Author Archives: John Walter Stockwell

Scatological humor in gaming

I think the first game I remember playing that contained blue, adult themed humor was probably Conker’s Bad Fur Day. A game released in 2001 for N64 by Rare. If you’re familiar with it, there’s no doubt in my mind that the … Continue reading

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Paid mods are now gone from the steam workshop

So for the most part, all you need to know is in the title. Paid mods are now gone from the steam workshop. You can read the official statement from Valve here What’s more important though is the discussion that … Continue reading

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Unreal 4 Engine Now Free

Tim Sweeney at Epic Games revealed this past week in a blog post that the Unreal Engine would now be available for free to the general public. Some are saying it’s open source, but it’s more like a variation of open source … Continue reading

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Individual Project – pleXOr

So the game that I made for my individual project was a variation of Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe which some of you may already be familiar with. The way it works is you play in a 9×9 board where each 3×3 set … Continue reading

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Gaming Profile – John Walter Stockwell

The games I tend to enjoy the most usually have one of three characteristics: they have something that amounts to an immersive narrative, they’re competitive in nature and require a certain amount of skill, or they have puzzles. But in … Continue reading

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