A few weeks ago we covered Atom RPG’s Kickstarter campaign in our award winning* series Kicked. Heavily inspired by old school Fallout, the campaign was well-run, and the game looked promising. Now in Early Access, developer Atom Team sent us a code for the game…
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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In a year loaded with fantastic games, Cavalier Studios’ hidden-gem The Sexy Brutale is one of the best. Developer: Cavalier Studios, Tequila Works Publisher: Tequila Works Formats: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 [Reviewed] Released: April 12, 2017 Price: $19.99 Copy Purchased Casino Blues…
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There aren’t a lot of options out there when it comes to holiday video games. Almost all of them are Christmas games, and the handful of Hanukkah ones are outright terrible – often quickly thrown together or full of racist stereotypes. Good luck finding any…
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In our last episode of Free Indie Games, I talked about Fallen London, and how rich that game was with opportunities. Now, the game isn’t nearly as deep as its developers would have you believe, but there is still a lot you can do in…
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Inkle Studios’ 80 Days is one of the few games I would all perfect. What is a perfect game? It’s easy to say there is no such thing. But I think a game can be considered perfect it flawlessly executes on its vision as a…
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We at Cliqist have long kept our eyes on White Paper Games’ The Occupation. Set in an alternate history 1980’s England, you play a journalist who’s taken it upon himself to find the truth behind a terrorist attack that’s led to the Union Act. The…
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During the 2017 Game Awards Firewatch developer Campo Santo announced their next game, In the Valley of Gods, due out in 2019. A short trailer revealed that the game is set in Egypt, and you play a camera woman exploring ancient pyramids A follow-up statement…
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A Hat in Time is a frustrating experience. Somewhere in this uneven jumble of clashing gameplay ideas lies a truly great game wanting to burst out. Unfortunately, it never gets that chance. A Hat in Time is a 3D platformer styled after older games in…
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Seven: The Days Long Gone, is at first glance, an unassuming game. It has a silly name, but it otherwise looks like a solid CRPG. Behind its simple facade are its developers – IMGN.PRO, responsible for the excellent horror game Kholat, and Fool’s Theory –…
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Playing Brakes Are For Losers is an excruciating experience. It’s a game that puts in minimal effort to callback to arcade racers of old, yet still fails as if it were trying to be too ambitious. Developer: Oudidon Publisher: Playdius, Plug In Digital Formats: PC…
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For video game crowdfunding, you can do a lot better than Indiegogo. In fact, Indiegogo might be the worst option available. Between a laissez-faire approach to quality control, scams, spam, bad publicity, and allegedly misleading and unhelpful leadership, Indiegogo might be the worst crowdfunding site….
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Fallen London is a free browser game created by Failbetter Games, the same company behind Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies. Anything is Possible The big appeal of the game is that you can do anything you want. You can do the standard “video game” thing…
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Battle Chef Brigade is a great game, but our 3 out of 5 review score seems to imply that it’s only mediocre. The combat is competent at the best of times, the plot is predictable, and the characters are all two-dimensional stereotypes. However, the rest…
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If there’s two things I hate in the gaming industry today that everyone else loves, it’s Bethesda and nostalgia. Bethesda has a long record of suing indie developers over spurious copyright claims while pretending to be the victim. Meanwhile they’ve been ruining Fallout and The…
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Bossa Studios, the company best known for Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread, have canceled their latest game after only a week on Steam Early Access. Released to Steam on November 4, Bossa head Henrique Olifiers announced in a statement on November 10 that development…
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Battle Chef Brigade is a game about odd combinations. Much like the gameplay, it’s all about mixing disparate elements to create a singular dish. It takes elements from games and even TV shows like Final Fantasy, Bejeweled, any visual novel, and even Iron Chef, and…