Games, games, and Vincent

Metroid Prime's alien progression

Metroid Prime's alien progression

2009-08-03 — Vincent Leeuw

Last week a friend of mine started playing Metroid Prime for the first time. While he enjoyed the game immensely, to me it was a bit of revelation to watch him …

Playing Pandemic

Playing Pandemic

2009-07-26 — Vincent Leeuw

What you really need to know: Pandemic is one of the most fun board games I’ve played in quite some time. With that out of the way, let me explain. Players are …

Misformers

Misformers

2009-07-22 — Vincent Leeuw

We all carry a little bit of a Bayformer in our hearts; waiting to come out at just the right moment…

Trashy physics

Trashy physics

2009-07-19 — Vincent Leeuw

Generally speaking, I don’t like physics in games. So in a way, I don’t like Trash Panic. This downloadable PlayStation Network puzzle game for PS3 has a great …

InFamous urban exploration

InFamous urban exploration

2009-07-14 — Vincent Leeuw

While everybody seems to be focused on the differences between Prototype and InFamous, I found myself curiously forgetting about the entire comparison as I was …

Spellborn enters the Deadspell Storm

2009-07-02 — Vincent Leeuw

If you didn’t catch the news elsewhere already: Spellborn Works went bankrupt. In short this means all of us who worked on the game are now without a job. But …

When easy is not easy enough

When easy is not easy enough

2009-06-28 — Vincent Leeuw

“Should you be bombarded with one-hit-kills when you are playing a game on Easy?” That, in short, is the main question that got stuck in my head during the …