Category Archives: Games

SF and politics; Trek; Retconning; More on Wordle

Posted on 19 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Coincident to yesterday’s post is this essay today in Salon. Salon, Kyle Galindez, 19 Feb 2022: Why can’t sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism?, subtitled, “The limitless imagination of genre novelists hits a roadblock when it comes … Continue reading →

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Berlin in 1993; The Dark 21st Century; Wordle

Posted on 18 February 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s L&Qs&Cs, about where the 21st century is heading after the optimism of the 1990s, with a recollection about being in Berlin in 1993. Today’s endpiece, about Wordle.

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Coronavirus Diary May 2020: Replaying the Myst games

Posted on 15 May 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

Here we are at the middle of May, some seven or eight weeks in to stay-at-home orders here in the Bay Area – when it started, my partner began working from home, except for the one day a week he … Continue reading →

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Obduction, 2

Posted on 9 September 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

Rather more quickly than I expected, I am back to report completing Obduction, the new computer game from the makers of the Myst franchise, about which I previously blogged, for reasons that slightly soured me on the entire game. I … Continue reading →

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Obduction, 1

Posted on 7 September 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

For anyone who’s wondered about my lack of posts here lately — it’s because I’m recovering from my obsession with the game The Witness by becoming obsessed with the new Myst-like game Obduction, which I’ve been preoccupied with since its … Continue reading →

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522+135+6

Posted on 6 August 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

I completed The Witness’ Challenge yesterday, after some 50 tries over this past week. Following over 600 other puzzles on the Witness island to solve the primary game, which can be done at leisure, the Challenge is a timed set … Continue reading →

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The Witness

Posted on 27 July 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve been silent on this blog for three weeks now, mostly because I’ve been preoccupied by a computer video game called The Witness [Wikipedia]. I posted about this on Facebook on July 19th, and will reproduce that post, lightly edited, … Continue reading →

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