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Ron Gilbert’s new game The Cave previewed at Adventure Gamers

Last week I had the privilege of meeting with Ron Gilbert to talk about (and see a little bit of) his new game, The Cave. My preview went up on Adventure Gamers today.

Ron’s been designing adventures for nearly three decades and he had a huge hand in shaping the genre with his work on Maniac Mansion, the SCUMM engine, and Monkey Island. Believe it or not, this is a game he’s been thinking about since before any of that even happened, so The Cave has a past-meets-future vibe that makes the adventure game history buff in me really eager to check it out. It won’t be releasing until early next year, sadly, but in the meantime this beefy preview provides plenty of details to whet the appetite.

Speaking of adventure games (as I so often do…), the Two Guys from Andromeda have just three days left to raise about $100k on Kickstarter. If a Space Quest game has ever made you laugh, consider pitching in a few dollars to help them get there. My childhood thanks you.

Mission furniture kits for the Cypress and Fog roombox

My Cypress and Fog roombox has been sitting, partially furnished, for a long time. This week I built some Mission furniture kits that I’ve accumulated for this house.

The sideboard is a Daisy House kit, and it’s not quite Mission style, but close enough. I guess I could have added spindles to the sides to make it more authentic, but didn’t want to hassle with it (and I think it fits well enough with the rest of the furniture even without them). It’s a shame the Daisy House has recently gone out of business because their kits are by far the best I’ve ever built.

I added the metal drawer pulls. For stain, I used Minwax Golden Oak with a semi-transparent Cabot Oak Brown on top of it. I added a coat of wax which gives it a nice warm shine and makes the wood really soft to the touch. This kit took a few hours to assemble, but the instructions (as usual) were very clear and it went together nicely.

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Hillside Victorian deck (part 3)

The last time I worked on the Hillside Victorian’s deck, I wasn’t sure about the color I’d painted it. I also didn’t like how the flagstones ended abruptly at the stairs. I decided to continue the flagstones onto the stairway (like in the inspiration photo I found online) and to paint the deck another color. I picked out a few of the shades that I’d been using in the flagstones and put swatches up against the house to see what looked best.

The colors are a bit off in this picture, but the one in the middle is a greenish gray Glidden paint named Olivewood. Of the three, I thought it looked best against the blue of the house while also contrasting with the mostly gray/brown of the stones.


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