months ago I stumbled upon Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a fanfic written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, and amongst the best fiction (no need for the fan- prefix) I’ve read this year; but, it is a story suffering from a problem: it is far, far too difficult to describe (or to try to convince you to read) the story without giving too much information and spoiling, or giving too little information and understating the brilliance of, the story; it (gently) mocks the original stories and the clichés which run rampant in the fanfic community they spawned … but it isn’t a hatefic; it features a Harry Potter who muses on the topic of marrying Professor Quirrell … but it isn’t a slashfic; it features a Harry Potter whose life is imperilled by a mob of yaoi fangirls … but it isn’t a crackfic; it is hilarious; it is intelligent/thought-provoking; and it is a fic you really should read.
I’m just posting a link to the Mac OS X version of another excellent shmup by Kenta Cho/ABA Games, TUMIKI Fighters; this shmup brings a cute new-ish1 concept to the genre – if you can catch pieces of destroyed enemy ships, they will stick to your ship, boosting your firepower and acting as a layer of armour…
1Well, Zero Wing let you grab an enemy ship to use as a layer or armour, but with the tradeoff that whatever enemy ship you grabbed increased the weight of your ship, pulling your ship towards the ground… ↩
The EYEZMAZE guy gives the web an early Christmas present, with GROW ORNAMENT; as always, I’ve removed the ‘spoiler’ of the solution from this post, so you’ll have to click the ‘read more’ link below for the solution…
I’m just posting a link to Space Giko Harriya-N, a mad Japanese game for Mac OS X by Adove Project, ‘inspired’ by SEGA’s Space Harrier…
The EYEZMAZE guy strikes back (again) with GROW CUBE, although I spent far too long (a couple of days) musing on the game before I beat the game; I’ve removed the ‘spoiler’ of the solution from this post, so you’ll have to click the ‘read more’ link below for the solution…
The EYEZMAZE guy strikes back with GROW RPG; I’ve removed the ’spoiler’ of the solution from this post, so you’ll have to click the ‘read more’ link below for the solution…
I’m just posting a link to the Mac OS X version of (and English patch for) Doukutsu Monogatari [Cave Story], a brilliant CastleroidMetroidvania game by Daisuke Amaya/Studio Pixel.
