Playwrite, the fine wine of game design » humour http://www.theplaywrite.com Fine wine of game design Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:39:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Pizza, zombies and… kiwis? http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/pizza-zombies-and-kiwis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pizza-zombies-and-kiwis http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/pizza-zombies-and-kiwis/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:14:02 +0000 Logan http://www.theplaywrite.com/?p=988

This series of interactive YouTube videos straight from New Zealand puts you in the shoes of a pizza delivery dude stuck in a zombie-infested city. I’ve seen it described as “Zombieland meets Beached As” and, having watched a few clips, it’s a darn accurate assessment.

Could my homeland be any more awesome? Probably, but not by much.

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/pizza-zombies-and-kiwis/feed/ 0 Video interview with Brendan Chung of Blendo Games http://www.theplaywrite.com/media/video-interview-with-brendan-chung-of-blendo-games/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-interview-with-brendan-chung-of-blendo-games http://www.theplaywrite.com/media/video-interview-with-brendan-chung-of-blendo-games/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:17:23 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=841 Rob and I over at Up Up Down Down have poked Brendon Chung of Blendo Games with our big, wacky and sometimes succulent interview stick. In the process, we played through a number of Chung’s efforts, including Barista, Bootleg Squarog and Gravity Bone.

If you’d like to see me in action (specifically, because I’m all about the spiffy), jump straight over to video #3. However if you find me boring or in some way contagious, Chung’s interview is positioned in video #2.

Of course, if you just want to start at the beginning and absorb all the raw neatness of Brendon (and us), you can watch Part #1. Laughter is assured whichever course of action you take.

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/media/video-interview-with-brendan-chung-of-blendo-games/feed/ 0 Psycho Killer… the *scariest* game ever (but not for the reasons you think) http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/psycho-killer-the-scariest-game-ever-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=psycho-killer-the-scariest-game-ever-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/psycho-killer-the-scariest-game-ever-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:31:10 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=725 It’s the late 90s. Reeboks are all the rage, your Dad’s buying you pogs and for some reason, no one can stop dancing the Macarena. And, hiding away in the Amiga CD32‘s modest catalogue of games is Psycho Killer – an interactive FMV survival horror title. I never finished Psycho Killer on its native platform (I got perhaps half-way through), but I felt compelled recently to give it another crack, arse-painted graphics be damned.

So, Rob and I went a little video crazy over at Up Up Down Down, our alternative gaming blog, and recorded the entire, hilarious, experience. Somehow, we make Morgan Freeman creepy, bring back the Reebok, and learn just how deadly a blunt machete can be.

Survival Horror 101: Psycho Killer Amiga CD32 [Uudders]

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/psycho-killer-the-scariest-game-ever-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think/feed/ 0 Laugh at my gaming skillz at Up Up Down Down http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/laugh-at-my-gaming-skillz-at-up-up-down-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laugh-at-my-gaming-skillz-at-up-up-down-down http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/laugh-at-my-gaming-skillz-at-up-up-down-down/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:50:17 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=637 Myself, and fellow designer Rob MacBride, are working together on a small project (well, blog) called Up Up Down Down – or Uudders.

No, no cows are involved… not yet, anyway, but humorous videos of us playing games and generally shit-talking are. It might tickle your fancy, it might not, but I urge you to take a peek. Rob recently posted our latest work, a clip of us playing the finalists of the last Independent Games Festival. There’s intelligent conversation mixed with me spouting slanderous comments about everyone’s relatives, including my own and overall, it has the laughs.

So check it out, sign up to the feed if you like what you see, continue to partake in our digital gaming delights.

Up Up Down Down [Official site]

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/laugh-at-my-gaming-skillz-at-up-up-down-down/feed/ 1 House of the Undead http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/house-of-the-undead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-of-the-undead http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/house-of-the-undead/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:20:09 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=535 Found this while cruising for a portrait for my 4e D&D character (A Revenant… something). Just one of many reasons why deviantART is the bomb.

House of the Undead [deviantART]

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/house-of-the-undead/feed/ 0 Charles Dickens, football manager http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/charles-dickens-football-manager/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charles-dickens-football-manager http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/charles-dickens-football-manager/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:46:55 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=520
What do you get when you combine one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era with Football Manager 2006? I’m glad you asked:

He was always looking for ways to chide me, so I assaulted him with my cane from underneath my sheepskin jacket, to which he welped in delight. He wasn’t fucking right in the head. Thus, we walked into the shit-smelling changing room, and, gathering around what passed for men in the Stanley team, I made a speech, in my usual pleasant and fragrant tones:

“Put them in ovens men, yes we’ll shit on their faces, beat them to crisps and chop them up and bake them.”

They walked out disturbed, but were in the hypnotised frame of mind not to aggravate my temper – they knew me too well, but little did they know I was planning a special holiday at the end of the season, involving knives and Catholic priests in the Amazon rainforest.

Read more Dickensian-inspired footballing. It’s not exactly Great Expectations, but then, what is?

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/charles-dickens-football-manager/feed/ 0 Making Resident Evil 5 harder that it should be http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/making-resident-evil-5-harder-that-it-should-be/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-resident-evil-5-harder-that-it-should-be http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/making-resident-evil-5-harder-that-it-should-be/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:28:12 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=494

This video (which looks to be one of a future many) is an attempt by myself and fellow designer Rob MacBride to review Resident Evil 5 – humour added where appropriate (or wherever the heck we pleased).

We were prepared for zombies. We were prepared for the axe-wielding crazy dude. We were more than prepared for the boob camera. What we were not prepared for was launching a split-screen multi-player game.

Watch. Enjoy. Comment.

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/making-resident-evil-5-harder-that-it-should-be/feed/ 0 Road sign says: Zombie invasion underway http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/road-sign-says-zombie-invasion-underway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=road-sign-says-zombie-invasion-underway http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/road-sign-says-zombie-invasion-underway/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:04:54 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=441

Even with the knowledge that it’s not real, I would have done a U-turn over the median stripe and put the pedal to the metal. So to speak.

Hey… you can never be too careful.

Road Sign Fail [Failblog]

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/zombies/road-sign-says-zombie-invasion-underway/feed/ 1 BBC stung by Goatse. Again. http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/bbc-stung-by-goatse-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bbc-stung-by-goatse-again http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/bbc-stung-by-goatse-again/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:58:33 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=410 First, the London Olympics logo. Now, it’s a Favicon. Just goes to show that user-created content can be a double-edged sword. A hilariously sharp one in this case.

A little off-topic, but far too classic to pass without a mention.

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/bbc-stung-by-goatse-again/feed/ 0 Because custom 404s are new and exciting http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/because-custom-404s-are-new-and-exciting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=because-custom-404s-are-new-and-exciting http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/because-custom-404s-are-new-and-exciting/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:32:54 +0000 Logan http://www.playwrite-blog.net/?p=284 They’re not, really.

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/general/because-custom-404s-are-new-and-exciting/feed/ 1 Beds can be funny http://www.theplaywrite.com/opinion/beds-can-be-funny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beds-can-be-funny http://www.theplaywrite.com/opinion/beds-can-be-funny/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:35:54 +0000 Logan http://playwrite.wordpress.com/?p=146 More hilarious shenanigans from me, over at Atomic. This time I prattle on about couches, beds and TVs. Here’s a snippet:
Recently I’ve been serenaded into dreamland by the authoritative yet staggered prose of Captain Kirk. But before that it was MacGyver, and before his mullet-crowned greatness, Dr John Dorian. It’s not unusual these days to see my prone, settee-bound form from the breakfast table, mumbling instructions on how to build a lifelike Zach Braff doll using nothing but a paperclip, duct tape and a photon torpedo.

Bed TV

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]]> http://www.theplaywrite.com/opinion/beds-can-be-funny/feed/ 0 Humour comes in pairs http://www.theplaywrite.com/opinion/humour-comes-in-pairs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=humour-comes-in-pairs http://www.theplaywrite.com/opinion/humour-comes-in-pairs/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:11:05 +0000 Logan http://playwrite.wordpress.com/?p=51 Atomic recently started uploading its back page editorials to its website. They’re written by me. They’re also supposed to be funny. I laughed, anyway.

If you’d like to check them out (don’t be scared), here they are:

Turok, My Father

Army of Who?

The first is my favourite.

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