No Business Naming Things » dos http://pookzilla.net/wp Where sassy women wear jaunty hats. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Rockstar http://pookzilla.net/wp/2007/11/rockstar/ http://pookzilla.net/wp/2007/11/rockstar/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:56:58 +0000 pookzilla http://pookzilla.net/wp/2007/11/24/rockstar/ All of this Guitar Hero makes me long for the olden rock games.  Not music games, mind you, but rockstar games.  This genre is kind of limited but has one shining example -  Rockstar, by Wizard games.  This game is a masterpiece - the perfect exercise in entropy management.  No matter how hard you try and stay the straight and narrow you’ll inevitably have to compromise.  Will you take cocain or heroin for a much needed boost in creativity?  Will you forgo a much needed vacation so you can do another tour?  You’re low on cash but a record company has offered you a contract with an incredibly lucrative advance - do you sign and relinquish control to them?  I’ve been playing this gem again through the magic of DOSbox and I’ve really been enjoying it.

Such a great game.  Someone needs to create an online multiplayer version of this game.

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