It’s tough replaying games. Once you know what to do and where to go, that “first-time magic” dulls with each play. This is the appeal of procedural content: it allows us to be consistently surprised by the game. A procedural game that’s only an hour long can be replayed hundreds of times without boring the player.

Well geeze, it sounds like procedural content is the wave of the future! Yeah, well it’s about damn time. The history of procedural content goes back much further than “a few years ago.” In 1983, a curious little adventure game spread through college campuses like a wildfire. It wasn’t like other games and was played hundreds of times by hundreds of people. Finishing this game didn’t mean you had mastered it.

Rogue changed everything.

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I don’t have much to say this week. I still have to work on my portfolio and get all pretty looking for possible employers.

I went on a shopping spree a few days ago. Specifically I was looking for DS games. My Nintendo DS has completely replaced all the books on my nightstand. Before I go to bed, I’m tapping away with my stylus instead of turning pages. Hell, the DS is the best system of this entire generation.

But that’s neither here nor there. What was I talking about?

Oh right, yeah the games. I was buying some new games to fulfill my insatiable hunger. During my search, I was surprised to see such low prices on considerably excellent games. They never got a fair shake and now they’re sitting in Wal-marts gigantic unsorted bargain bin. They’re all less than $20 (CAD) and some of them were a mere $10.

Sooo… I guess I’m saying that if you have a DS and you have money, you should read the rest of this post.

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This is an abbreviated article with links to the ROMs and ISOs of the games. To read the full article, please visit Hardcore Gaming 101 at the link below.

View the HG101 article here!

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