Busybusy

So much stuff to write in the next few days that it's bordering on ludicrous.

- Penumbra review for here
- The Last Remnant review for RealGamer
- A double album review for TLOBF
- A live review for TLOBF

...and some less deadliney stuff that I still want to get out of the way while ideas are still fresh:

- Dear Esther "review" for here
- The Carer postmortem for Unfiction

Did I ever tell you about The Carer? In 2005, I ran a month-long alternate reality game with my dad. It was a thoroughly interesting experience, which I think benefitted from our complete lack of experience within the genre. It was a pair of outsiders' take on what alternate reality gaming should be like, without being constrained by the expectations of its community. I'd love to do it again sometime, but can't ever imagine having the sort of time and patience it takes to run such a mammoth project. We had to, essentially, dedicate our entire lives to the project throughout its duration, while being completely secretive about what we were doing. Crazy stuff. Amazing.