News: Is One of the Greats Going to Call it Quits?

If you’ve ever played a game by developer Cactus, you’ve had the opportunity to sample some of the best, and most bizarre independent games available. Cactus simply has that ability to take you to places few others can, and then he promptly leaves you there to fend for yourself.

Thus, it is with some sadness that the following shows up on his blog:

Also… I probably shouldn’t mention this, but I’ve been thinking more and more about not making games anymore. The last nine months have had quite a few highlights, but overall it’s been the worst time in my life. Maybe things will change, though. I don’t know.

Whatever is best for the prolific developer is of course what he should do, whether or not he continues to make games. But I know I’m far from alone in saying that his strange touch would be greatly missed throughout the indie gaming world.

Could ADITMO make a comeback?

Is it possible that ADITMO could comeback?

In short, yes. I’ve been contemplating bringing it back for a while now, but if I do it will look a little different than it has in the past. If I come back, it will be almost completely as a gaming blog. I’ve got a lot of different things going on right now, so there may be more of this in the future, but just know that I may be digging out the old bilateral defibrilators on this thing.

ADITMO Indefinitely Closed

Ahem.  It seems that this announcement is long over due, for which I apologize.

I will for the foreseeable future, not be updating here at ADITMO.  This is because my work at Jay is Games has become essentially a second job for me.  As my parents are coming to visit, I’ve been quiet there for a while, and will continue to be so until June 11th, but otherwise I’m a regular writer, a member of the helpsquad, one of the perveyors of JiG’s metaplace, etc., so on and so forth.  It’s very rewarding work that I’m quite passionate about.  I’m also working on trying to get an editorship there as well as working behind the scenes on a project that I hope comes to fruition.

So, I’m getting paid to write, I’m getting paid to play video games, and I love it, and for that I have no problems letting this place fall into decay.

Also, if you have a twitter account, look me up.  My username is PROTIPZ.  So follow me, where I talk about games, politics, and the usual grind of trying to convince my body to get up and do something non couch related before 1 in the afternoon.

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Ginormo Sword Walkthrough (Final Version)

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!  After getting in touch with the maker of the game I have received very important information regarding the proper completion of the knowledge shrine.  IF you are having a difficult time leaving the planet please visit the portion of this guide which covers the knowledge shrine challenge (ctrl F code SHN3).

It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally come to the point where I feel comfortable writing a player’s guide to this game that is accurate enough to be called a walkthrough. (Note: after I started writing this, I went back and got 100% in the monster library, meaning I have essentially gotten everything needed to get in the game)

But first, a simple request.  After you’ve used this tool, please take the time to:

1) Make any comments you feel necessary.  Did I miss something?  Do you have something that worked better for you?  Let me know.  No walkthrough of this game can be fully complete due to its very open ended structure, and a seemingly limitless number of ways to approach all the situations you are posed with during play.  What I offer is simply what I did on my second and ultimately more successful run through of the game.  During those instances where I realized I could have done something better in the second run through, I will mention them.

2) Check out the rest of the content on this site.  There are plenty of other games in our “games” section, and games aren’t even the prime purpose of this site, which is intended to highlight my own original fiction.  Currently, I’m working on a novel-length story called Journey’s end that you can check out, as well as a few other dabbles located in the fiction section.

With that said, let’s play Ginormo Sword, shall we?

Ginormo Sword Player’s Guide

I know how to take a hint.

Looking at this site’s statistics, I’ve noticed thatGinormo Sword remains the most frequented post.  As a result, I’m going to make a deal.  Below the fold there will be as intensive of a player’s guide as I can manage, and in return I ask two things.

1) If you have anything to add, please do so in comments below.

2) When you have managed to pull yourself away from the game for long enough, check out some of the other content on this site.  I’m slowly building a library of other casual games for you to enjoy, as well as working on a free e-novel that you are more than welcome to read and provide input as the story progresses.  Currently, we’re on chapter 3.

Okay, let’s do this thing.

UPDATE: Chapter 2

Just a quick announcement to let you know that I have updated chapter 2 of Journey’s End with a revision I hope makes it a little bit better.

Something Old, Something New

So I had my friend look over the site this past weekend, and there’s well, mixed news.