Of course you read
Dork Shelf because you're
not an idiot fabulous.
They review films, comics and games with uncommon honesty and thoughtfullness.
I'm an uabashed fan of
Eric Weiss, who wrote the only decent review of
No Man's Sky.
Despite odds, Dork Shelf continues to cover the
entire Toronto Gaming scene - they're freaking heroes.
This year,
Eric Weiss covered
Jarryd Huntley's border troubles,
and
Christopher Demelo uncovered
the rest
- including the fact that veteran jammer Michael Patoine survived cancer last year.
So glad Michael was able to come back and jam this year. His team created
Show OFF!,
a quick, unique, story driven game where you attempt to sabotage a play. When your best plans backfire, the writing will make you smile.
Jake Butineau is an award winning composer that floated at this year's TOJam.
He worked with 4 teams, and apparently none of them were able to finish a game!
Rather than dwell on this depressing outcome, Jake has placed the 7 music tracks he created on
SoundCloud for all to hear.
Some fabulous work (I love "Prospect of Failure - Main Theme") that will hopefully find a home someday.
The Internet is playing TOJam games!
GameDev Cafe played
"Crime and Punishment", "Escargolf", "The Peak", "Tanks for the Memories", "Recipe GIF" and Jelly Jelly".
She returned to fully climb The Peak, experienced
an existential ending, leading to a long forgotten
poem.
Whit played
"Dying Light", "Snackoil Salesman", "Disappointing Your Dad", and "The Best Worst Gift".
The hosts and the games highly entertaining.
Also, 4-time TOJammer Andy Wong
casually covered TOJam
producing the best synopsis of our event that I've ever seen.
Finally got around to updating the
TOJam 11 game page,
highlighting games that I've heard about.
Should I have heard about more? Let me know.