My biggest problem with Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme, aside from the character artwork, was the lack of a cohesive story. While I have loved the hijinx that ensued by having so many people in Siren’s Point have their gender flipped it did have a tendency…
Serena Nelson
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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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I’ll get this out of the way first. I hate jump scares. However, I was willing to give Cluck Yegger in Escape From the Planet of the Poultroids a good look because it was a mini-game being done by one of my favorite pair of…
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For most people November 20 is just another day on the calendar, but for a good subset of the population it is a very important date. It is the day where we take a moment to remember those who have taken their lives or have…
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I love me a good MMO almost as much as I love a good adventure game. I’ve played a lot of the big name titles and even a few of the smaller indie games. However, AdventureQuest was one that had escaped my notice. At least…
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I’m not much of a platformer shooter fan, but I do love me some weird and quirky gameplay. Which is why I decided to give Douglas Circumstance a glance. And while it might still not be my cup of tea it still looks like a…
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Visual novels generally revolve around romancing one or more main characters and while Quantum Suicide certainly doesn’t deviate from this norm it also does so with its own take on the genre. You are a member of the second generation of humanity that left the…
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All right, gang. Let’s go over the clues again. We found an old book, read from it, and the dead have come back to haunt us. Thus begins the overarching plot of Poltergus. Gus, a talking dog, has been without work after he and his…
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It’s the worst kept secret that I love playing collectible card games, so when Labyrinth appeared on Kickstarter I had to check it out. I’ve enjoyed reading what they’ve revealed so far but what I really wanted was to sink my proverbial teeth into the…
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The second alpha build for the “gender bender” visual novel Max’s Big Bust has just been sent off to backers at the alpha level and higher. The game also has just hit Steam’s Early Access platform as well, for those that care. Anyway, I took…
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I love choice. Who doesn’t? Realms of Magic gives you plenty of choice. Perhaps too much. There’s so much to do in this sandbox RPG that it’s hard to focus on just one aspect of the game. You can do pretty much anything that you…
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Despite being a fan of the strange and macabre, zombie stories have never really appealed to me. Perhaps it’s because most games feature just you, and maybe a few friends, taking on hordes of these undead without any real substance beyond getting gooey rotting bits…
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Some gods are benevolent and some gods are just assholes. Unfortunately for our young protagonist in The Last Shore this happens to be quite the latter. According to the pitch, her people are being threatened by their deities for whatever reason and she goes on…
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Set sail for adventure, fame, and glory during the Middle Ages as one of several historical tribes of the seventh century. The Great Whale Road is a turn-based strategy and card game hybrid that just launched on Kickstarter and it looks to be an interesting…
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I love visual novels. I love stories about duality. I love stories with paladins. So, it should come as to no surprise that I couldn’t back Brilliant Shadows quickly enough. And, after finally finding the time to play through it I just have to say…
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Being interested in seeing just exactly how the turn based dungeon crawler Infinite Adventures plays I decided to take a brief look at the demo the developers provided for the Kickstarter campaign. Before I go into my analysis of it I will point out that…
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Despite not being a fan of Metroidvania style games the basic plot for Dark Flame was enough to make me at least interested in seeing exactly how the game played out. Thankfully, they provided a demo so that those like me who are on the…