10 Days of 100 Games, Review

I have a new perspective on PICO-8 games. When I think of PICO-8 games, I typically only think of the best designed, most polished games; the featured games. This series has made me realize that there are far more works in progress and beginners’ games than masterpieces. After trying 100 PICO-8 games, I think I…

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10 Days of 100 Games, #10

Today I played games from PICO-8’s “Work in Progress” board. See you tomorrow for the review of this series!

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10 Days of 100 Games, #7

Today I continued playing games! Here’s what I played today: (List)

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10 Days of 100 Games, #6

Yes, it’s another list of 10 games: (List) Playing with the NES controller feels like how PICO-8 games were meant to be played.

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10 Days of 100 Games, #5

The games today: (List) Some of the games I’ve been playing are more demos or proof-of-concepts than finished games, but it’s fun to play them anyway.

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10 Days of 100 Games, #3

Today’s games: (List) I’m really enjoying myself! I’m playing a lot more games I wouldn’t normally try.

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10 Days of 100 Games, #1

My adapter arrived! It was a little tricky to get it plugged in and then I had to configure it to work with PICO-8. The mapping suggestions in the PICO-8 manual didn’t work, but I figured it out. Here’s the SDL map: The controller works perfectly now!Here’s the games I tried today (in no particular…

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10 Days of 100 Games, #0.5

My controller adapter hasn’t arrived yet and I want to wait on starting until it does. USPS says it should arrive before 9 PM today, but in my experience, if it isn’t in the morning mail, it’s going to be the next day. I did start finding some games I want to play, though.

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10 Days of 100 Games, #0

It’s time to play some games! Here’s the plan: try 10 new games per day for 10 days. The goal is to have fun and find more games I enjoy. I’m going to primarily play PICO-8 games with my NES controller. Each day I’ll post the ones I tried and if any stood out in…

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NES Controller Cleaning

I recently bought my first NES controller for $6! The NES controller is the quintessential controller and I’ve somehow never used one before or played NES games. I thought I’d get it cleaned up and then use it to play PICO-8 games. I’m waiting on my retroUSB adapter to arrive, but in the meantime, here’s…

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Reading The Great Gatsby, #3

Today I finished reading The Great Gatsby. The first time I read it, I remember being told that the meaning of the story was, “middle class can’t become upper class.” However, now I think the meaning of the story is more like “money can’t fix problems of the heart.” Here’s why: The Great Gatsby is…

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Reading The Great Gatsby, #2

Today I continued reading The Great Gatsby. I’m about 70% through and here’s some of my thoughts so far: I like how the world is always in motion. There’s never a perfectly still moment. I like how Fitzgerald conveys the unease of social situations. The unfinished sentences, subtle gestures, and unspoken expectations. I like Gatsby’s…

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Reading The Great Gatsby, #1

Today I started reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.I haven’t read it in years and I wanted to re-read it because I remember one scene had good lighting and I liked the atmosphere of the book. I’m only on page 4, but I think I’ll finish by tomorrow. See you then!

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Film Development Research, #2

Today I continued researching how to develop film. Specifically, how to scan the negatives. Scanning film, options: Dedicated scanner, $250 DSLR scanning (macro lens, light table), $250+ Hacky methods, free I read some reviews for the Epson v600 scanner and they ranged from positive to mixed. DPReview’s review especially makes the v600 seem like a…

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