Marcus Estrada
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.
The Sordid History of the Coleco Chameleon / Retro VGS
The Coleco Chameleon was advertised as a new video game console that would play cartridge-based games (both new homebrew releases and existing retro products)....
Successful Kickstarter Videogame Campaigns Data and Analysis for January 2016
Did you notice that we at Cliqist finally went forward with a plan that has been in the works for a long while now?...
Jay and Silent Bob and Rock Band 4 Compete for Fig’s...
When Fig launched, the founders had a fairly specific plan in mind. They felt that the biggest problems with Kickstarter and Indiegogo were a...
Into the Stars Getting a Limited Edition Vinyl Soundtrack
The Into the Stars Kickstarter campaign was absolutely full of promise. Space strategy/simulation titles generally seem to command a lot of interest on the...
Sekai Project and the PlayStation Vita
Sekai Project is a visual novel publisher that have not been around for all that long but have quickly become the go to company...
Analysis of Sekai Project’s Root Double Kickstarter Campaign
Root Double- Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition is more than just a visual novel with an excessively complex name. It is also...
Successful Kickstarter Videogame Campaigns and Analysis for 2015
Can you believe it? 2015 is over, and with it, I have managed to gather data on Kickstarter video game campaigns for almost the...
Failed Kickstarter Videogame Campaigns and Analysis for November/December 2015
Every month Kickstarter is full of wild successes, and depressing failures. While some are always going to have that massive fan push behind them...
Successful Kickstarter Videogame Campaigns and Analysis for November/December 2015
Kickstarter is still the best means for most game developers out there to receive crowdfunding support for their projects. As such, we see tons...
Everything We Know About the Oculus Rift
Oh, Oculus Rift, what a ride you’ve brought gamers on these past few years. Many of us first heard of this strange new virtual...
Sekai Project Returns With Tongue-Twisting Visual Novel Root Double- Before Crime...
When it comes to visual novels, strange titles are par for the course. Root Double- Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition is one...
GX3: Surveying the Exhibit Hall, and the Surprising Amount of Crowdfunded...
GX3 is one heck of an event filled with panels every single hour. Still, there's much more in store for attendees then those panels....
GX3: Podcast X Zone Shows Anyone Can and Should Podcast
Podcast X Zone is (thus far) an annual staple of the GX convention. For the past three years, a variety of indie podcasters have...
Psychonauts 2 Shows Fig is Improving – Or is It?
I’ll admit right now, the announcement of Psychonauts 2 at The Game Awards 2015 was a shock to me. What wasn’t a shock was...
Is Indiegogo Beating Kickstarter at Its Own Game?
If things had turned out differently, Cliqist could have been a site focused primarily on Indiegogo projects. Why? Indiegogo was the first of the...
Reflections on My First Year of Kickstarter Data Gathering
I love data. I’ve known this for quite a long time. Back when I first made the conscious decision to start collecting video games,...