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Roguelites Analysis

Roguelites are a genre based on roguelikes that are primarily based around stripping away certain facets of the roguelike genre in order to fit the remainders into various different genres, and as a result it's developed into quite a divisive descriptor for what's become a very popular subset of indie games. I'm going to attempt what'll be a pretty shallow overview of roguelites as a whole and why they're so popular. So this schism started around the time some guy decided he wanted his Roguelike to look less like Rogue and more like an action platformer, probably. I don't 100% know what the first true 'roguelite' was, Wikipedia says attempts to properly define roguelikes started around the time Diablo got...

Removing Nekoweb's Sitebox Preview Screenshot

I have to update my site to add a few things anyways so I might as well throw this old note on here. That and I've seen people screw it up a lot. This might technically be a small web reactionary post but it's important for people to understand so I'm gonna post it anyway. First off, let's explain how the user expects a sitebox to work. By default, you have the screenshot, text, and subtext underneath. Clicking on the screenshot, text, and subtext sends you to the site. Pretty simple, right? So let's say you're like me and you want to remove this screenshot for whatever reason. In my case, it's because the screenshot was and still is broken,...

Poptropica Review

Poptropica is a browser game by Scholastic and that guy who did the Diary of a Wimpy Kid novels made to capitalize on browser games right as the Iphone was taking off. In spite of this it surprisingly did pretty well, at least up until flash's popularity began to wane and they eventually moved to pretty much shutter the entire thing, only living on through archived copies and the Coolmathgames website where for some reason you're still allowed to play it to this day, albeit without the full set of islands to enjoy. For the record I'm playing the AS2 Flashpoint version as this is what I played when I was a goo goo gaa gaa toddler, minus the Flashpoint....

New Layout

It's done. Took longer than it really should have but it's done. I went through too many ideas to count but ultimately wanted to end up on something that was readable and serviced its main purpose well rather than having a bunch of random shit that's there for the sake of sparkling. I'm honestly not sure what else I could add, I've looked around and considered ideas for what else I could add but really nothing popped out to me. As a result this one probably looks a little minimal, maybe a little on the spartan side. There's a bit of every idea I ended up having in this one. Okay either way I like how it came out cause...