Brad Gallaway's blog

Hard bosses and poorly-designed bosses—there's a difference

By Brad Gallaway on May 3, 2007 - 3:38am.
As a developer, doesn't it make more sense to leave your players feeling like they had a worthwhile ride instead of making them feel irritated and pissed by poor balance, lack of savepoints, bad design or any other misguided attempt to make the final bits of the game "challenging"? 
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Talking theater in Seattle

By Brad Gallaway on April 19, 2007 - 2:41am.
So I'm not sure how many of you reading this out there are theater or musical fans, but I'm sure there's got to be a couple, right?  Right?!?
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Dem Ol' 360 No-Download Blues

By Brad Gallaway on April 12, 2007 - 3:34pm.
There was supposed to be a downloadable update of 4 new heroes and 4 villains (!) for the game scheduled for 4/10, but the day has come and gone and no update yet.
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Saving earth and whacking pinatas

By Brad Gallaway on April 1, 2007 - 2:33pm.
EDF 2017, Viva Pinata, Quality Time and Cable Installation
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I stole 120 Minutes: Aeon Flux

By Brad Gallaway on March 7, 2007 - 11:28am.
I'll have more on this later, but at this point it's looking like Aeon Flux is a pretty good game on its own, let alone being one of the better licensed games to come down the pike.
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Tapas Time!

By Brad Gallaway on February 25, 2007 - 3:40am.
Tango was a completely pleasurable experience and well worth the ulcer-inducing parking job I had to pull off in the small lot across the street... I think I had about an inch and a half of clearance between my car in the next, and I exited the vehicle by excluding over to the passenger side and squeezing out.  Just barely.
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Why the PSP blows goat: Reason #327

By Brad Gallaway on February 19, 2007 - 11:29pm.
Of course, this is the one day when I decide to not bring along the unwieldy PSP cord and little power brick that comes along with it.  For something with the word "portable" in its title, that plug is something that doesn't fit easily into soft carrying cases and seems to always get in the way whenever I bring it somewhere. 
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Back To Stone – GBA blogview-in-progress

By Brad Gallaway on February 9, 2007 - 11:03pm.
I've been rocking my DS more than any other system lately and I've really been trying to dig up lesser-known gems... Back To Stone is a GBA cart that seems to meet the criteria so far.  The gameplay is quite satisfying, and I haven't heard a peep about it anywhere, either in magazines or online. 
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How did he come up with that number?!?

By Brad Gallaway on January 26, 2007 - 10:43pm.
Is this the best possible way to review games?  I don't know, but what I do know is that this is the way I do it.
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Co-op gaming is back

By Brad Gallaway on January 17, 2007 - 8:48pm.
My brother and I are half an hour apart on a good traffic day, we both work full-time jobs, and we both have real-life commitments that make getting together on a regular basis somewhat prohibitive. But thanks to Microsoft, Epic, and Marcus Fenix, we can hook up for a few hours at night and relive (sort of) the days we spent hanging out in a crowded bedroom elbowing each other out of the way and passing snacks back and forth. 
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