Pidesco

See Portugal in Euro 96 and 2000 and the 1966 World Cup, or Holland in Euro 2000, and in the 1998, 1978 and 1974 World Cups, or especially Hungary in 1954.

Switzerland [0] v Portugal [2] Turkey [1] v Czech Republic [2] Poland [1] v Croatia [0] Austria [0] v Germany [3] Holland [0] v Romania [1] France [1] v Italy [2] Greece [1] v Spain [2] Russia [0] v Sweden [1]

It's a law.

You mean safe from all your lovin'!!!

And none of those teams will win it in the end.

I think the Swedes were adversely affected by Ibrahimovic's absence.

Aw, damn.

Now there's a movie you could get inspiration from for AP.

Holland is doing too well in the group stages, to stand any real chance of passing the quarters. They'll be eliminated by a lackluster Russia or Sweden.

Woohoo!

because they're usually so awful that they just seem like wasted development time. Giving you Bastila as a romance option but, no means to skewer her just reeks of bad design, for instance.

I believe they will beat Austria. But if they do, they'll be in second place which would mean that Portugal would face them in the quarters. Disaster!

Unless Germany completely fails to qualify, this is really bad news to Portugal.

49% chance of survival only. I live in a densely packed city, without a gun, and only enough food reserves for a few days. My lack of morals wouldn't be enough to save me. Also, I'd look longingly at my loved one before shooting her in the noggin, which is usually a fatal mistake.

Take cover, point at enemies and shoot?

You want to live in Albania?

I'm on TV. Again.

I hate to say it, but now Portugal is playing like I expected them to. The midfield has completely lost the plot. I'd like to say that it is because the Czech are piling more pressure, and are just better than the Turks, but the fact is that even when they aren't under pressure, Deco, Moutinho, and Petit keep losing the ball and missing passes.

Kohan, which was quite awesome, was critically appreciated, but it was more or less ignored by the gaming populace.

Czech Republic [0] v Portugal [2] Switzerland [0] v Turkey [1] Croatia [0] v Germany [2] Austria [1] v Poland [1] Italy [1] v Romania [0] Holland [1] v France [1] Sweden [0] v Spain [1] Greece [0] v Russia [1]

DO IT!

SVEEEEEERIGEEEEEEEE!

I buckled and joined facebook. Stupid moment of weakness.

Why? Seems like a strange choice for most people with proficiency in English to make. I get where you're coming from but the site's purpose seems to be not one of "me too" in terms of audience, in the sense that there's more to be gained from addressing portuguese readers than trying to be a fledgling site which has no kind of competition with the likes of, say, Kotaku. Also, not everyone has the time to handle both the writing and its translation. Eventually this will happen - in situations where we might interview a developer and have to translate the contents to our readership - but are likely to be few and far between. I love Pidesco all the same. I have a feeling he didn't dwell in answers because we've talked about these themes in the past, and I suspect he would choose them. Actually, it was mostly laziness and lack of time since I'm not at home right now. Anyway, I picked roguelikes, and their influences because I think Diogo can give that a more academic spin which interests me in terms of game writing. As for indie games, because with the internet I think all games will one day be indie games, and as such I beilieve they will one day represent the cutting edge of game design. This means, of course, that I'd be interested in a forward evolutionary perspective of indie games, as opposed to a straight up cataloging of what has been done. P.S.: I'd like to point out that I am a translator.

Hooray!