Visual novels are great diversions in and of themselves, but sometimes you want one that tries something different. while we don’t know an awful lot about Anime Studio Simulator, it certainly brings that something different to the table. For better or worse it’s not just…
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Serena has been a gamer since an early age and was brought up with the classic adventure games by Sierra On-Line, LucasArts, and Infocom. She's been an active member on Kickstarter since early 2012 and has backed a large number of crowdfunded games, mostly adventures. You can also find her writing for Kickstart Ventures and evn.moe.
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Kickstarter and Steam aren’t exactly known for being “adult” friendly when it comes to allowing mature content on their platforms. Which means that every time I hear about an 18+ patch or even base game being offered I sit up and take notice. In the…
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As I have mentioned before, I know next to nothing about the System Shock series beyond what basically amounts to the “back of the box” snippet. I did install and I did try to play the “enhanced edition” but I didn’t get very far into…
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I’m all for giving to a Kickstarter campaign almost blindly without seeing how it plays out or knowing more than a couple paragraphs of plot in the pitch, but sometimes a project comes along that has me very much on the fence. In the case…
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I’m always on the lookout for a good adventure game with an interesting story but I’m especially excited when I see one with some unique gameplay. Moonburnt Studio will be launching their Kickstarter for Columnae on July 7 and according to the press release that I…
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I’ve been excited for The St. Christopher’s School Lockdown ever since I backed the Kickstarter campaign and I’m still looking forward to finally see the game released. And I’m not just saying that because I’ve become friends with Laney Berry, either. It looks like a…
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When it comes to visual novels, while I do enjoy a good Western story my passion lies more towards the original Japanese tales. Unfortunately, I know pretty much zero Japanese which means I’m forced to wait for translation projects like Sharin no Kuni. And crowdfunding…
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I’ll freely admit that I’m not a huge mecha fan. Sure, I do enjoy a good anime or roleplaying game that heavily focuses on it but I’m nowhere near as dedicated to the genre as some people are. That said, the rich history behind the…
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I’m a sucker for adventure games but sometimes a premise isn’t enough to sell me on backing it. In the case of Kelvin and the Infamous Machine I almost passed on it entirely. That was when it was called Inspire Me and the idea of some…
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Ever since I saw The Eyes of Ara launch on Kickstarter I knew that this was a game that I had to play. It looked great, had an interesting premise, and it most certainly invoked the feeling of playing a “Myst clone”. And based off…
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I’m a sucker for the oddball game, and the weirder and more surreal it is the better. In the case of Four Last Things, this is most certainly the case as you’re not just playing a strange adventure game with some really wicked and dark…
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When it comes to crowdfunding, I’m as much of a fan of nostalgia as I am towards unique game concepts. However, does nostalgia have a place on Kickstarter, and do the big projects deserve to be funded by fans? That depends, of course, on a…
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When it comes to adventure games I try to back as many as I possibly can on Kickstarter. Of course, there have been way too many over the past four years and change that I only managed to get on board about 134 of them,…
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With recent news regarding Bloodstained and Mighty No. 9, particularly that coming from E3, I wanted to do something a little bit different this time with my Kickstarter Primer videos. Namely, something that I call the “David Vs. Goliath” syndrome. Basically this is just a…
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I will admit that it gets frustrating seeing projects that I’ve backed take forever to get made and it’s even more frustrating when we get little, if anything, to see for months if at all. In the case of Reincarnation: The Root of All Evil these…
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When it comes to visual novels, you’ve got topics that run the gamut from sexy to serious to funny to downright weird. But there is a fine line between a cool looking game and being downright offensive. In the case of Go! Go! Democratic People’s Republic…