The first time I ever heard of crowdfunding was with the Angry Video Game Nerd movie, way back in 2012. It wasn’t even called crowdfunding back then, or if it was the term escaped me for years. Looking back on it now, its funny to…
Josh Griffiths
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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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This week’s Kickstarter Game of the Week is Buck, a 2D post-apocalyptic dog simulator. Buck is a 2D Metroidvania, full of deep and winding environments full of all kinds of details and things that are easy to miss. You’re going to have to collect power-ups…
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We at Cliqist use a service called Trello to decide who writes what stories. Right now, it’s full of stuff no one really wants, and its getting out of hand. Or out of foot I should say, because one of the available stories is about…
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Last week, my colleague and prom fan on anime night Serena Nelson wrote an article detailing the success and failure rate of point and click adventure games on Kickstarter. She’s a big fan of the genre, and seeing her break down the genre in terms…
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Another Monday means another episode of the award winning Cliqist series – Kicked! This week’s episode is all about Kingdom Come Deliverance, an RPG with a unique twist. Well, it shouldn’t be unique at all, but in the world of video games it’s about as…
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If you’ve forgotten about the unique strategy RPG Yes, Your Grace from Brave at Night, you probably aren’t alone. It’s a game that’s well and truly entrenched in a long list of games funded around two to four years ago (December 2014 in this case)…
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If Mighty No. 9 has done any good, it’s kicked (for lack of a better phrase) Kickstarter developers with long overdue games into gear. More and more developers are referencing the ill-fated game, promising not to fail into the same trap, or worse. Who knows…
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When it’s all said and done, Red Ash’s Kickstarter campaign might go down as one of the biggest failures in Kickstarter history. It’s not a genuine scam like some others, and it’s not even the worst put together crowdfunding campaign in the world. But it…
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Buck was first on Kickstarter waaaay back in May 2014, but after more than two years, it’s back. The self-described “2D Post-Apocalyptic Noir Action-Adventure Game” has seen a few changes since then, and now it’s back on Kickstarter. Buck, for those of you who never…
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Do you wish there were more World War I games out there? I know I do, and seeing as how Battlefield 1 is about as authentic a WWI game as Shantae Half Genie Hero, there’s still a big hole in the market. The developers at…
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I have a love/hate relationship with Shovel Knight. But since I can go on all day about that, let’s instead focus on the real news. Developer Yacht Club games published an update recently detailing the future of Shovel Knight. After many years of waiting, the…
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The backstory behind first person horror game Allison Road is a long and winding one, almost as tortuous as that pun. It was a spiritual successor to P.T., which was a playable teaser (hence the name) of Hideo Kojima led Silent Hills. Hideo Kojima is…
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E3 was wonderful this year, and while our coverage of it has been minimal, that doesn’t mean we’ve completely ignored it. Well, not all of us anyway. Among the handful of crowdfunded games on offer at the once largest gaming trade show in the world…
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Hot on the heels of Mighty No. 9’s release (and the already mediocre reviews) this week’s episode of Kicked! is all about the gray and blue bomber. Or the blue and gray bomber, or even grey and blue if you’re feeling frisky. In all the…
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Perhaps the most disappointing Kickstarter failure ever is Blackmore. To me at least, which by extension should include everyone. It was a point and click adventure game set in a steampunk world, written by the guy who translated Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill 2,…
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Hey, do you remember Pyschonauts 2? It was funded on that site called Fig a few months back, by Tim Schafer and Double Fine? I know it can be hard to remember, Double Fine has really slid off into the background with this game, haven’t…