Amanda French
Amanda French first cut her gaming teeth by playing such classics as Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Super Mario World at the ripe age of four. From there spawned a lifelong love of video games, particularly narrative heavy adventures and open world games. A creative writing graduate of Full Sail University, Amanda writes fiction novels in her spare time. You can find her work at the Independent Author Network under the pseudonym, Illise Montoya. Amanda’s all-time favorite games include Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout 2, and Tekken 5. She lives on the California coast with her husband and young baby son.
From $100k MIA Kickstarter to Legal Drama, The Status of ROAM
Back in February 2013, an online co-op post-apocalyptic zombie game by the name of ROAM was funded to the tune of $102,518 by 3,526 backers...
Starlight Vega Finishes Kickstarter With Harem Addition
On April 21st, Razzart Visual started their campaign for Starlight Vega, an urban fantasy visual novel that exclusively featured lesbian relationships. Its modest funding...
Umbra Showcases Housing, Continues To Rake In Pledges
In their latest update on Kickstarter, SolarFall Games released a short video (which you can see below) showcasing Umbra's housing system. It's only a minute...
Moody Adventure Tokyo Dark Racking Up Stretch Goals
In just a little under two days, Tokyo Dark achieved its $40k CAD funding goal, and since then it has just been raking in...
Underwater With The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
Do you wish there were more apocalyptic games with an existential examination of society and climate change? Then you should check out The Aquatic Adventure of...
Sunless Sea. Great Game. Fantastic Soundtrack
As I mentioned to my editor, I am by no means a music connoisseur. Still, when I was presented the opportunity to review Sunless...
Diablo Gets Jacked Up on Steroids in Umbra
SolarFall Games has a big project on their hands with Umbra, the open world hack n' slash game. The title has hit Kickstarter, seeking a...
Classic Survival Horror Returns in Through the Woods
While I can understand the need for a market to grow and change, I have to say, I find it disappointing that slower paced,...
Understanding The Somewhat Confusing Return of Mystic Searches
While some might think that Mystic Searches is somehow a new game project (I certainly did at a glance) this is actually the second crowdfunding campaign...
Point And Click Adventure The Mystery of Oak Island Returns
Adventure games appear to be cropping up on Kickstarter almost faster than we can keep up with these days. One of the latest point...
Tokyo Dark, A Stylish Anime Inspired Adventure
On the first day of its campaign, Tokyo Dark was a success with backers and nailed its $33,000 funding goal. This 2D mystery point-and click...
Kickstarter MIA: Code Hero’s $170k Worth of Silence
Code Hero was an educational game idea by Primer Labs meant to teach players how to code javascript. Its Kickstarter campaign ran from December...
Chucky Hits Kickstarter. Child’s Play Game Another Case of Copyright Infringement
This dubious Kickstarter campaign for the Child's Play franchise was launched recently by one Donna Howland. In their bio they write that they are a game developer...
Silence Follows Dev Signing Away $90,000 Greed Monger Kickstarter
On April 5th, developer Jason M. Appleton announced that he had signed away the rights to Greed Monger due to exhaustion and a lack of...
Kickstarter MIA: The Search For Unforgotten Quest’s Missing $118k
Unforgotten Quest was the game project and personal baby of YouTuber, BruceWillakers, also known as Robert Moran. The campaign ran from November 18th, 2012...
Bloodborne Weapons and Their Real Life Counterparts
Bloodborne is said to have less weapons than the Dark Souls series, but the arsenal is fairly interesting because of its use of two different...