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My List Of The Best Games Played This Year, And A Small Reflection For 2020
On the last post of this year, I decided to make a list of the best games I played during 2019. Curiously, during the process of this ranking, I found myself reflecting on the content of Jesper Juul's new book "Handmade Pixels" (2019).
In his new book, Juul discusses how independent games became a historical movement that borrowed the term "independent" from film and music while finding its own kind of independence. The reading of Juul's book makes me reflect about how truly independent games that I played this year are, and what makes an indie game a really independent product.
Well, I'm still reading the book and I'll make some considerations about it soon. It's a really interesting content for game design and game studies classes.
For now, I want to share the list with the best 10 games that I have experienced in 2019. Important: 1) some of them are a little bit old, but I only played them this year; 2) they aren't listed in a scale "from best to worst", I just put them together.
Hope you enjoy it! See you next year!
#GoGamers
Reference:
JUUL, Jesper. Handmade Pixels: Independent Video Games and the Quest for Authenticity. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2019
In his new book, Juul discusses how independent games became a historical movement that borrowed the term "independent" from film and music while finding its own kind of independence. The reading of Juul's book makes me reflect about how truly independent games that I played this year are, and what makes an indie game a really independent product.
Well, I'm still reading the book and I'll make some considerations about it soon. It's a really interesting content for game design and game studies classes.
For now, I want to share the list with the best 10 games that I have experienced in 2019. Important: 1) some of them are a little bit old, but I only played them this year; 2) they aren't listed in a scale "from best to worst", I just put them together.
- Baba is you
- What remains of Edith Finch
- Blasphemous
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Cuphead
- Gris
- Gorogoa
- Katana Zero
- Hue
- Resident Evil 2 (remake)
Hope you enjoy it! See you next year!
#GoGamers
Reference:
JUUL, Jesper. Handmade Pixels: Independent Video Games and the Quest for Authenticity. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2019
Gaming In The ATL - 5Th Best In The US
This is a good article highlighting Atlanta as a great place for game play and development.
Platic Crack?
Here is a little something I have been waiting on for a bit over six months…. A proof of concept in plastic from another manufacturer.
I am stoked! The quality looks good, the price is right and the turn around time will be good. So why did it take six months then? Because it was free, a test mold and test shots arranged by my old account manager at WGF who has struck out on his own. He asked if I could send him the original files to split and use as a non-retail sample to show other clients. I agreed and after some waiting they arrived! This is only two of the five pose options... As a free test mold we were limited to a single sprue.
No doubt Wai Kee and the old WGF makes incredible plastic, but his shop is always jammed with production, this makes it pretty much impossible for me to look at that as a viable resource for future production or Kickstarter's. I had my doubts that anyone could get close, but I am reeealllly happy with these shots, and as this opens up the door again I am eyeing another Kickstarter.
I am still pulling together all the costs and if it appears to be a real option, I am more than happy to give it a go. This time would be FAR more focused. One kit at a time, with true costs, the molds and production would need to be funded in full for that 'episode'? But if it works, another would be on the heals of the last… Ferals? then StuG? then Shadokesh vehicle or walker… then whatever sounds fun.
With this kind of Kickstarter there would be a very focused goal, drive and costs… We are not so much looking at the typical song and dance hype train. The product would make it or not on its own merits, and cover its true costs.
Soooo what do you think?
Would you like to know more?
I am stoked! The quality looks good, the price is right and the turn around time will be good. So why did it take six months then? Because it was free, a test mold and test shots arranged by my old account manager at WGF who has struck out on his own. He asked if I could send him the original files to split and use as a non-retail sample to show other clients. I agreed and after some waiting they arrived! This is only two of the five pose options... As a free test mold we were limited to a single sprue.
No doubt Wai Kee and the old WGF makes incredible plastic, but his shop is always jammed with production, this makes it pretty much impossible for me to look at that as a viable resource for future production or Kickstarter's. I had my doubts that anyone could get close, but I am reeealllly happy with these shots, and as this opens up the door again I am eyeing another Kickstarter.
I am still pulling together all the costs and if it appears to be a real option, I am more than happy to give it a go. This time would be FAR more focused. One kit at a time, with true costs, the molds and production would need to be funded in full for that 'episode'? But if it works, another would be on the heals of the last… Ferals? then StuG? then Shadokesh vehicle or walker… then whatever sounds fun.
With this kind of Kickstarter there would be a very focused goal, drive and costs… We are not so much looking at the typical song and dance hype train. The product would make it or not on its own merits, and cover its true costs.
Soooo what do you think?
Would you like to know more?
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