Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] Playing Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is like being slapped the hell around by a pretty girl while she feeds you candy and plays sweet panflute solos in a rocking chair, and while yes, there is a gas…
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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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Many of us have been excited about the upcoming release of Project Maiden, “a Zeldalike in reverse”, but unfortunately for us, there’s not a ton of media coverage on this unique but low-profile game. Successfully funded last July, Kevin B. Cole’s brainchild has revealed quite…
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After months of silence from developers Stone Blade Entertainment, backers and hopefuls alike have finally heard word from the company. Many were worried that the successfully funded Kickstarter for Ascension Online wasn’t going to deliver on its promises, but a recent update from developers confirms…
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[dropcap]D[/dropcap]eep 2D Cyberpunk RPG Dex has recently welcomed backers into its world, sending out the very first Early Access links to anyone who donated to the higher reward tiers of the game’s original Kickstarter. Non-backers and backers of lower tiers can still enjoy brand-new artwork…
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Cosmochoria is described as a love letter to classic arcade games, but not quite in the way you’d expect, because Cosmochoria deals with the themes of isolation and wonder just as much as many experimental art games. Cosmochoria is a game about exploration, discovery, childlike wonder,…
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I was raised on the classic cRPGs of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, games like Diablo and Baldur’s Gate, and while playing those games today still feels satisfying and fun, I can’t help but feel like the genre has been neglected. It didn’t update…
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I hate dying in video games. Now I have to start all over, play through the same thing again, sans surprise and discovery; it sucks. Luckily for me, Hero Generations takes the crushing inevitability of death and makes it an interesting and original gameplay mechanic, all…
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I love party games so much. Be they tabletop or video games, party games are a powerfully fun experience with the right people, and they’ve gone across all genres. Just recently, however, Prismatic Games, developers of The Bridge, have made a novel proposal in the…
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There are puzzle games aplenty out there right now, predominately on mobile platforms, but most of them are quick pick-up-and-play games that work best in short bursts. APEXICON, currently being developed for PC and Wii U by Actos Games, aims to be a different experience,…
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There are a ton of jumpscares to be found in the world of indie horror games, and yeah, they work for a second, but they’re cheap, they don’t last, and they’re just too damn easy. Survival Horror has been losing itself lately, straying too far…
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Backers of Starlight: Astronaut Academy have recently undertaken the very first Alpha test of the successfully funded Space MMO. In a backer-exclusive email, developers divulged future plans for the modular series, including new game modes G-Ball, Planetary Settlement, and Deep Space, as well as confirmation…
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We’ve already announced and previewed Red Goddess, and many gamers who are excited about the release of the game may not know about some recently-emerged details about the title, currently being funded through Kickstarter. Most of the news was about new digital reward tiers and…
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Goat Simulator Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] used to have goats. My dad raised them in the back yard for, like, three years before I moved away to college. They were crafty little bastards, always getting out of their enclosure. I decided to give Goat…
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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s someone who was, at one point, limited to playing games exclusively on an iPod Touch, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that touchscreen controls don’t always work as well as we’d like them to, especially for things like platformers. The problem…
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]ower defense games and RTS have been overlapping a bit lately, and what’s been popping out of that odd little union are some great, fast paced light strategy games, and the newest entry to the genre is Bruce McLavy’s Northern Guard: Assault, an RTS about…
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap] don’t know why, but I’ve always had a thing for platforming/shooters, namely ones that let you aim freely with the mouse. Something about it is just really fun and satisfying, and Binji is looking to alleviate the odd lack of games like this with their…