If you’re a lover of Metroidvanias, roguelikes, or platformers then Kickstarter is a veritable playground for you. RPG fans get their share of goodies too, but not quite as often. Everstar, developed by Psycho Sorted, has just begun seeking funding and looks to be one…
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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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As a Wii U owner, it’s always a bit disappointing to see how many games arrive on Kickstarter with Wii U versions as a distant stretch goal (if the console is given any attention at all!). That’s why any new project with Wii U at…
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Fans of classic point and click adventure games are sure getting spoiled in this era of crowdfunding – and we love every minute of it! The latest in this line of titles is Her Majesty’s SPIFFING by BillyGoat Entertainment. You may remember this uniquely-titled project as…
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If you’re a fan of gaming and have never heard of Ludum Dare then I highly suggest you look into it. Effectively, it is a game-making competition that happens regularly and often tasks developers with creating games in very short time frames. Basement was initially…
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So, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with platformers, Metroidvanias, and roguelikes but after being surrounded by so many on Kickstarter other genres stand out a fair bit more in comparison. Red Cobra is a new project by developer Adversary that immediately draws attention as it is a 2D…
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Earlier this year, retro computing fan Sam Dyer ran a Kickstarter campaign for a book called Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium (get it, a Commodore commpendium?). Unlike many video game campaigns we see where they take years and years to complete, this title was recently…
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Video games have been a vehicle for all types of storytelling. Ethereal by Thomas Finch looks to explore a very different sort of storyline – one based off his own father. In the game, players control a small spirit which must relieve a series of…
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It’s always fun to watch how video games go through waves of genre interest. While we’re still seeing a sustained push toward crafting or roguelike titles, Metroidvanias are also coming up. Golden Hour is a brand new game of the genre which offers some unique…
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If you’re a fan of space games then you might have heard of (or even enjoyed playing!) Lifeless Planet. Back in 2011, designer David Board sucessfully funded his story-driven sci-fi game on Kickstarter. With so many people intriguied it ended up raising 200% of the…
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If you’re visiting our site then it’s very likely you play video games. So, how would you feel if your video gaming “addiction” could actually be utilized to make important discoveries? That concept is the basis of a new project on Kickstarter called Afterimage. You…
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If you ask a whole generation of gamers what their first game was many will say The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System. That top-down action adventure experience has informed and influenced many game developers of today. Case in point, developer Still Games…
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DICETINY (a mashup of the words “dice” and “destiny”) is a game after my own heart. It mashes up a variety of excellent game types into one project. Like board games, card games, and RPGs? Then you should definitely take a look at developer Fakedice’s…
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Thanks to games like Minecraft and a litany of similar titles that have followed, many gamers (including myself) suddenly believed “voxel-based” games to be comprised of blocky shapes. Voxel Quest immediately proves this notion wrong with a world that looks quite attractive (and not outwardly…
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Puzzle platformers are an incredibly rich genre filled with titles. As such, it always seems a bit worrying when a new one comes out. Luckily, The Sixth Chaos looks to offer its own unique aspects despite having a similar visual aesthetic to Limbo. It seems…
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Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin by Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]o non-gaming fans, Super Mario Bros. 2 is just another one of those “Mario games” that have been popular since the 80s. But to those of us who know at least…
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Humanity was doing very well for itself in the year 2259. It had finally begun to colonize new worlds outside of Earth and make alliances with alien nations. However, things took a turn as our space colonies were taken down one by one. The…
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