Warcraft II was the very first real-time strategy game I ever played and, even then, I pined for the ability to see the world of Azeroth through the eyes of its legendary heroes and heels. Imagine a game where you can not only view the…
Conrad Crisman
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Conrad is an industry vet who's approximately 25% Internet famous. Starting with the NES Action Set and local arcades circa 1988, he has a soft spot for indie games and old school platformers. He even built his own arcade cabinet once and shamelessly bragged about it to his buddy.
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Simply put, SHMUPS are awesome and I fangirl over them all the time. What’s better than rapidly turning waves of enemies into flaming space shrapnel, only to face branching paths while searching for upgrades and taking down epic bosses? The 80’s and 90’s were chockful…
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According to a recent update by developer SparkWare, FRAMED will be cancelled if the team cannot find a writer. The loss of a few key team members is being credited for this recent debacle, but after reviewing the multitude of comments and campaigns that were…
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So, for those who read my previous piece on Fabular: Once Upon a Space Time, you’d know that this isn’t your standard SHMUP entrant. Lately, Kickstarter has seen a smattering (perhaps a revival?) of roguelikes, platformers and artbooks, but what about the genre that helped…
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If you haven’t picked up on the trend from my previous articles yet, you’ll know that I’m a sucker for roguelikes and RPGs. What you may not know is that I’m all for the deep storylines and side-scrolling action of games past, and Death Story…
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For backers who fell into the $64 or higher tier on the Hyper Light Drifter campaign, this is a red letter day for you. According to the most recent update, developer Heart Machine has recently announced that the accompanying manual and SNES style box have…
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Lately, it seems that Kickstarter has become host to multiple campaigns focused on coffee table books filled with the images and history of systems past. After its first failed Kickstarter, retro-PC champ Giacomo Vernoni has roared back with another campaign for his Commodore VIC 20…
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As I’ve mentioned previously, Kickstarter gives any studio the chance to get their game successfully funded. Coupled with a strong social media presence and excellent rewards, the only thing that can stop a strong campaign dead in its tracks is the developer, which leads me…
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Roughly a month since its last update, Ynnis Interactive has shared some exciting screenshots of their upcoming game, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom. This may come as bittersweet news to backers, who may have expected the game to be released more than a year ago as…
Conrad Crisman
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Nothing beats preparing for a full-on Kickstarter assault through meticulous planning. With the recent blessing of the Square Enix Collective and being Greenlit on Steam, Iron Tides is definitely on the right track to take to the high seas and raze some righteous hell in…
Conrad Crisman
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No joke, Purple looks like an amazing game. A world that blends alternating red and blue terrains, two matching characters that can blend into one purple one, all managed through one controller! Not everyone can cook up this type of awesome innovation on a whim,…
Conrad Crisman
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Physical cartridges are amazing, and there’s simply not enough of them coming out of Kickstarter lately… until now. With less than 2 weeks left in its campaign, Haunted Halloween ’86: The Curse of Possum Hollow has been successfully funded. Scratch that, their $5,000 goal has…
Conrad Crisman
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This is truly a coup for horror games as we know them. Erin Reynolds, the Creative Director behind the biofeedback horror game Nevermind, has rolled out an exciting new update. The good news: the game is getting two new clients added to the creeptastic Neurostalgia…
Conrad Crisman
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Fans of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas‘s gang wars will find familiar ground in The Turf, an RTS game that goes far beyond busting caps. With a Kickstarter campaign launched May 15th, 2016 by solo developer Marty Green, The Turf is currently in pre-alpha (and…
Conrad Crisman
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Space shooters were the norm in the early days of the arcades, almost to the point of over-saturation. However, none can discount the impact of iconic greats like Space Invaders, Asteroids and Galaga. Now imagine throwing all of those into a blender, along with action-RPG…
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Demoniaca: Everlasting Night has risen from the dead, much like its fiery redhead protagonist, and is ready to take over. It’s last campaign failed, but the new one launched on May 10th, 2016 and is creating an even bigger stir this time around. Blending elements…
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