Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1894. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. We find another confidence game in this story, similar to the one in “The Red-Headed League.” Even the core ploy is similar: Mr. Hall Pycroft is given [...]
Since my birthday is December 24th, I usually end up with a slightly larger-than-normal pile of presents by the end of December. This year my family and friends got me some very thoughtful gifts, in more than one sense – many of these gifts represent some bit of where my brain is at nowadays. Yes, [...]
Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1894. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. “The Yellow Face” is an unusual story in the canon for two different reasons. The first and most immediately noticeable reason is that it details one of [...]
Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1894. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. “The Silver Blaze” is the first story in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, and is one of the most well-known stories, primarily due to the curious incident [...]
Yesterday, I talked about the role that death plays in game design. Today, I want to give an example of how death plays a part of the overall game experience: Lemmings. If you’ve never played this game before, the premise is simple. You have a number of lemmings who march steadily towards a series of [...]
Several months ago, I picked up the Space Quest Collection on Steam. I’ve always been a fan of the old-school adventure games, but I had no recollection of playing these classics. Granted, after I started playing, I remembered many of the introductions to these games, but not much more. The reason I remember the beginning [...]
With “The Copper Beeches,” we come to the end of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and the first third of the canon. I’ve heard stories that this was the first time that Doyle allegedly grew tired of writing for Holmes, but since the Memoirs was released only a couple of years later, I don’t know [...]