Theme parks are pretty awesome to visit, but the expense in getting to one, paying for a ticket, and waiting in lines usually is much less enjoyable. So, why not just go to a digital theme park instead? That’s the possibility that Atom Universe presents….
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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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Of all the board games out there, my favorite is still chess. It’s classic, (somewhat) easy to learn, and full of strategic decisions when pitted against another player. Yet, we really don’t see that many games modeled after chess directly aside from the odd Battle…
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Loads of people out there love the shoot ’em up genre. There have been just so many excellent titles to choose from over the years! Every so often folks attempt to iterate on the formula in their own unique way (some more successful than others)….
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Visuals do not usually make or break a game, but they can certainly be helpful in making one stand out. That’s definitely the case with Upside-Down Dimensions, a campaign that recently landed on Kickstarter. Headed by Hydra Interactive Entertainment, this title focuses on two distinct…
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Kickstarter is the premiere crowdfunding website in the United States and after hosting thousands of campaigns, people would really love to dig into project data. Although Kickstarter offers up a fair bit of data to every site visitor there’s only so much one person can…
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Most of the time, the progress of a crowdfunded PC game is as follows: It launches a Kickstarter/Indiegogo campaign, runs a simultaneous Steam Greenlight launch, and then hopes to see the success of one feed into the other. Ralin – Dwarf Wars didn’t take that…
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Video games are a wonderful means of transportation for players to experience different worlds and concepts. Unfortunately, so many titles tend to focus on the same few “safe” concepts again and again. Thanks to Kickstarter we’ve been able to see distinct new titles arriving, and more…
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Jackbox Games are the name behind a host of lovely, irreverent digital party games. Chances are you’ll know of them either due to the You Don’t Know Jack series or the more recent release of the Jackbox Party Pack. The latter is actually a collection…
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[dropcap size=big]G[/dropcap]amer’s Edition is one strikingly unique new website on the crowdfunding scene. Rather than opening itself up to many project creators, though, it is a place with one very specific aim – to produce physical limited editions of games which have up until now…
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[dropcap size=small]K[/dropcap]ickstarter has helped to bring a great deal of unique properties to life. One of these is Hand of Fate, which first launched onto the crowdfunding site in late 2013. By the campaign’s completion Defiant Development had raised a tidy $50,000+ AUD – although…
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Developer InvertMouse has done quite well for themselves thanks to Kickstarter since 2014. Every single one of their campaigns have succeed so far, and Cursed Sight is the latest. If the name is familiar to you, it might be because you saw the free Steam…
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Most of us grow up being taught to repress our emotions. Men, in particular, but everyone is prompted to not cry in public, not lash out in anger unless it’s 100% warranted, and basically keep ourselves “under control.” It’s certainly not the case that everyone…
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You’ve simply got to appreciate when developers reference truly classic games as inspirations for their own. If nothing else, it definitely helps to get folks pumped. Team21’s upcoming title Dungeons of Aledorn notes games such as Betrayal at Krondor, Fallout, King’s Bounty, and Might & Magic…
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Do you remember when Double Fine hit Kickstarter a few years ago and ushered in a great deal of notable developers to the service? It appears we’re in the second wave of established creator crowdfunding with recent campaigns such as ToeJam and Earl: Back in…
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It was back in 1994 that Descent first graced computers. The 3D flight-based shooter was an immediate hit, spawning two sequels which each improved upon the adrenaline-pumping gameplay. Unfortunately, the era of PC gaming dominance was about to get overrun by consoles… The series was…
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Do you love X-COM, Star Control II, Master of Orion, and FTL? Then take a seat and read over the campaign page for Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander as this game is probably right up your alley. Developed by the humorously named Massive Damage, Inc. Halcyon 6:…
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