Neo-Victorian Skirmish Squad has an extensive past, one that’s richer than its present and likely its future. Its Kickstarter campaign began September 5, 2013, with Terncraft Games at the helm. The Kickstarter page tells us David Sushil is the man behind the company. But he’s…
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Josh Griffiths is a writer and amateur historian. He has a passion for 3D platformers, narrative-driven games, and books. Josh is also Cliqist’s video producer. He’s currently working on his first novel, and will be doing so on and off for the next decade.
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The quality of crowdfunding demos on our YouTube channel is nothing if not inconsistent. Indivisible and Long Gone Days’s demos are practically finished products. Others like Deliver Us The Moon’s first demo just didn’t work. Unfortunately, for both myself and my colleague Joanna, we can…
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At first glance, it’s hard to tell that Astro Boy: Edge of Time is a card game. If you skip the video and go straight to the page, there’s only the description calling this a “CCG” to clue you in. Judging from the rest of the…
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You ever noticed how everyone tries to get away with stuff by claiming its satire? These days, YouTubers are bashing people’s faces in with baseball bats and claiming it’s a “social experiment,” but the principle is the same. Enter Donald Trump, Ted Nugent’s bowl of…
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Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Five months or so after the release of the Kickstarter Hyper Light Drifter, we get Ruin of the Reckless, a totally unrelated game. Totally unrelated in this case of course meaning almost exactly the same. Every aspect of…
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We last wrote about The Hero Trap over a year ago. If you’ve forgotten, it was described by developer Smashworx as “a frenetic rogue like like where dungeon dwellers are hellbent on your destruction.” Sounds riveting, doesn’t it? Well, you’re going to have to find…
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Very rarely does the average gamer get to see development first-hand. Thanks to crowdfunding, more and more developers are pulling back the curtain. Double Fine’s documentary on the making of Broken Age is the most extensive behind the scenes look at “how the sausage is…
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War! HUH! What is it good for? Anti-war media, for a start. Such as Long Gone Days, by Camila Gormaz and Pablo Videla. It attempts to look at the “modern day military” using an underground nation (literally in this case) of mercenaries. It’s safe to…
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Have you heard about that exploration game? You know, the communist one about skies and such? Many people feel a bit let down by that game, despite the promise behind it. For those who feel a little burned by the hype, fear not. There is…
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At this very moment in Syria, a family’s home is being bombed. A sniper is gunning down a child, or maybe a journalist is getting beheaded. Innocent people are dying everywhere, and many more are losing their homes. They have nowhere to go, so they…
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It’s been eight months since the last time Antonis Pelekanos provided an update for The 90’s Arcade Racer. So, we’ve dug around to find out what happened to this throwback arcade racer. What we found is somewhat conjectural, but no less disappointing. The 90’s Arcade…
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A few months ago Slain! released to lackluster reviews. What should have been a heavy metal inspired 90’s platformer ended up being a broken, buggy mess. Now, Wolf Brew Games has released an update detailing a new version that fixes most of the prevalent issues…
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Early access in gaming is nothing new, but it blew up with Steam’s Early Access program. It allows developers to release their games as a beta, alpha, or even pre-alpha build before it’s completed. This release model affords developers the chance to earn money which they can…
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You know how the internet is full of porn? However open and liberal you are with your particular interests, you have to admit there’s a lot of creepy stuff out there. Take, for instance, a VR game in which you stare at half-naked women in…
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Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn and Mighty No. 9 aren’t talked about in tandem often. This is probably the first time, in which case I’ll take my medal now. At first glance, any similarities seem minuscule. Both games used crowdfunding, they sought to atone for…
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Next month marks two years since Horse Volume’s The Sun Also Rises met its Kickstarter goal. Collecting $16,443, The Sun sold itself on a multiplayer narrative about America’s global war on terror. It’s the kind of game you would expect from an indie project: big…