Tim Rogers's discussions

the game actually gives you so, so much more — hilariously more — dragon power than you need to finish the game. i've got a buddy who can speed-beat the game on a first run-through, touching the dragon power only to tap off the bosses. spoiler: the game is incredibly tight, and the limits of the dragon power are… Read more

dragon quest viii is a lovely, amazing game. Read more

that's scary. Read more

one quarter of the list is all you need to be a tough pro like me, then! Read more

you should put "energy hook" on your radar right now, if you love spider-man 2. (which is a great-feeling game.)

i played the game at age 23 — old enough to know better, not too young to . . . something. it was incredibly hard for me, too, and i'd grown up playing NES games! i played metroid when i was six! i could speed-run zelda AND zelda 2. Read more

hyperbole is one of my favorite devices! i like it even more than my kindle or iPhone or iPad Read more

jak is the best! Read more

I personally don't feel like my articles are *that* long-winded. It's only long-winded if you read all of it despite not liking it. And I don't think my ability to think deeply is aspergers-related so much as it is professionally motivated! I am a consulting game designer, and I'm trying real hard to be "the feeling… Read more

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Also, a slightly more serious reply: I believe that, ideally, a game feeling good is tantamount to a game being fun. (Ideally.) Read more

Hey, I'm not an "aspie" — I'm just a jerk. How can you not tell the difference between an "aspie" and a jerk? Read more

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i understand your feelings here (as a scorched earth fan, i mean this sincerely), though these days if anyone bothers to rip off crush the castle, they probably think they're ripping off angry birds! Read more

oh! hey, i'm replying to this late. i am 33. trust me, i know of the obstacles in the games industry. i've worked in and around games for going on ten years now. i think my little group of developers is doing pretty well with our current set of ideas. i don't know what experience deficiencies or social problems you… Read more

it's okay — it's Hate Traffic. trust me — the internet recently invented bad publicity. (it's still in beta right now.) Read more

oh! i didn't realize i was thanked in the credits. a little while after the game was released, i gave the developers some little tiny ideas for stuff to tweak. Read more

And how old are you? Read more

I'm "too young to know any better"? Tell me, please — how old am I? Read more

well, the title says "a free iPad game" — it doesn't say "a totally free entertainment experience". Read more