Back in my day, if a player wanted an interesting learning experience from video games they’d play something like The Oregon Trail or Math Blasters. Times have changed a lot since then it seems. Now there are upcoming titles like DAVinCI Flight which teach components of…
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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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It’s weird to look back at gaming’s history and see how genres have ebbed and flowed in popularity. During the 90s it seemed like action/puzzle hybrids were the “in” thing. Although some games remained in Japan, such as Tetris Battle Gaiden, popular series such as…
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The Death to Spies PC series began in 2007. Two years later, the stealth game saw a sequel with Death to Spies: Moment of Truth. For a while it seemed that was the end as years passed without a new entry. Death to Spies 3…
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Serenity and Diana Discuss Gender and Sexuality in Queen At Arms with Marcus Estrada [divider] Queen At Arms is an upcoming visual novel that was successfully funded not long after going live on Kickstarter. It seems that what genre fans were looking for was a…
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Post Apocalyptic Eastern Bloc Adventure Comedy in Paradigm by Marcus Estrada [divider] Adventure games have proved time and time again that they are far from dead. With that said, outside of a few standouts in the past few years, it doesn’t feel like the…
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It’s not everyday you hear a game described as a “procedurally generated roguelite pet simulator RPG” but that’s exactly what Cube and Me purports itself to be. At firs the mishmash of terms is overwhelming, but it actually makes a lot of sense once you…
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Have you heard of the game Pathologic before? In the West, the game isn’t massively well known, though there is a devoted following for it. This is in part because the 2005 game was never officially released in Western territories (outside of a more recent GOG.com…
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The United States court system is inherently fascinating, although mightily complex to most onlookers. As such, it makes sense that there are not many games beyond the Phoenix Wright series out there seeking to simulate this facet of society. Enter law student Scott Goldsmith. He’s the…
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When Jazz Jackrabbit launched in 1994 it gained a lot of PC gaming attention. Developed and published by Epic MegaGames (now known as simply Epic Games), a fandom quickly formed around the series. Original designer Cliff Bleszinski has long since moved onto other projects much…
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Why aren’t westerns more popular in video game format? Sure, there’s a few here and there but not a ton overall. Six Miles Under is a new project looking to take on a western style to the fullest with a story about truth and revenge….
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The apocalypse has occurred and all humans are gone. Not everything has disappeared as a result, though. Robots which were created by people still remain on the Earth as “living” beings. Without purpose in their lives, they simply form tribes and co-exist. And yet, one…
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So many gaming fans in the world purely consume games without ever taking a look at what goes on to create them. Some test the waters of programming but find it daunting and never look back. CodeSpells is one of the few games that is…
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Dinosaurs are pretty awesome. I, as well as many others, had a deep fascination with the creatures as a child and some of that love still exists. That’s why any crowdfunding campaign related to dinosaurs is of immediate interest. Dinosaur Island is an attempt to…
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A lot of the time video games don’t really focus much on emotion. We see tons of first person shooters with powerful protagonists who wouldn’t really know emotion if it blasted them with a rocket. To me, that makes any games that deal directly with…
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The team at Pardis Game Studio love comic books. It’s because of this that they’ve been working on a game inspired by the likes of Sin City and The Boys for two years. The Dark Phantom is that project and is a third person shooter…
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Sometimes, video games with vast, weaving narratives are enjoyable to play. Other times, all you want is a fast, frantic brawler for immediate enjoyment. Warlocks falls into the latter camp as an action RPG and brawler hybrid where you play as one of ten unique…