Digital Cream

As long as I am hitting your inbox/eyeballs with release news about the Very Special Shutdown Notice I may as well give you word about this release as well. A while ago I made a few text-message games for Cipher Cities, which is a site that allows anyone to make such games. They contracted me to do some pilot games to show what the tech could do. They are having their official grand opening, so here is a good opportuntity to check them out. While there, check out my games Heart to Heart, Mixi, and Party Quiz. The first two can only be played properly by coming to Brisbane, but you can pretend to play them by simply asking for hints to all the questions– they eventually tell you the correct answers. Mixi is especially interesting as it makes you follow the wild character Mixi’s tottering stiletto-heeled footsteps as she asks you to help recall what she did last night. It has quite a bit of personality and edgy humor, so it’s good for a laugh (or at least a bemused shake of the head). Check them out, and try out Cipher Cities– it’s quite fun.

I have finished and released a fiction project which is minor and experimental (aren’t they all?) but hey, it’s a release. See it at A Very Special Shutdown Notice. As I explain in the About page, my main goals are to popularize and explore the Simulation Argument and transhuman issues; to build an audience for my eventual game Pod Tycoon; and to drive some traffic so I can exercise my site in preparation for release of the first Picture Game Platform game I am hosting, called Taboo Snaps. Please check it out and let me know what you think by leaving comments on this post.

Once the site starts to show up reliably in search engines, I will make a push for a viral spread-the-word campaign. For now, don’t make any special efforts to spread the link around. Stay tuned for my request for you to do that soon!