Picocosmographia by William Van Hecke

Finished in 2013

There are 26 items here.

Gone Home

Finished — 2013-12-24
Started — 2013-12-08
Platform — Macintosh

I am so ready for the generation of mature, intelligent, heartfelt games that this heralds. Played through it with my cousin Steve as a revival of our MacVenture days, then again on my own with commentary, then played through it for H.

The Legend of Heroes — Trails in the Sky

Finished — 2013-12-21
Started — 2013-10-03
Platform — PlayStation Portable

Solid, meat-and-potates, earnestly pre-moe JRPG. Focuses on the experience of traveling around a rich fantasy world, which feels like it existed long before you came along, and discovering the complex relationships between its people and institutions. Doesn’t focus on gimmicks, technology, or unlockable swimsuits for your female party members. The promising beginning to what seems to be a truly epickal series.

Xenoblade Chronicles

Finished — 2013-12-14
Started — 2012-04-21
Platform — Wii

Given how often I find myself wanting to go back and play this again, maybe it should have gotten five stars. The excitement of a brand-new Xeno title that Shishka and I could play together was huge; he’s the one who got me into Xenogears in the first place, so many years ago. The world and much of the story felt appropriately epickal for the Xeno name. The tedium of the back third of the game cost me so much enthusiasm, though.

The Bible Unearthed — Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts

Author — Israel Finkelstein
Finished — 2013-12-08

Art and Fear — Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Author — David Bayles
Finished — 2013-11-18

The Name of the Rose

Author — Umberto Eco
Finished — 2013-10-26

An Appetite for Wonder — The Making of a Scientist

Author — Richard Dawkins
Finished — 2013-10-04

Analogue — A Hate Story

Finished — 2013-09-10
Started — 2013-09-07
Platform — Macintosh

Bird by Bird — Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Author — Anne Lamott
Finished — 2013-09-06

Digital — A Love Story

Finished — 2013-09-06
Started — 2013-09-06
Platform — Macintosh

Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung — A Companion

Author — Stewart Spencer
Finished — 2013-08-10

The Queen's Gambit

Author — Walter Tevis
Finished — 2013-07-15

American Savage — Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics

Author — Dan Savage
Finished — 2013-07-09

ファイブスター物語 6

Author — 永野護
Finished — 2013-07-07

The Tyrant's Law

Author — Daniel Abraham
Finished — 2013-06-22

ファイブスター物語 5

Author — 永野護
Finished — 2013-06-15

The Swerve — How the World Became Modern

Author — Stephen Greenblatt
Finished — 2013-05-30

ファイブスター物語 4

Author — 永野護
Finished — 2013-05-25

ファイブスター物語 3

Author — 永野護
Finished — 2013-05-15

ファイブスター物語 2

Author — 永野護
Finished — 2013-05-11
Started — 2013

ファイブスター物語 1

Author — 永野護
Finished — 2013-04-26
Started — 2013

Going Clear — Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Author — Lawrence Wright
Finished — 2013-03-22

The Looming Tower — Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Author — Lawrence Wright
Finished — 2013-03-21

How Music Works

Author — David Byrne
Finished — 2013-02-26

Makers — The New Industrial Revolution

Author — Chris Anderson
Finished — 2013-02-21

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Author — Daniel Kahneman
Finished — 2013-02-05