Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles My mom used to take me to Renaissance Fairs, It was kinda awesome. I mean, there was jousting, people had real-ass armor on all over the place, and there were swords everywhere. I really enjoyed those times when…
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Nathaniel Liles is a freelance writer, writing major, and indie musician based in Southern Indiana. While procrastinating or avoiding real-world responsibility, Nathaniel enjoys playing rhythm games, action RPGs, and very colorful games with many bright, flashing lights. You can listen to Nathaniel sing songs or download his music for free at http://nathanielliles.bandcamp.com/.
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Holy crap. Okay, before you do anything, before you even finish reading this article, go over to Kickstarter and watch the promotional video for Bob’s Game. It’s a game about a game called Bob’s Game, made by a company called Bobsgame. I visited the official…
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You know, it never really occurred to me until just now how well RTS and hexagons fit together. I mean, in a way top-down tower defense games are just RTS on a grid, but Hextraction, a new RTS title being developed by ComboMash, goes much…
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I understand the appeal of EVE Online. I really do. Whenever I play it, however, I… Ya know, stop playing it. There’s not enough going on to hold my attention for very long because I have the attention span of a… Anyway, where was I?…
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The tower defense genre is one that’s remained fairly niche over the past couple years, and in that niche, it hasn’t had a ton of room to grow thematically or mechanically. Iron Star, a WWI Steampunk tower defense game coming to us from Black Howler…
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There are more than a few visual novels on Kickstarter. There are… Soooooo many. That’s great for fans of the medium, but for many of us, there are just too many to sift through to find one that really speaks to us. Few achieve the…
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Hand of Fate – Previewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] I love tabletop games, so when I first began to fire up Hand of Fate, I was expecting something I’d more or less experienced before. Well, today we get to add that to the long, long…
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Rise of the Owlverlord Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] Owlverlord. Like overlord, but an Owl. That is simply scrumtrillescent. I love it truly. You guys may have read my review of the original Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams here on Cliqist a…
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Ah, I see you’ve clicked on another one of my articles with a nonsensical title. Good on you, reader, but I’m afraid that, yet again, the title makes sense if your brain makes as little sense as mine. Simply put “Wee”, “Woosh”, and “Woo” are…
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I’m not usually gripped by a specific Kickstarter, I’m usually just generally supportive of the idea of getting your ideas out there. When that idea becomes something cool, then I get excited. Right now, however, I’m a little excited about a project called The Universim. God…
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Voxel-based sandbox games are seemingly on the way out right now, with more complicated, freeform procedurally generated games taking their place, but for those of you who seek the fine, certain lines of voxel-based games, I present Universe Edge. It’s a bit like Minecraft, it’s…
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What Makes A Game… Fun? By Nathaniel Liles [divider] We live in a time that many believe to be “lacking that retro charm”, and many people are convinced that games simply are not as good as they used to be. I’m not quite convinced yet,…
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Mercenary Kings Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] Mercenary Kings is a game that slipped past my radar in a big way back when it was originally brought to Kickstarter, and I honestly hadn’t even heard the name until it was released. Even then, I…
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God of Blades – Reviewed by Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] picked up God of Blades in a bundle recently, along with 30+ other games, having absolutely no idea at all what it was. I thought maybe it was your run-of-the-mill beat ‘em up, or maybe…
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Kickstarter has plenty of zombie survival games. Some would even say too many, but for the person who hasn’t quite found the one for them, I present to you Zpocalypse: Survival. Borrowing concepts from roguelikes, tactical games, and stealth, Zpocalypse hopes to bring you the…
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Point and click games have been a great story telling medium since the days of DOS, and that hasn’t changed much over the years. Kickstarter is just full of these things, and for good reason: anyone can put one together. What makes an adventure game…