A few days ago I mentioned I was going to sleep in a zoo and folks? I have slept in a zoo. Not very well of course, one does not simply snooze for 8 hours straight in a random zoo building when they are a light sleeper, but technically I have slept in the same building as pied tamarins thanks to my daughter’s Girl Scouts troop.

So anyway, here’s some blog posts I’ve enjoyed lately.

First of all, consider supporting Michael Coorlim and getting lots of cool games and writing! They’ve worked on some very cool stuff like the recently released Kathy Rain 2.

I like seeing what games other people are excited about and Aura has a nice one featuring stuff I mostly haven’t heard of before, which is always great.

Nicole Express breaks down the hardware for the arcade game Kiki KaiKai, which is more famous for Natsume taking the concept and making Pocky & Rocky. I really liked Pocky & Rocky as a child and never knew that it had something before it.

Nathalie talks about a ton of experimental games on Not Quite A Game (Games that go beyond the need to be understood)

Atari Archives goes into the history of BASIC Programming being brought to the Atari.

Point-and-click adventure Technobabylon has turned 10. Good lord. If you haven’t played it yet, I highly recommend it. If you have played it, go check out this interview with the designer about the game’s queer themes and sequel plans. Great stuff! If this wasn’t a personal blog named after a moose I would love to interview game devs. If you’re ok with being interviewed on a blog that has nothing to do with moose, let me know. If you think this blog should talk more about moose, let me know.

Speaking of personal blogs, sometimes they’re fun because 90% of the time they’re focused on one thing like tabletop rpgs, and those posts are good, but then you come across what it’s like to work in a library.

If I see a post about the Amiga, I have to post it. That’s the rule. This time it’s a post that asks What is an Amiga?

Florence Smith Nicholls talks about what games get covered in academia. The article goes into wanting to cover Wurm Online and the importance of talking about MMOs that aren’t dead, but aren’t exactly thriving either and have low player counts, so they just kinda don’t get discussed. Since I am a massive fan of the NOT DEAD mmo Myst Online, which you can still play today for free and is still getting new content, this resonates strongly with me.

Speaking of MMOs, KRITIQAL has an excellent article about Ragnarok Online Indonesia and how it is still alive today through a fan server.

Read Only Memo has an interview with the modder who has brought the X-Box 360 game Chromehounds back online.

No Escape writes about Final Fantasy and those Pixel Remaster versions, and just about Final Fantasy remakes in general. I don’t really follow the series so I liked learning about the weirdness of these and what’s even going on in that series.

I’ve linked to this adventure game blog before but there’s some interesting computer history at Michigan State and Troy at the beginning of this article. The rest of it about the game The Final Countdown is very good too.

And finally, it’s not a blog post but Microsoft confirm they’ve supplied AI tech to the Israeli military for use in Gaza so if you aren’t already, try not to give Microsoft money to the best of your ability.