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Twitter: @RaveofRavendale
Email: michaelrose86@gmail.com |
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What the heck is Bullfrog's Theme Aquarium?  |
| Posted by Mike Rose on Wed, 01 May 2013 04:26:00 EDT in
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| Theme Aquarium is apparently a 1998 release developed by Bullfrog, with a name and logo that suggests it is the next in the Theme series. But was it actually made by Bullfrog? |
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"Clumsimulations": Let's name this genre |
| Posted by Mike Rose on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:41:00 EDT in
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| Enviro-bear 2000, Octodad, QWOP, Surgeon Simulator 2013... this genre needs a name! |
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SimCity vs SimCity 2000: My home town's traffic problems modelled |
| Posted by Mike Rose on Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:30:00 EDT in
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| I modelled my home town in SimCity 2000 to see how it compares to my previous SimCity model. |
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What we really need is a free-to-play game jam |
| Posted by Mike Rose on Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:04:00 EST in
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| What the free-to-play space really needs is a bit of creativity. And what better way to inspire than with a game jam? |
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Using SimCity to diagnose my home town's traffic problem |
| Posted by Mike Rose on Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:03:00 EST in
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| The traffic in my hometown is pretty bad, especially during rush hour. Can I use SimCity to diagnose the problem? |
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Indie Devs, Please Market Your Games! |
| Posted by Mike Rose on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:39:00 EST in
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| Indie developers: Please market your games, or no-one will ever hear of them! |
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Comment In: Indies on Xbone: Where's the beef? [News - 05/22/2013 - 11:30]
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So begins my mission to ... So begins my mission to make Xbone the default term to describe the console |
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Comment In: As Vita languishes, why is Sony still gunning for indies? [News - 05/09/2013 - 11:01]
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Hey Damien, r n r ... Hey Damien, r n r nI can assure you that derailing Sony from their indie push wasn 't the intention of the article - if anything, you 'll see that I 'm egging them on r n r nMike |
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Comment In: Nintendo counts on new Link to the Past to boost 3DS excitement [News - 04/17/2013 - 11:34]
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Hi Jorge, r n r ... Hi Jorge, r n r nactually, the reason that most articles are focusing on the new Zelda game, rather than on the Mario and Luigi game, is because the former is new, while the latter is not. Mario and Luigi: Dream Team was announced back in February, hence why I ... |
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Comment In: Developing for Ouya? Here's how it stacks up to today's mobile devices [News - 04/15/2013 - 10:21]
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I think that 's looking ... I think that 's looking at it in the wrong way, though. Although I didn 't provide commentary in the article, I will note that the Galaxy S III, a device that costs 6 times as much as the Ouya at least, it does here in the UK is ranked ... |
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Comment In: SimCity vs SimCity 2000: My home town's traffic problems modelled [Blog - 04/02/2013 - 10:30]
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Hey Kevin, r n r ... Hey Kevin, r n r nI know SimCity bashing is in right now and for good reasons , but it 's quite obvious that you didn 't actually read the article, and just spotted a place you could post something negative about the game. You say that the modelling/sim aspects ... |
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Comment In: Zynga cross-promotion sees Village Life approach 2M DAUs [News - 03/27/2013 - 06:42]
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Hey Adam, r n r ... Hey Adam, r n r nyou 're right of course - I accidentally dropped a few zeros off that initial figure. Cheers for pointing it out r n r nMike |
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