Matthew Barber

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NZ-based game maker.

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Matthew BarberAug 5, 2025
Show threadLucky ✨Jul 29, 2025
@ptoothfish you couldn't make ghostbusters today because of the tragic disappearance of ghosts from urban areas due to light pollution :(
Show threadMatthew BarberApr 7, 2025
As for a review; don't play it unless you know who the creator is. 85% of the value of the text comes from its existence as his self-proclaimed "magnum opus". The narrative concept is novel, I won't speak much on the themes but it's not like his take on the Arthur legend is groundbreaking. The meat of LMD is ironically in the meta-narrative of its creator's life and documentation in relation to the text.
Matthew BarberApr 7, 2025

Just finished Chris Crawford's adaptation of Le Morte D'Arthur.

I have very little to say about the piece itself, but a LOT to say about what it represents having been made by Chris Crawford of all people, and what it means to him. Too much to put in a toot or a piecemeal thread. Maybe I'll write an article on it at some point.

Show threadMatthew BarberApr 7, 2025
How it feels to save all of the turtles before anyone else can, so I can get an extra submarine and better "conservation" specialists for my "research" team.
Show threadMatthew BarberApr 7, 2025
One of the upgrades was literally the ability to do the drainage thing Daniel Day Lewis did to Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood.
Matthew BarberApr 7, 2025
Played an ocean conservation board-game yesterday where the core mechanic was taking your equipment to specific locations to take exclusive control of 'conservaton sites' for tech upgrades.We were muddling away until one of us realised that proposed narrative aside, mechanically, what we were really doing was closer to fracking. Made the game much more fun, but I don't think it was the intended takeaway.
Matthew BarberMar 18, 2025
Pathologic 3 bin-kicking to stay sane is the game mechanic of the year.
Matthew BarberMar 2, 2025

I've caved.

LÖVE2D has been installed.

Matthew BarberJan 12, 2025
Downloading a game and the download screen has a 13 second bagpipe music loop playing that cannot be muted and plays when minimised.
Matthew BarberJan 10, 2025
Of these options, which do you enjoy most?
Rolling lots of dice
75%
Playing lots of cards
0%
Moving lots of pieces/pawns
25%
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