The majority of crowdfunded video games, and an increasing amount of games in general, are available as digital downloads. Many have predicted that at some point games are on a path to become purely digital commodities! As such, we’ve started to see a few teams strike…
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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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[dropcap size=big]O[/dropcap]n My Own looks like the kind of game that folks are really into these days. It’s pixelated and all about surviving as a lone bearded fellow in a vast landscape. Despite the fact that folks can play it through a Android/iOS preview or…
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[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very month on Kickstarter is filled with success, failure, and tons of excitement. As such, February featured a whole host of great projects which found themselves funded! If you want a general look at all 27 successful video games then you can check it…
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[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]here are games of all sorts out there, but how many have ever allowed you to be a paparazzi? It’s an ingenious concept that has rarely been utilized, which helps makes Paparazzi stand out immediately. This PC and Wii U release is best suited…
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Meowl Game Company first jumped onto the Kickstarter bandwagon in 2014 to launch a visual novel by the name of Change! Unfortunately, it didn’t garner enough attention and was left unfunded. Now they’re back again to hopefully get their game funded – and it seems…
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Synesthesia, as defined by Wikipedia, is “a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.” Spectrum: An Elegy for Piano lets us inhabit the shoes of someone living with a form…
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What is Therefore? Even after looking over the Indiegogo campaign page it isn’t immediately clear. The game seems spiritual, calming, and presented with a pixel aesthetic. Because it seems much is going to be left up to player interpretation, here’s the best that I can…
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Perhaps 2015 will be known as the “Year of Promising JRPGs.” Recently we saw the incredible success of Edge of Eternity and now another (although completely different sort of JRPG) launched on Kickstarter. It’s called Melancholy Republic and cites its inspirations from some of the…
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Here’s something you don’t see everyday on Kickstarter. Someone recently put up a campaign with the goal of getting the attention of Lionhead Studios. Back in 2002, Intrepid Computer Entertainment, announced a title called BC. It was meant to offer up a new gameplay experience…
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Back in 2013 Nicola and Anthony Caulfield launched a Kickstarter campaign for From Bedrooms to Billions, a feature length documentary about the history of the UK games industry. This was a great success and is available now via download, DVD, or Blu-Ray. With that project…
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Last year a super cute campaign by the name of Holobunnies launched and caught my attention. Unfortunately, it only managed to raise $7,000 of its $15,000 CAD goal. Now q-bit games have returned to Kickstarter in order to fund Holobunnies for a much more attainable…
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While triple A titles continue to focus on much the same Hollywood blockbuster-esque storylines the indie community is still pursuing a whole wealth of concepts. Case in point, The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon by Bearded Pixel is the tale of a man who has struggled with drug…
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When a game suggests it’s “Zelda meets Don’t Starve” folks simply have to pay attention. Those are exactly the first games used as comparison for Deadwood: The Forgotten Curse which has just landed on Kickstarter. Developed by Steamroller Studios, this looks to be a very…
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As gamers, we likely all have one favorite game which no one seems to have heard of before. For me, one of these unique favorites is Sheep from 2000. It’s a strategy game about corralling sheep! As such, I couldn’t ignore CorgiFields when it launched…
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Back in 2013 an awesome initiative called Indies Crash E3 brought a few lucky developers onto the E3 show floor. The developers were selected by the votes of the public and not only had their passes paid for but also got to do interviews and…
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[dropcap size=big]L[/dropcap]aunched on January 24th, the Project Scissors: NightCry (henceforth referred to simply as “NightCry”) looked to have absolutely everything going for it. Despite what I believed to be a lackluster version of the product on display, funds poured right in at launch. Thanks to…
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