Games, games, and Vincent

Way, way too much information on Pac-Man

2023-01-01 — Vincent Leeuw

It wasn't too long after the release of Pac-Man when word began to spread of players occasionally passing straight through a ghost unharmed, seemingly at …

Yearplay 2022

2022-12-31 — Vincent Leeuw

Looking back at 2022 is a bit strange. There's a black hole of a game in the early months and after that I found myself drawn towards the smaller and often …

Hidetaka Miyazaki sees death as a feature, not a bug

2022-12-29 — Vincent Leeuw

“I’ve never been a very skilled player,” Miyazaki told me recently, via Zoom. He was sitting in his office, a book-lined room in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo. “I …

Set up your Chill Corner

2022-12-29 — Vincent Leeuw

Thanks to GAME Watch for pointing out Chill Corner, a free "game" by Vietnamese developer Low-Hi Tech in which you decorate a room and earn currency to …

cleaner7

2022-12-28 — Vincent Leeuw

Did you know there was a mod for Max Payne 2 being worked on to turn it into killer7 wholesale? No? Well, now you do.

Weekplay 202251

Weekplay 202251

2022-12-27 — Vincent Leeuw

Courtesy of Eyepatch Wolf’s year overview I decided to give Fear & Hunger (SD) a spin. And oh boy, does it punch you in the face. Both Eyepatch Wolf and …

A deep dive into every Yakuza minigame

A deep dive into every Yakuza minigame

2022-12-26 — Vincent Leeuw

I was already intimidated by the amount and depth of the mini-games in Yakuza Kiwami. And the management min-game in Like A Dragon was just interesting enough …