You’ve probably played more than a few video games in your time – but how many have a boar for a protagonist? Viktor is a point and click adventure game where players inhabit the furry body of a wild boar (named Viktor, of course!). Although…
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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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Despite a childhood obsession with everything medieval, I can’t say that most games pulling from that timeframe have ever intrigued me. Most of them were simply too rigid or gave you too much control. All I wanted to be was one combatant on a massive…
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Elite: Dangerous Online Only. How Bad Is It? by Marcus Estrada [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1984 the space game Elite hit the computer gaming world with some serious force. Over the years it inspired many other series and also received some official sequels of its own. The latest,…
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I don’t mean to reduce a game to its perceived similar qualities to another, but in this case the comparison is made out of love. SimAnt was by far one my favorite PC games in the early 90s and still is quite a bit of fun….
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The RPG genre is full of tons of great games and concepts, but weirdly, not many choose to place themselves in a historical landscape. Americana Dawn is a historical RPG based around the history of America from the 18th century. If the name sounds a bit familiar…
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The landscape of 2D action adventure games is vast. As such, the biggest way to stand out often relies on having a very unique art style as opposed to necessarily doing something completely different with gameplay. Hollow Knight has a distinct look that is definitely…
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The point and click adventure genre spawned as a result of technical advancement in the mid 80s. Games such as Deja Vu created a new interface for “text adventures” but weren’t hugely accepted just yet. It was when Maniac Mansion launched that many stalwart text…
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you’ve been a lover of indie games for a while then chances are you have heard of Indie Statik. It was way back in July 2011 that a YouTube channel by that name appeared featuring a playthrough of Jamestown. A fellow named Josh Mattingly…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Crowdfunding Public Relations by Marcus Estrada [dropcap]C[/dropcap]rowdfunding is a wonderful thing as it gives anyone the ability to fund their creations. Whether someone wants to make books, feature films, or video games they can utilize Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Patreon, and many other…
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There was a time when adventure games were king that unfortunately came to an end in the 90s. At least, it seemed that way until more recently where companies both large and small have reinvigorated the genre. Now it honestly seems like virtual reality is…
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I’ll admit this up front: augmented reality (AR) has always seemed a bit silly to me. The basic concept of AR is that by using a camera (on your smartphone, tablet, or even 3DS) you can view things on the screen that aren’t actually there…
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Crowdfunding projects are starting to wind down as we enter the last few months of the year, but some awesome ones are still cropping up. Case in point, To Azimuth by Bracket Games just debuted and looks like an intriguing new narratively-focused title set in…
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Scorn: Victim of Shifting Backer Behavior, or Poor PR? by Marcus Estrada [box type=”shadow” align=”alignright” width=”0″ ][iframe frameborder=”0″ height=”280″ scrolling=”no” src=”https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/571331118/scorn-episode-one/widget/card.html?v=2″ width=”220″][/iframe][/box][dropcap]T[/dropcap]he story of Scorn is a bit of an odd one. Back in June, an editor for the horror-focused video game site Rely on…
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Do you love films like The Goonies, Back to the Future, and Weird Science? The 1980s were rife with films which offered likable lead characters getting into incredible adventures and messing with science beyond their control. Crossing Souls is an upcoming game which looks to…
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Old is New Again in Pier Solar and the Great Architects by Marcus Estrada [dropcap]M[/dropcap]any of us have fond memories of playing RPGs on consoles such as the SNES and Genesis. Although they existed before either came out, it was really in this 16-bit era…
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Looking to find the next title to play at your co-op gaming party? Well, if funded, perhaps Attack of the Labyrinth will come to be a viable contender! So far, developer Matt Goes has been able to get his project about 2/3rds complete all on his own…
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