Pensive Ibex
Pensive Ibex
Luk Weyens
Hi there, I’m Luk Weyens. I’m a coder with an especial interest in Clean Code, Domain Driven Design and Architecture. When not at work, I enjoy creating and solving puzzles, working out, gaming and reading. This is a collection of my thoughts and interests on these subjects.
Latest Posts
I see everyone doing weeknotes or monthly recaps, and I want in. Except, I don’t want to tie myself down to a weekly or monthly format, so instead, these kind of posts will just appear randomly whenever I feel I have something to say....
You might have heard of Size Five Games, they’re the creators of other silly entertaining point-and-click games like Ben There, Dan That!, Time Gentlemen, Please! and Lair of the Clockwork God. I played the first two ages ago, and the...
What do you get when you cross a dungeon crawler with a typing game? It’s Cryptmaster! The premise is simple, you play as a party of four heroes that get resurrected by a powerful necromancer, the Cryptmaster. Your party is down in the...
A friend of mine hit me with a question a couple of days ago. I don’t quite remember how it came up, but the question was: “Do you know how the stuff that happened in your childhood influenced how you became the person you are today?”...
Brush strokes in the sky The Paintress calls for gommage When tomorrow comes I try very hard not to write any spoilers about the games I played when writing a review for them. As a player I like to know as little about the story of a...
As a preamble to this post, let me start off by saying, I agree. Yes, this is first-world problem. I realize how lucky I am, for this to even be a thing in my life. So generally there are two things that motivate my choices in life. Time...
Shifting halls unfold Looking for Room 46 Steps gone, dawn resets Ever since it was announced, I was really excited for Blue Prince. In Blue Prince you play as Simon, a young adolescent boy (I’m not sure if his age is mentioned in the...
Shadows of the past Justice sought in truth untold Secrets now revealed I backed this game on Kickstarter a while back, something I haven’t done a lot for videogames. But this one caught my eye, because I love playing detective and it’s...
Hidden by the veil The Unavowed stand strong Protecting mundanes It’s the game of the month over at the Adventure Game Club. Since Avowed (which I’ve also played and probably will write a review for somewhere next week) came out this...
His whip cracks the air Indiana seeks the path Fedora secured I’ve always had a soft spot for Indiana Jones. The Indiana Jones franchise is (along with Star Wars) one I’ve been introduced to by my parents. They named me after Luke...
It’s been a bit quiet around here. That has mostly to do with two things. First, the Belgian deparment of defense releases its end-of-year puzzle (kind of like GCHQ does for the UK). This is the 7th year of the puzzle, and the 7th year...
Wouter roped me into playing Ultima Underworld. It’s the DOS Game Club of the months december, january and february. I haven’t played any Ultima game before. So now, here I am, playing a DOS game on a Linux machine. Oh how turns have...
It's just test code. -Anonymous Have you ever heard this phrase? I can’t wrap my head around the reason why test code should be treated with any less respect and care as production code. Our test code ensures production code keeps...
I don't understand Please repeat and make gestures Now I understand So I’ve had this interest for constructed languages ever since I’ve read Project Hail Mary. Chants of Sennaar was one of the games that came up in my search of games...
As part of the move to the new house, there was still one little project that needed finishing. We decided instead of being regular closets and cabinets that we’d turn a room into a walk-in closet. About a month ago we started the...