Don’t you hate it when you hit max level and your character can’t become any more powerful? It stinks! We all love the satisfying progression of leveling up, getting more powerful gear, and killing an ever-widening horde on monsters, so why hasn’t anyone tapped into…
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Shadowgate is Dark, Dreary and Unforgiving By David Lins [divider] When I first stepped into Castle Shadowgate, I was young enough to fear its every corner, its every turn. It was the first videogame world I’d experienced where every choice you made—even something as insignificant…
I love a good free-to-play game, and if you’re a gamer on a budget, you probably do too. Either that, or you wish that the free-to-play scene was a little less expensive, and while many “free” games nickle and dime you to death, one game…
Every week (starting now at least) we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of…
5 Kickstarter Games That Failed While You Were Backing Potato Salad By Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]’m just as guilty as the rest of the internet when it comes to the crazy hype surrounding the Potato Salad Kickstarter. I do my job here with two glorious…
Old School Adventuring Reborn In Quest For Infamy By David Lins [divider] [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow many times do you read the phrase “love letter” while browsing Kickstarter? It’s gotten to the point that it actually makes me cringe a little whenever I see it, because most of…
This contest has ended. If you’d like to enter our latest contest be sure to check it out here! It’s time for our next game giveaway, and this time we’re going a little crazy. See, we’re in the middle of some great sales from Steam…
Quest for Infamy Previewed By David Lins [divider] Thanks to Kickstarter, the world has plenty of modern point-and-click adventure games. Among them, very few manage to live up to the adventure games of the 90s, with their strangely compelling dialogue, fantastic voice acting, and brutal…
The Caffeine Demo Gives Me Hope, But I’m Not Sold By David Lins [divider] When you’re a horror snob, it’s hard to find games that you really enjoy. Ever since Amnesia (and, perhaps moreso, Slender) we’ve been seeing a ton of horror games pop up…
Unwinnable Weekly – Issue 1 – Reviewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] Unwinnable Weekly had a severely stressful Kickstarter campaign for most of its funding period. As the last days were finally upon them, fans and the project creators pushed harder than ever before to make…
Nekro – Early Access Review By Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]’m sure you guys are sick of hearing me say this, but going in to Nekro, I had no idea what to expect. I asked my boss, Greg, to hook me up with something to review…
Zojoi’s Karl Roelofs Discusses Shadowgate By David Lins Zojoi’s Shadowgate is an upcoming reimagining of the classic title of the same name, originally released in 1987 for the Apple Macintosh (and later in 1988 for the NES). It’s a point-and-click puzzle adventure game where even…
Roguelikes are interesting to me and kind of the most realistic game genre I’ve ever encountered. Hold up, think about it. A lot of games have really crazy story-lines and combat situations that in real life would rip you apart. So when a player goes…
Imagine going on a trip; perhaps it’s for business or even for leisure, but you’re in a hotel, nice ‘n’ comfy, when a biological catastrophe strikes. All alone in the penthouse and somehow, you miraculously survived. Life should be good, but it’s not. Oh, far from it….
Diablowing looks like a lot of fun, and it’s great to see Kickstarters with decent gameplay front and center, and if early beta footage can make me want to play a game, something’s gone horribly, horribly right. So, what happens when a developer takes classic…
By David Lins [divider] So you’ve (mentally) rolled up a character. You’ve given it some thought, and you know what type of footprint you’d like to leave on the universe. It’s time to choose your first spaceship. It’s important to remember that ships in Star…