I saw Devo last night in Detroit and it was great! I had seen them 15 years ago in Ann Arbor but that was basically an eternity ago and they haven’t been in Michigan since then. They’re also coming back in September with the B-52s, who I had seen before about 8 years ago and were also very good. I’m surprised they’re here twice in one year after almost never coming here, that Ann Arbor concert was also their first time here in 15 years, but I think both bands are very close to wrapping things up so maybe they’re trying to hit all the places before stopping.
One day I’ll write about that Devo adventure game from the mid 90s. It’s an incredibly frustrating experience because I love Devo and the studio that made the game, it’s by the same folks that made The Dark Eye and The Residents: Bad Day on the Midway, but has a couple bits that kind of ruin the whole thing. Even removing the timer from it would do a lot to improve the game.
Oh well, people are probably more interested in blog posts I liked reading and not ramblings about Devo Presents: Adventures of the Smart Patrol, a 1996 adventure game that got poor reviews at release.
The Blog Posts
Emily Price did an indie game roundup for Unwinnable! She’s a great writer and it’s better than the ones I do on here.
Unwinnable also had this very good article on the allure of the summer reading program. I am currently in TWO reading programs for different libraries. You’ve probably already seem my post on Ann Arbor’s Summer Game. Libraries are the best and so are reading programs. It’s not too late to join your local library’s summer reading program and get cool prizes.
It just made me happy to see Terry Cavanagh praise a mod someone made for his game VVVVVV. When game devs get excited about fan art, mods, etc that other folks have made for their game it’s the best.
Martijn Frazer has a very good post on Dutch snacks. I never even heard of most of these and want to try making some. I’m not a big mayo person (sorry) so that limits things a bit, but there’s still quite a bit for me to try.
There’s also been a post mortem on Cohost from one of the developers. RIP Cohost. I still think Eggbug should be a Dopefish-like character that just pops up in various games.
There were a few dev logs I enjoyed reading this week too! Blendo Games released the source code for Skin Deep, and Meredith Gran and Essay Games wrote about their experiences at Narrascope.
That’s it for this week! There’s actually a bunch of blog posts I haven’t read yet just sitting in my RSS feed reader so next week may be longer. I just think blogs are neat!