In case you haven’t heard by now, adventure games are my thing. My “bread and butter” if you will. Which is why I’ll check out any game in this genre no matter how weird, dark, or mature it is. In the case of StarFlint the…
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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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Everything that has happened will happen again. Or so the saying goes. One type of story that has captured my interest has been the recurring event, or loop, tale. The ones where you’re doomed to repeat everything over and over again. Which is one reason…
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It is hard to tell just exactly why a game gets added or rejected by a digital distribution platform like GOG.com, but it’s always good to see when one does get put up. In the case of Cyberpunk RPG Dex they’ve had a really hard…
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I will freely admit that I’m not a fan of simulator games. I’m not sure why but they just don’t capture my interest as much as other genres. With that said, I won’t pass on a game purely on that alone. With UBOOT I do…
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In four years and three hundred projects I’ve pretty much seen all that there is in regards to how crowdfunding works and doesn’t work. I’ve also seen a lot of questions asked over and over again as to how some aspect of Kickstarter is handled….
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Even when it comes to adventure games there are some that I just have a hard time getting behind. And one of them was The 7th Guest and its sequel The 11th Hour. Not because of the story, though, as I really liked the weird…
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One of the things that I love talking about in my articles is not just a specific game itself but also the people behind these interesting titles. It’s quite possible that few people outside of the adventure game community would have heard of the name…
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There have been a number of games that sound great on paper but that I’ve ended up having to pass on for a number of reasons. In the case of Negotiator VR there are a number of factors that have me keeping my wallet closed….
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Once upon a time I spent a lot of my free time over in various forums. Of those, the one that I’ve spent the most time being active on was the Pinkerton Road board. I backed the Pinkerton Road Kickstarter back when it ran in…
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It’s been a while since we last heard from Rapscallion Games regarding development of their Lovecraftian “adventure visual novel” The Miskatonic. However, we have just been graced with another update showcasing some new artwork and discussion regarding some delays. It sounds like alpha and beta…
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Visual novels tend to be little more than a glorified “choose your own adventure” story, but sometimes one comes along that tries its best to break the mold. In the case of Max’s Big Bust it certainly works hard to blur the line between visual…
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It’s never fun to see a project that you’ve backed not make it, but I have to admit that my successful-to-unsuccessful ratio has gotten worse over the past few months. Of course, some of that has to do with purposefully backing projects that have no chance…
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When it comes to crowdfunding the pitch pretty much makes or breaks a campaign. The difference between a mediocre finish and a spectacular one lies in what a developer manages to convey in a short video and text pitch. In the case of Stardrop, the…
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As an avid adventure afficianado, when I saw Hero-U launch on Kickstarter I didn’t hesitate to back it. After all, it was the return of two more Sierra alums to crowdfunding. With that said, nearly four years later the most we’ve seen are some screenshots…
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When it comes to adventure games I sit up and listen. And when Bill Tiller, of LucasArts fame, and company turned to Kickstarter to get a comedy pirate themed adventure game funded I immediately had to back it. Because of the names behind it, obviously. Plus,…
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It’s always a sad day when you get the news that something that you’ve spent countless hours with is being shut down. And in the case of Pinkerton Road’s forums this is indeed a somber occasion not just for me but for so many other…