It’s been a while since I heard the name Cornerstone: The Song of Tyrim and honestly I’ve only known about it thanks to Phoenix Online Publishing. I didn’t even know it was crowdfunded the update came upon my gaze. That said, I’m glad to see…
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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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Fans of gaming conventions rejoice as great news has reached the ears of those who backed the Kickstarter for GX3, the LGBTQ-inclusive event that was held last December. According to the update what I have been waiting for is finally coming to pass. No, I’m…
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Those who have been following horror adventure Stasis from the very beginning know that one of the stretch goals unlocked during the Kickstarter campaign was an extra chapter focusing on the Cayne Corporation. Well, as of the latest update we know that this expanded content…
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Shadowrunners rejoice as the promised “bonus campaign” for Shadowrun: Hong Kong is now available to everyone who either backed the Kickstarter or bought the game after release. Dubbed “Shadows of Hong Kong”, this expansion of sorts takes place not long after the events of the…
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When it comes to adventure games I always enjoy a good story. If it comes with a strange or unique premise it’s even better. Which is why I decided to give Sebastian Frank: The Beer Hall Putsch a look and I downloaded and played the…
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While I do enjoy fast paced games from time to time I always find myself drawn more towards the slower, cerebral, and more storydriven games. With Essence this is the latter. After an unsuccessful campaign last year Onevision has just returned to Kickstarter with a…
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I love a good first person shooter, but I rarely have time to play much of them these days. And when I do take some time for a frag fest online I usually find myself hugely outmatched by someone with much more free time on…
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I love a good Cyberpunk inspired story, but most of the time I prefer it traditional. While Valk Unit Zero does contain some of the tropes that makes the genre what it is, it also deviates quite a bit from the near future dystopian society…
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In humanity’s greed for resources we’ve nearly depleted our planet’s reserve. Our only hope lies in reaching beyond the atmosphere and finding a solution to keep our species from dieing out. That’s pretty much the backstory for Deliver Us the Moon, an interesting looking adventure game…
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Despite my love and enthusiasm of a project I will have to admit that a long period of silence between updates does leave me with less than pure optimism. Even one that has me as excited as Zeebarf’s The Ballads of Reemus 2, which was…
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The three day streaming event for the card game and strategy game hybrid Labyrinth has come and gone and while I didn’t stream it I was given a key nonetheless. And with Free Range Games’ blessing I wanted to show off what has been done with the game…
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Adventure games are my life. I grew up with them and I still can’t get enough of new titles as they come out. Of course, back in 2012 I came across a number of great crowdfunded campaigns in this genre, including a Quest for Glory…
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It’s rare to see a game focus on repetition in the story. Sure, there’s a lot of genres out there that use things like grinding and such to inflate play time but we don’t see a “return to the beginning” concept very much outside of…
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In the latest update for Planet Nomads Craneballs announced a special competition where they’re asking people to get creative and fire up the editor and to use it to build a base worthy of hunkering down in and keeping the native wildlife out of your…
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Mid last year visual novel Queen at Arms was released to fans of the tale of a war, self discovery, and a bit of gender bending. Now, we finally get to see the special deluxe edition of the game in just a week or so. On…
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Two years and over forty updates after the launch of the Kickstarter, the first part of The Slaughter has finally been released. Developer Brainchild has kept backers in the loop with new information on nearly a monthly basis since the campaign ended and I’m happy…