How I survived and cured a major pandemic

Cover art of the board game 'Pandemic'. Fun and planning stress included.

Over the past few weeks I’ve gained valuable insights into what it takes to survive and cure a major pandemic. I will share some of my experiences in the hope they will help you, dear reader, when disaster strikes. Find close friends Don’t expect to survive the initial onslaught on your own. Moreover, you will need the [...]

Pandemic Games, Continued

Wow. I think pandemic games are becoming a genre on their own:  just two weeks after writing a post about online games inspired by the recent swine flu pandemic, a new flu game is released. This one is developed by a Dutch gaming company specialized in what they call “serious games”, under contract for researchers [...]

Cutthroats & Microbes

Since game developers moved on beyond two paddles bouncing a ball back and forth, games have been produced with morally questionable gameplay, to put it mildly. It’s easy to see why games like Grand Theft Auto and Carmageddon spark the controversy that they do. Brutally killing innocent pedestrians in a very graphic way just doesn’t [...]