Michael Coorlim's Blog, page 3

Pruning the List: Air Buster through Altered Beast

Continuing to sift through the “All Killer no Filler” list of arcade games on my steam deck, deciding what to keep, what to pass on.

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Ultima III: Not Ok Computer

An analytical playthrough of Ultima III: Exodus. A huge leap forward for the franchise, and a reaction to Richard Garriott's disastrous experiences with Sierra On-Line

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Pruning the list: 1000 Miglia through Age of Heroes 2

I evaluate '88 games, 1000 Miglia, 1943 Kai, 19XX, 2 on 2, 2020 Super Baseball, 64th Street, Aero Fighters 2, Aero Fighters Special, and Age of Heroes 2 to see if they're worth keeping on my steamdeck.

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King’s Quest I: Saving Sierra

An analytical playthrough of Sierra On-Line's graphic adventure game "King's Quest," the game that saved the company after a disastrous investment in the Atari 2600 just before the early 80s crash.

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Ultima II: It was Earth all Along

A narrative playthrough of the second Ultima game.

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Deadline

In which I narrate while playing and analyzing the Infocom game Deadline.

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Ultima I – A Kitchen Sink Science Fantasy

A narrative analysis of the first Ultima game.

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I’ve Federated

This blog is now a federated instance unto itself, via the ActivityPub plugin for Wordpress. If I've set it up correctly, posts should now show up on Mastodon.

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It took me eleven years to hit 1k subscribers

I launched my YouTube channel in 2012, probably to go along with the books I was publishing. I don't remember.

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If They Can Take It, You Don’t Own It: A Case for Blogs

All social media sites will eventually fall. Make sure you have ownership of the means you use to connect to your audience.

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