It’s always sad to see a successfully crowdfunded project fail, but it’s especially heartbreaking for one that you cared deeply for. In this case, Ken Allen has just announced in the latest update for his musical composition Under the Half Dome will be shelved for…
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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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A couple months ago an interesting take on the card game genre was funded on Kickstarter and a lot of work has been put into Labyrinth since then. I had covered the previous demo during the campaign and as of this weekend fans will be…
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The Orion Trail is a very hazardous place, full of perils and pitfalls around every corner. It takes a keen mind and wits of steel to make it from the start to finish. Throughout each leg of your journey you’ll be forced to use your resources…
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Late last year an interesting looking adventure game launched on Kickstarter and unfortunately failed to even get close to its goal, but you can never let a determined project down. While the first attempt for Essence failed to get funded it will be returning on…
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One thing that I’m sadly getting quite used to is seeing one project after another miss deadline after deadline. There are actually still some from 2012 that I have yet to see a finished product from, and Reincarnation: The Root of All Evil is unfortunately one…
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AJ Tilley is back on Kickstarter for another visual novel that he wants to get funded, and like his previous titles this one focuses on dating some lovely ladies. For those who have been keeping up with his past Army Gals will be the first…
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Back in December I reported on the future of queer Cyberpunk adventure game Read Only Memories and that future is now. Well, at least the promised free DLC, dubbed “Endless Christmas” that is. For those who’ve unlocked the “canon” ending, the All Good Things achievement,…
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Sometimes a card game doesn’t need to be super complex, making you spend countless hours honing your deck building prowess to the high heavens. Sometimes you just want something simple that you can pick up and play without the tediousness of hoping your sick combo…
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Star Trek is a very popular science fiction property that’s been a part of our culture for nearly sixty years now and it’s not only permeated in most popular media but it’s also influenced plenty of spoof games and movies. And Orion Trail is no…
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Stranded on an alien planet with little in the way to survive but your wits and materials found around you can you make it off the miserable rock or will you be forced to go native…or worse? That’s more or less the basic premise behind…
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I’m very much interested in learning more about the two World Wars and while the story of those who have fought in them are quite tragic sometimes you just want a little bit of comedy in your drama. Enter an interesting take on the time…
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Ever since I first read The Hobbit and saw just how badass Smaug was I instantly fell in love with dragons. The noble qualities, fierce determinism, and just the fact that these guys can breath freakin’ fire were enough for me to want more. There…
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Captain’s Log, Stardate um…what day is it? Monday? Thursday? Oh, who cares. We’re in space. I can make up the time. Let’s call it “Splurgsday”. Yeah, let’s go with that. Captain’s Log, Stardate Splurgsday the Eleventeenth. The Indestructible II has finally managed to make it…
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It’s been a long, hard battle for the folks at MiKandi Japan as they fought to get their translation funded for XERO’s vampire themed visual novel Libra of the Vampire Princess. Throughout the month they worked tirelessly to reach that coveted 100% milestone and as…
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It’s been a while since we heard from Laney Berry and the rest of the team at Classroom Graffiti on their school based mystery adventure game The St. Christopher’s School Lockdown and while we’ve been getting little in the way of visual goodies to see…
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I am a huge adventure game fan. One of the companies that I grew up with and have fallen in love with was Sierra On-Line. You know, the people behind the classic King’s Quest and other quest titles. Which should come as to no surprise…