Kingdom Caligula – Reviewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] Many people associate the name Caligula with madness. This Roman emperor of the years 37 to 41 AD did a great many things during his reign but time has erased everything but the spectre of insanity from…
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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.
Coming Out On Top Previewed – Part Deux By Marcus Estrada [divider] Coming Out On Top is an upcoming dating sim that proved incredibly successful on Kickstarter last year. Much of this allure had to do with the fact that it focuses on lead character…
Gaming In Color Reviewed By Marcus Estrada Video games are something that a vast amount of people are able to enjoy. Young, old, married, African American, hearing impaired, straight, genderqueer, Caucasian, disabled, Catholic, Democrat, and so many other labels are all interacting in the gaming…
Factorio Previewed by Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t all started out so simple… At the very beginning Factorio looked like it was going to be just another game focused around harvesting bits to craft into something else. Although there is indeed a lot of resource collecting…
Hello and welcome back to the world of crowdfunded visual novels, and Novelly Funded! Many visual novels, like books, create brand new worlds, characters, and storylines for us to fall in love with. However, sometimes all you want is to spend more time with the…
CasinoRPG – Previewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] Many of us enjoy the thrill of gambling at least once in a while. I’d be lying to suggest that even I don’t enjoy a jaunt to Las Vegas every once in a while. The only issue with…
Eterium – Reviewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]’m not normally the kind of guy who cares about sci-fi storylines. For whatever reason, my interests always trended toward the technology of today with no consideration for Star Trek, Star Wars, or Battlestar Galactica. Yet, Wing…
Coming Out On Top Previewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]ack in early 2013, an incredibly pleasant surprise popped up on Kickstarter. Developer Obscurasoft shared their project with the world – a gay visual novel by the name of Coming Out On Top. Although some are…
Factorio Previewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]F[/dropcap]actorio… Somehow, I had never heard of the game before. It saw crowdfunding success via Indiegogo in March 2013 and has since been accruing a devoted fan base. Perhaps the better way to describe it is indoctrinating new, innocent gamers. Before Factorio,…
Hello again! Did you enjoy our previous issues of Novelly Funded and feel the need to come back for even more? Luckily I’ve got you covered with another batch of visual novels worth looking into. This time around our focus is on titles that are…
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Novelly Funded! Visual novels may be one of the most misunderstood genres in the West, but I’m hoping Novelly Funded will help to chip away at the confusion. Last time, I introduced the intriguing world of visual…
By Marcus Estrada [divider] If one thing is certain about the current state of gaming, it’s that adventure games never actually died. As of late, the genre seems increasingly active with new titles arriving with increasing frequency. AR-K is one such adventure game from Gato…
GhostControl Inc. – Reviewed by Marcus Estrada [divider] Updated June 17th, 2014. Our review of GhostControl Inc. initially ran in February. However, the developer was not content with that being the final version. In preparation for the game’s Steam launch a host of new features…
By Marcus Estrada [divider] If you’re a fan of Kickstarter, IndieGogo, or other forms of crowdfunding then you’ve likely come across a handful of games describing themselves as “visual novels” or “dating sims”. Unfortunately, many gamers outside of Japan have never even heard of…