I have no problem admitting that I’m a bit of a gamer score whore. Get me a game on the Xbone and the first thing I check out are the cheevies. 25 cheevos for completing the Endless Setlist 2 without failing or pausing? Done! 150…
Greg Micek
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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.
Greg Micek
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[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game 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…
Greg Micek
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When Between Heartbeats launched on Kickstarter earlier this week I was sure it was going to be a success. It’s a shmup for Steam and the WII U with pretty graphics, smooth looking controls, and a cute gimmick that doesn’t beat you over the head…
Greg Micek
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Remember our monthly “Not Crowdfunded, But…” series of articles? The idea behind it was that we would focus on one non-crowdfunded game per month. They were certainly fun to write, and tended to be very popular traffic wise (hellllloooo FNAF!), but they were outside the…
Greg Micek
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[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game 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…
Greg Micek
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As I’ve mentioned before I’m not one to tell you who to give your backer money to, but every now and then a project comes along that’s worth a closer look, and 12 is Better Than 6 is definitely one of those projects. The game…
Greg Micek
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The Kickstarter-funded adventure game Read Only Memories released yesterday and is getting attention as both a quality adventure game with excellent writing, and as a game that is helping usher diverse characters and themes onto the average player’s radar. The thing about Read Only Memories is…
Greg Micek
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Ever since the Kickstarter campaign for the 5 vs 1 slasher movie inspired action game Last Year launched on Kickstarter I’ve been skeptical of it. At first it wasn’t anything serious, just another developer launching a campaign with no game to show, a few pieces…
Greg Micek
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A couple months ago I mentioned that Cliqist was heading to Patreon. And here we are! We haven’t launched our Patreon because we’re drowning in debt and are only a few days away from shutting down, we’ve decided to reach out to our fans for a…
Greg Micek
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This week marks the 2 year anniversary of Cliqist officially launching. In that time we’ve published over 2,400 articles worth of videogame crowdfunding coverage. That number pales in comparison to other sites, but it’s something I’m very proud of; especially when you consider that in…
Greg Micek
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[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game 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…
Greg Micek
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[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap] understand that not everyone is a fan of crowdfunding and Kickstarter, but I find it extremely frustrating when people dismiss it as a hive of scammers, liars, and cheats. To hear some people tell it you’d think that Kickstarter is nothing but an…
Greg Micek
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[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]pectre is a VR horror game that was funded on Kickstarter for about $18k in the Spring of 2014. In the endless sea of horror games on Kickstarter Spectre stood out more than most because it advertised multiplayer action; which means that instead of…
Greg Micek
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[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game 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…
Greg Micek
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[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he Universim from Crytivo Games was one of the biggest Kickstarter campaigns of 2014, having raised over $387k against a $320k funding goal. The planetary management god game elicited memories of the classic Populous series, but with breathtaking graphics and a modern control scheme. …
Greg Micek
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There aren’t many games that I’m looking forward to more than Bedlam. Sure there’s a number of must-buys coming out soon, including Dropsy, Satellite Reign, and Stasis, but Bedlam is the only one that I intend to use a sick day at work for. A post-apocalyptic…