Last Online: 4/23/08

Gianfranco Berardi

     
I am a staff reviewer for Game Tunnel: The Independent Underground. I also blog about my own indie game development at GBGames' Blog.

I use Debian GNU/Linux as my main operating system, and my goal is to increase the number of games available for GNU/Linux in general.

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Today I found that I couldn’t login to Google Adsense to check on my earnings. I found an email from Google informing me that my account has been disabled. It has come to our attention that invalid clicks and/or impressions have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have theref ...

For this week’s Thousander Club update: Game Hours: 262.25 (previous year) + 146 (current year) = 409.25 / 1000 Game Ideas: 616 (previous year) + 103 (current year) = 710 / 1000 I don’t have too much to report. I didn’t do much with Killer Kittens as I was having trouble motivatin ...

Yesterday the cable was finally setup in my apartment. Since they don’t support Gnu/Linux, and the tech couldn’t figure out why my laptop thought it didn’t have an Ethernet port, he had to set it up on my girlfriend’s PC. I had to talk to them on the phone since I was at work ...

I still need to borrow network access from friends and family when I visit because the cable provider just can’t be that much in a hurry to take my money. Someone came out yesterday to install a cable line into the apartment, but now I need to wait until September 7th for someone to come [...] ...

I’m moving today. Tomorrow afternoon the cable company is sending a technician out to install our cable so hopefully I will have Internet access by the end of the day. That is, assuming that the install is much, much smoother than the conversation with sales to actually schedule this visit. I ...

This is a list of games that has inspired me to make my own.
One of the games I played often on my Apple ][ c+, it never seemed to get old. I loved exploring this strange world. One day, I will have a house with three staircases.
While I grew up playing it on my Atari 2600, I still loved it. It was simple and fun.
I remember walking into my cousin's house, seeing it on the screen, and the first word out of my mouth was, "Wow!"
A game list approaches. Command?
Another fun world to explore, I was inspired to come up with my own designs. I still have the large blue binder that holds those game ideas.
My first games were made using this set. It was my first sandbox game, and I had a ton of fun even before I figured out what all the tools did.
Someone gave me this game for my birthday. I remember learning how to cast all sorts of spells, writing down my findings as I went. I must have traveled between towns and castles so many times.
I accidentally bought this game for the NES, but I've never regretted it. Once I figured out the idea that you are expected to map out your journey, the adventure was on!