Category: games

  • The Bongcloud Attack- A Chess Meme Explained

    The Bongcloud Attack- A Chess Meme Explained

    The Guardian newspaper describes the Bongcloud Attack as “a move so bad you’d have to be stoned to think it was a good idea“, so the world was shocked to see two of the world’s top-ranked chess players play the Bongcloud Attack at the the $200,000 Magnus Carlsen Invitational in 2021. The origin of this…

  • Great Games To Play With An Atari VCS Classic Controller

    Great Games To Play With An Atari VCS Classic Controller

    A few years back, Atari launched the Atari VCS, a sleek looking PC/console hybrid that comes loaded with a bunch of classic Atari games and some new remakes. I’m not all that excited about the VCS, but I always thought the VCS’s controllers look amazing. In particular, their upgraded version of the classic Atari 2600…

  • The SquirrelWarz soundtrack is here!

    The SquirrelWarz soundtrack is here!

    I’ve just released a new album on Bandcamp, just in time for #BandcampFriday. It’s the soundtrack to SquirrelWarz and you should give it a listen while reading this post: SquirrelWarz (original soundtrack) by Doctor Popular SquirrelWarz is an iOS game I worked on for Tribal Games and was released in 2017. I was the lead…

  • October Goals

    October Goals

    Autumn is here and it feels like the year is almost over. I have a lot of exciting projects in the works and I thought I’d try documenting them here. This isn’t intended to be a full list for the rest of the year, just my list of goals for the month of October. Music:…

  • Tux and Fanny is a fantastic game!

    Tux and Fanny is a fantastic game!

    Christine and I just finished playing a game called Tux And Fanny. I loved it so much that I had to share it with my friends. The game is based on a web series of the same name. It follows Fanny and Tux through an animated world in the style of a young kids show.…

  • Thinking out loud about my next game project

    I recorded a short video for my KnifeTank: The Shüffling backers on Youtube, but thought I’d share it here as well. Basically I have a ton of board games I’ve designed, but I’m not sure which one to release next.