https://www.mindthecube.com Original games for Mac/PC and iPhone Fri, 02 May 2025 12:23:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.mindthecube.com https://www.mindthecube.com/favicon.ico https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2023/07/inside-mac-games-website-lives-again-sort-of https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2023/07/inside-mac-games-website-lives-again-sort-of#respond Sat, 15 Jul 2023 04:16:40 +0000 https://www.mindthecube.com/?p=1257 The website Inside Mac Games was taken down a couple years ago, except for the forums. No big surprise– it hadn’t published new content since 2014. Losing access to it didn’t seem to bother anyone, except the occasional researcher working on an article or book. But I was sad to see it go. In part […]

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The post MindTheCube Games and Mac OS X 10.15 first appeared on MindTheCube.]]> https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2020/02/mindthecube-games-and-mac-os-x-10-15/feed 0 https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2018/12/transcript-of-adventure-games-conference-compuserve-1990 https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2018/12/transcript-of-adventure-games-conference-compuserve-1990#respond Sat, 29 Dec 2018 22:19:37 +0000 https://www.mindthecube.com/?p=1200 Poking around some old disks this week I found some files I’d downloaded from Compuserve in the early 1990’s, including this gem: a moderated online discussion between some of the biggest names in classic adventure games. Steve Meretzky (Hitchhiker’s Guide, Leather Goddesses of Phobos) Ron Gilbert (Indiana Jones, Maniac Mansion) Bob Bates (author of SHERLOCK […]

The post Transcript of Adventure Games Conference (Compuserve, 1990) first appeared on MindTheCube.]]> https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2018/12/transcript-of-adventure-games-conference-compuserve-1990/feed 0 https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2017/11/new-pawns-feature-slow-mo-button https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2017/11/new-pawns-feature-slow-mo-button#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:52:09 +0000 https://www.mindthecube.com/?p=1185 Still working on the re-release of Pawns! for iOS. A lot of it is tweaking small details, but one new feature is worth mentioning. Multiple captures can be difficult to follow. Now the player can touch the new “turtle” button to see the action in slow motion. It’s so handy that I realize I should […]

The post New Pawns Feature: Slow-Mo Button first appeared on MindTheCube.]]> https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2017/11/new-pawns-feature-slow-mo-button/feed 0 https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2017/08/working-on-a-new-version-of-pawns https://www.mindthecube.com/blog/2017/08/working-on-a-new-version-of-pawns#respond Sun, 06 Aug 2017 20:59:53 +0000 https://www.mindthecube.com/?p=1170 The new version of Pawns for iOS will be a 64-bit app, support larger screens, and include new puzzles and other features.

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