Tag: Rouge

• Rougelike

  There is a description of modern video games that some of them are “rougelike.” I’ve been playing Rouge and thinking about the forty years of other video games I’ve played since it came out. The object is simple: explore and stay alive. The enemies get progressively harder the deep you go in the dungeon. The…

  Mark

  May 11, 2026

  rant

  dungeon, gold, level, rank, Rouge, rougelike, video games

• OG Gaming

  I have a few friends that I talk to about playing video games. Mind you I don’t actually play games with them. Here’s why. In a conversation today one of those friends said he was playing a retro game. He has good taste so I looked the game up. It was released in 2023. It…

  Mark

  May 23, 2025

  collaboration

  adventure, Colonization, Master of Orion, middle antiquity, OG, Rouge, video gaming

• First Generation Gamer

  I played some of the very first commercial video game when they came out. Adventure for the Atari was fun and challenging for an eight year old. I never beat Zork. I’m nostalgic for my Commodore 64 sometimes. I had a D&D game called Pool of Radiance. Somehow I think I missed Rouge, but beat…

  Mark

  October 1, 2024

  Uncategorized

  Atari, challenging, Commodore 64, first generation gamer, fun, nostalgic, Rouge, video games