2009-12-04 — Vincent Leeuw

Moederziel online in Demon’s Souls

In februari dit jaar bracht Sony’s Japan Studio in samenwerking met From Software de game Demon’s Souls uit voor de PlayStation 3. De game verwierf vrij snel …

2010-01-03 — Vincent Leeuw

A tale of blades & Demon's Souls

Demon’s Souls must’ve been one of the bigger surprises of 2009 for me. The positive exposure it got just about everywhere was intriguing, but even as I …

2010-04-19 — Vincent Leeuw

Go-go-gadget Gowalla

I’ve been test-driving both Foursquare and Gowalla from a game perspective for a few weeks now. Both are location based services that allow you to virtually …

2010-05-10 — Vincent Leeuw

Of repaints and retools

Funny thing. When you are making toys you want to sell a lot of them.> Makes sense right? So when you’ve got a set of toys, it’s a bit silly to cast them …

Foie Gras translated 2010-05-25 — Vincent Leeuw

Foie Gras translated

This is maybe only relevant for the Dutch readers out there, but somewhere in 2009 I watched Dan Barber’s foie gras parable at ted.com. Its topic was about a …

2010-07-22 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Down the Mountain

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-07-25 — Vincent Leeuw

In Limbo

I suddenly remembered I still had to download Limbo. A one-and-a-half hours later I seem to have accumulated a score of '70', which for some reason my brain …

2010-07-29 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Lost Spirit

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-08-05 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Lerrick's Journal

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

App for the Milk 2010-08-08 — Vincent Leeuw

App for the Milk

I'm a rather enthusiastic Remember The Milk user. But even then it's hard to argue that RTM's webapp interface can be a bit cluttered at times. Sadly, using …

2010-08-10 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn shuts down in the US

I'm in doubt whether I should be surprised about The Chronicles of Spellborn being shut down over at Playdom (who bought Acclaim Games) or I should be …

2010-08-12 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Cauldronborn

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-08-19 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Beakless

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-08-22 — Vincent Leeuw

A trip back to McDonaldland

Some time ago a friend of mine mentioned how he still at times breaks out the Super Nintendo to play the game Hook, a platform game based on the movie by the …

2010-08-26 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Seregrin Carnyxian – Master Adept

At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …

2010-08-29 — Vincent Leeuw

Puzzle Dimension is a sequel

To me at least. On the PlayStation (or PS One if you are up to date with Sony's trademarks) there was this beautifully simple yet mind-bending puzzle game …

2010-08-31 — Vincent Leeuw

Dutch still life In plastic

I remember my nephew Richard Kuiper explaining the idea to me. I thought it was weird to say the least, but at the same time it made sense: using plastic …

2010-09-02 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Kimian the Quartehr – Master Ancestral Mage

At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …

Other M sequence break 2010-09-06 — Vincent Leeuw

Other M sequence break

And so the dance starts anew. It's the first proper sequence break it seems. While using that particular morph ball tunnel, I thought of this a few times …

2010-09-09 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Alkard Pettera – Master Bloodwarrior

At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …

Expert Vanquish 2010-09-12 — Vincent Leeuw

Expert Vanquish

Don't have a clue how to play Mikami & Platinum Games's latest? Do you think Gears of War is already going too fast? Then you need to watch this.

2010-09-16 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Nhiana Flammeon – Master Deathhand

At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …

2010-09-23 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Gerreth Bournbray – Master Runemage

At one point during development of The Chronicles of Spellborn, we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of …

2010-09-30 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Shift – Master Skinshifter

At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …