About two weeks ago, Venture Moon Industries announced they were dropping the DRM-free version of Duke Grabowski. Understandably, many backers were angry with decision by publisher Alliance Game Studios. As of a new update, though, things have changed. What led to Alliance’s change of heart hasn’t…
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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 love seeing a game being designed for all ages, young or old, so it makes me happy to see a title like Nairi come around. If there’s one adventure game that screams family, it’s this one. From the cute and adorable characters to a…
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Visual novels are usually relegated to flat 2D surfaces. After all, they’re little more than interactive storybooks. To pull one out and create it from the ground up with virtual reality in mind is pretty much unheard of. Until now, that is. With Angels &…
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I normally don’t like playing isometric arcade-y type games. It doesn’t mean I won’t, though. These days I need to have something unique to at least capture my attention. Antraxx is certainly an interesting concept, and one I might look further into. It’s an online mech…
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When it comes to adventure games, I generally want to know a bit about the story before becoming enamored with it. However, sometimes just the visuals alone has me wanting to know more. Coming to Kickstarter October 3, Nairi is a cute point and click game…
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I love a game with a unique look and style. I love it even more if it’s in a genre that I enjoy playing. In the case of Backdrop, it looks like a sort of hybrid between adventure game and RPG, both styles of play…
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Before I say anything else, I want to state for the record I like strange games. Unfortunately, if a game is being touted as a bizarre tale I need to know a bit about the plot. In Sally Face, outside of the main character having a…
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I love goats. No, not in that way. There’s just something I like about them. Anyway, when I see a game featuring our cloven pals I have to take a close look at it. In the case of When Goats Join Cults, it’s as strange…
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I grew up on text adventures. One of the first games I remember playing is Zork, and from that point on I fell in love with the genre. I’m also a big fan of hacker games. Code 7 manages to merge both together into what…
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I’m a Steam user. I have over a thousand games in my library. I’m also a fan of DRM-free games. Thankfully, most crowdfunded games tend to offer a choice of one or the other to backers. Up until now, Duke Grabowski wasn’t an exception. Things…
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I’m big into tabletop gaming. I’ve been roleplaying for about fifteen years now, and one title I’ve enjoyed was 7th Sea. I have fond memories of playing it, so it was a no-brainer to back the 2nd edition of the game. Fans now have an…
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I enjoy a good online game, but I’ll admit that I’ve never been into MOBA gaming. That said, I do find Tuebor to be an interesting take on the genre. Blending elements of MMOs, RPGs, and the aforementioned MOBAs this one looks to be a unique…
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It’s not unheard of to see game developers start out with one engine and decide to move to a different one. It’s actually pretty common with crowdfunded games. Dreadlocks has recently announced to backers that their paranormal adventure Ghost Theory is being moved from Unity to…
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There are bad pitches, there are lazy pitches, and there are pitches that you have to stay away from. I can forgive some transgressions, but when a project like King’s Gate comes along it throws up so many red flags it needs to be talked…
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I’ll be one of the first to admit that I like a little bit of “toilet humor” in my games. It was one of the things that attracted me to the comedy of point and click adventure Demetrios. I will also admit I found the fart…
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When it comes to adventure games, I prefer to play them on a PC. However, I’m also not the type to bash console users, either. Frankly, this genre could use all the exposure it can get. SkyGoblin just announced in an update that the entire…