Steampunk Mechs, Jewels, Strategy, and Ironcast with Daniel Leaver with Greg Micek [divider] In case you missed it, we’ve discussed Ironcast before; and with good reason. With some slick visuals, a retrolyunique gameplay concept that could prove to be both addicting and deceptively deep, Ironcast…
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Greg Micek has been writing on and off about games since the late nineties, always with a focus on indie games. He started DIYGames.com in 2000, which was one of the earliest gaming sites to focus exclusively on indie games.
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Post Apocalyptic Sloths, Haircare, and Paradigm with Jacob Janerka with Greg Micek [divider] We’ve discussed Paradigm a few times here on Cliqist, but in case you’ve missed it… Paradigm is a post apocalyptic adventure game with a 70’s / 80’s Eastern Bloc vibe. The main character, Paradigm,…
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Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place…
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Welcome to our weekly feature, “Question Of The Week.” As you can tell from that entirely original title each week we pose a question to our panel and they chime in with their opinions. No one sees one another’s responses until the story is posted,…
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I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out how to start telling you about Paradigm; a bizarre looking adventure game from Jacob Janerka. At first I was going to say that I’ve never done mass amounts of coke, but if I had, and decided to…
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Kickstarter is an interesting microcosm of personalities; especially from a developer standpoint. You’ve got scammers, industry professionals, amateurs, kids, dreamers, and everything in-between. The ones that I find most interesting, though, are those that ask other people for money so that they can violate someone…
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Elliot Collis on his Hand Painted Adventure, desolate with Greg Micek [divider] [dropcap]d[/dropcap]esolate – no capitalization, please – is a new adventure platformer from Elliot Collis that’s in the midst of a Kickstarter funding campaign. The game tackles some pretty heavy topics, including depression, abandonment, sacrifice,…
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In an entirely unsuprising development, the Jazz Jackrabbit Revival Kickstarter campaign has been hit with a copyright violation claim, which is as close to a death blow as you can get before getting forcibly cancelled. The claim, as submitted by Epic Games, reads: [divider] Jazz…
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It’s a bit of a tradition that whenever I interview someone for Cliqist I ask them to put together a brief haiku to describe them, their company, or their game. Since we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of Cliqist this week I figure it would be…
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Kacper Discusses His XCom Inspired Strategy Game, Hard West with Greg Micek [divider] The story of Hard West is an interesting one for a few reasons. First of all the premise is unique; an XCom style strategy game in the old west. That’s not something…
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Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place…
Greg Micek
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Welcome to our weekly feature, “Question Of The Week.” As you can tell from that entirely original title each week we pose a question to our panel and they chime in with their opinions. No one sees one another’s responses until the story is posted,…
Greg Micek
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It’s been now been one year since Cliqist was launched. A lot has changed, and a lot has stayed the same. We’ve added staff, lost staff. We’ve got some things right, and a few things wrong. Hopefully we’ve learned a thing or two in the…
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Bill Tiller Discusses Monkey Island Inspired Adventure, Duke Grabowski with Greg Micek [divider] Cliqist : Who are you, and why are we talking to you? Bill Tiller : We are three experienced game developers and we are making a short graphic adventure comedy. I’m going…
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Matt Raithel Discusses Alien Shooter Orgy Hive Jump with Greg Micek [divider] Hive Jump, the over the top multiplayer platformer from Graphite Lab, has had an up and down relationship with Kickstarter. The first campaign was an unfortunate dud for a variety of reasons. However, a…
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Alexandre Fiset Discusses Survival Story, Kôna By Greg Micek [divider] Cliqist : Who are you, and why are we talking? Alexandre Fiset : My name is Alexandre Fiset, I’m a former Activision (Beenox) associate producer with more than six years of experience in interactive media development….