[dropcap]M[/dropcap]any companies have launched Android-based consoles onto the market lately, the most high-profile case being that of the OUYA. With companies like Amazon and Mad Catz getting in on that action, it’s hard to think that there’s no reason behind it. The OUYA was a…
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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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Think of something fast. Think of something even faster than that. Now think about the fastest thing in the known Universe, and think about the problems you face when that isn’t fast enough. Slower Than Light, currently being developed by John Brewer, is a strategy…
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No doubt inspired by the successful Hunger Games franchise, The Survival Games has started its Kickstarter Campaign with a goal of $20,000 to bring us an immersive and deeply strategic competitive multiplayer experience that will balance realism and fun in a way that’s, with any…
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We all know that Kickstarter and IndieGoGo have no shortage of visual novels, and even broader is the general “anime game” category, but most of the time these visual novels lack something that we’ve come to love in the world of video games: gameplay. I’m…
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The Enchanted Cave 2 is now seeking funding on Kickstarter, and developer Dustin Auxier needs your help to make the sequel to his original flash and mobile game a reality! Featuring the trademark roguelike gameplay of the original with randomly generated floors and instances, The…
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I’m a huge fan of Mirror’s Edge, so I can personally vouch for the awesomeness of first-person parkour games, and while we wait for Mirror’s Edge 2, Evan Todd might just be making something better. In math terminology, a lemma is a stepping stone for…
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We’ve all seen Twitch Plays Pokémon, and if you haven’t seen it, you’ve felt its influence roll through the internet like a dark cloud of chaos. Now, what if that idea of everyone simultaneously influencing a game was taken advantage of, not only from a…
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A Hat In Time Previewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] When I first saw A Hat in Time, it was love at first sight, so if you’re looking for the one person on the internet who didn’t like the game, you’re looking in the wrong…
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Free-to-play marketing models are often broken, exploitative, driven by greed, and scamming devoted customers; it’s something Drawn by Clouds aims to change by introducing their Free-To-Pay-What-You-Want (FTPWYW) mechanic. It’s a way of charging less for more but rewarding more generous people with even more than…
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10 years after the creation of Bizenghast, one of the finest English manga ever created, the original creator, M. Alice LeGrow is making a return to the series, but not in the form of another manga. Instead, this time around, M. LeGrow has teamed up…
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There are plenty of games out there these days that let you run around killing zombie. This has gotten to the point of insanity lately, so it’s nice to see a studio do something a little different, and it looks like the folks over at…
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For a little over a year, my iPod Touch was my primary game system, and while I’ll probably be struck by lightning for saying that, it doesn’t change the fact that many people who enjoy video games occasionally find themselves without a proper console. The…
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Darkout Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] There’s a special kind of feeling you get when you fire up a good game. The excitement. The rush. The certainty that you’ll be able to play for more than 10 minutes without a game-breaking glitch occurring. Unfortunately,…
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In the last few years, I’ve been seeing more game pop up that allow you to play the bad guy, or at least someone who isn’t exactly good, but games like this are still a bit too “few and far between”, so it may behoove…
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Stones of Sorrow is a video game that has literally been in development for tens of thousands of years; well, at least as far as the art assets. Stones of Sorrow is an over-the-top and fast-paced roguelike currently being developed by Rain Pohlak. You may recognize…
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Starwhal: Just The Tip – Early Access Review By Nathaniel Liles [divider] Starwhal: Just the Tip is the single most fun multiplayer experience I’ve had since my days of playing split-screen Twisted Metal in my bedroom. In a world that is slowly forgetting about how…