Are you the kind of person who thrives off obscene levels of difficulty in games? Do you play titles in the survival genre and complain that they’re too easy? If so, then take a look at Outward. Deemed “The Adventurer Life Sim” by its developer…
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Marcus is a fellow with a love for video games, horror, and Japanese food. When he’s not writing about games for a multitude of sites, he’s usually still playing one. Writing about video games is something he hopes to continue doing for many years to come.
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Holy heck are there are a lot of space sim games out there! When you look at the list of crowdfunded ones alone it’s pretty staggering with massive titles such as Elite: Dangerous and Star Citizen. And somehow, despite the massive amount of competition, each…
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A Kickstarter campaign by the name of Bowbarian just launched and, if you’re anything like me, you probably had the thought “what the heck is a bowbarian?” Well, after investigating the campaign I’m here to inform you! In the action game Bowbarian you play as a…
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Ever since secretly watching older cousins play Mortal Kombat II I’ve been a big fan of fighting games. Their colorful casts of characters, awesome special moves, and (typically) skill-based gameplay make them easy to play for hours on end. With that said, there are not…
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Have you noticed how lately Kickstarter has been going through a bit of a lull period? It’s at times like this that I desperately click through every campaign multiple times, hoping that one will spontaneously wow me. One such campaign to get an excitable reaction…
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Marble Madness is one of those games that I can never get enough of. Sure, it might be incredibly simple, but many of the best games are. Since first getting acquainted with it I’ve found other games which are similarly enjoyable, and am personally thrilled…
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Hey, do you remember a Kickstarter campaign from late last year named Vincent the Vampire? Despite looking like a fun new point and click adventure it unfortunately failed to reach its funding goal by a pretty large margin. Campaigns placed anytime around December seem to…
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It’s always exciting to see great ideas devised during game jams come to life with full releases. Samsara was originally created for the Global Game Jam in 2015 but Skistad Studios knew they could make it into something more. The game focuses on a Buddhist…
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One thing that routinely frustrates me in the field of video games is how so few situate themselves in historical time periods. It seems more indies are willing to explore these timeframes, as is the case with Specter U.M by Lost Boys Ambassadors. The game…
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[dropcap size=small]D[/dropcap]o you remember the Kickstarter video games heyday? I certainly do. Although the website has existed in some capacity since 2009, it was only when Double Fine took to the site in 2012 that a majority of gamers finally discovered its existence. Now, we’re…
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[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]arRab: Veteran by Chadrick Evans had its campaign close successfully on March 10. The one-man developed RPG then hit Steam Greenlight on March 27. Two days later, on March 29, Chadrick updated backers with the news that the Greenlight page was not doing well….
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Disclosure notice: Previous Cliqist staff member Paul Drankiewicz is involved with this campaign. Back in 2012, Forever Interactive came to Kickstarter with a cool collectible card game (CCG) meets MMO concept in the form of Visions of Zosimos: Chaos Omen. Despite the fact that there are tons…
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Basically all of us fear something. As children, we were also often filled with even more fears about things like monsters lurking in the dark. What if there were a game based around the concept of childhood fears? Hush is that game and it’s currently…
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It was thanks to masterful companies like Lucasarts and Sierra that I fell for the point and click adventure genre during its heyday. Infamous Quests, developer of the Kickstarted adventure game Quest for Infamy, really channeled those influences and created a surprisingly authentic-feeling new title….
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[dropcap size=big]H[/dropcap]otline Miami was one tough video game. Hotline Miami 2? Somehow it’s even tougher. Basically, they created a game that is meant to be for folks who beat the original and now need to graduate to a higher difficulty. For someone like me who…
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If you’re a fan of YouTube channels all about video games then you may have seen John “Gamester81” Lester before. Although I’ve lessened my video consumption over the last few years, I definitely used to watch his content alongside many other great folks. Under the…
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