Gameplaywright: shall Wii play an RPG?

Over at Will Hindmarch and Jeff Tidball’s freshly announced blog Gameplaywright, Will makes the following provocative observation that may surprise Wii owners: The wiimote is a roleplaying prop, isn’t it? It’s a multi-functional device morphed by your imagination and direct interface into some imaginary role in an imaginary setting. Thus,

New reviews from the Cave

Just to bring them everyone’s attention, I thought I’d point out the latest new reviews we’ve posted. Some of these were attached to the 2007 Christmas Gift Guide: Lee Valentine reviewed Blue Panther’s Taiji and Playroom Entertainment’s Unspeakable Words. My daughter and I reviewed Bendomino from Blue Orange Games. Mike

Something of WotC’s probably headed for Xbox Live Arcade, who knows what

“Wizards of the Coast […] today announced an agreement with leading UK video game developer Stainless Games to produce an exciting new online downloadable game.” Doesn’t “leading” usually mean that you don’t do your development work under some other company‘s name? Still, though, the Xbox Live versions of Asteroids and