5 Kickstarter Games That Failed While You Were Backing Potato Salad By Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]’m just as guilty as the rest of the internet when it comes to the crazy hype surrounding the Potato Salad Kickstarter. I do my job here with two glorious…
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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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It’s not hard to find something funny (or offensively unfunny) about Rob Ford. Give it a quick Google. Go on, now, do it. I’ll wait. Welcome back. Yeah, he totally did all that. Smoked crack on camera? Check. DUI and possession? One check each. Proposing…
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Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora, the upcoming crime-solving block-fest has been struck with a tragedy and while it’s not a tragedy that will lead to a huge delay or a cancellation, it’s one that has given the game a new purpose….
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It seems that these days, survival horror has become split into exactly two distinct styles of gameplay. We have third-person action games that claim to be “survival horror” because it’s dark a bunch and stuff’s spooky, and we have first-person survival horror games that, while…
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Breaking news, I know, but considering how much unearned recognition that silly Potato Salad campaign has gotten lately, many people have forgotten what crowdfunding is for. It’s not some vessel to earn ridiculous amounts of money making a side dish. It’s a place where people…
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I’m going to try sincerely not to come off as a jerk, so please understand where I’m coming from here. We here at Cliqist love all the developers out there chasing after their wildest dreams with an incredibly small pool of resources, and while indie…
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Welcome to episode five of “Nathaniel Gives Things Vague Titles and then Explains Why They Make Sense but They Don’t Really”. Today we’ll be talking about Tyto Online, an upcoming MMO being developed by Immersed Games. Aside from the entire dev team inexplicably wearing Star…
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Usually, when you think about a point and click adventure game, you think about crazy, convoluted puzzles. In fact, this very concept is what inspires some of the most intense feelings of achievement and, conversely, frustration in the entirety of video games. Suddenly realizing you…
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For the love of… *sigh* Okay. Fine. This exists. In a daring crossover of two of the most annoying things in the world, a man known only as Sage G has created a game that will change the world if it is released – and…
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It’s really hard to take a game from 2D to 3D. Just look at Bubsy. Now, I’m not trying to say that the two 2D Bubsy games weren’t complete and total travesties, but just look at Bubsy 3D. Goodness gracious. Well, for the same reason…
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The concept of being completely blind and using sound to “see” has been played around with quite a bit in books, movies, and other types of media. Everyone knows about Daredevil, the Marvel superhero who has exactly zero functioning eyeballs, and even though his debut…
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Quality Time In InSomnia’s Dieselpunk Sci-Fi Sandbox By Nathaniel Liles [divider] The dieselpunk look and feel has been taking off ever since the Fallout series started getting serious attention again (around the time Fallout 3 came out), and I’m a big fan of the oxidized…
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If you’re interested in point-and-click adventure games, you don’t have to look very deeply into the pool of Kickstarter’s gaming section to find a few, but most of them are either trying to reinvent the genre or modernize it in some way. Panchito Chepas isn’t…
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I had never heard of Amiga classic Wings before doing a little research on its Remastered Edition, strangely enough, and although I feel like I missed out a little bit, I’ll be getting not only one but two chances to check this out in coming…
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Stasis is a work of interactive art that’s been in the making for over 4 years. The brain child of Christopher Bischoff, Stasis has been at a steady rate of growth since its Kickstarter closed up shop in December of last year. Basically, what’s been…
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Jagged Alliance Flashback – Early Access Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] Many of us are still on the fence about how ethical the current popular use of the Steam Early Access program is. Most developers seem to think it’s a way to grab a few…