Ridiculous Game Difficulty as a Selling Point By Nathaniel Liles [divider] I’ve spoken on this topic many times on its own, and that’s not to mention the countless time I’ve said it in reviews, but I feel like I’ve been encountering this problem enough in…
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A Story About My Uncle Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] I didn’t have any idea what to expect from A Story About My Uncle when I first set out to play it. I’d seen some people doing Let’s Plays, then I saw all the great…
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…
Welcome to our weekly feature, “Question Of The Week.” As you can tell from that entirely original title each week we pose a question to our panel and they chime in with their opinions. No one sees one another’s responses until the story is posted,…
Arcade games are awesome. A fast paced, addictive game designed in a retro art style and synth sound effects. Who doesn’t love nostalgia? Even those who weren’t even alive(like myself) or were drinking milk from a bottle during their prime, the younger generations can appreciate…
Considering Shovel Knight has had the time to fall both in and out of the indie spotlight, as it were, the game hasn’t actually been released in any form. I found this strange to learn, because I could’ve sworn that it was released ages ago,…
The Slaughter, an immersive and story driven adventure game to be released next month on PC, Mac, and Linux, is going to miss its projected release date of July 2014. While yes, this is a bit disappointing, the game has plenty of progress to show from…
I’ve seen enough Kickstarter scams to tell you that Dungeon Panic! is actually on hiatus. It’s not some scam, believe it or not, although many many times when a game goes on hiatus, it is. Why do I think that this is a legitimate delay?…
Sam Ruggieri Discusses The Far Reaches By Julie Morley [divider] The Far Reaches is a unique MMORPG, designed to give players the feeling of an alternative reality rather than parading around in a virtual playground. It’s been on Kickstarter for a few weeks now and…
The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD – Reviewed By Marcus Estrada Last year The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers was Kickstarted to the tune of around 70,000 British pounds (nearly $120,000). This project promised a book filled with interviews with Japanese developers….
The two man development team, game lovers, and hardcore programmers at Limevision Studios, had an idea for an exploration survival game that can only become a reality with the help of the IndieGoGo community. There’s a big variety of gameplay modes they want to incorporate…
Normally, here on Cliqist, we will cover video games that are crowdfunded. However, from time to time we come across some pretty amazing table top games that we just can’t turn away from. In this case, it’s Scrapyard Empire by Galliant Games which is currently…
From the creators of Throw Trucks With Your Mind, Crooked Tree Studios, comes their second Kickstarter-based game, For My Brother. In For My Brother, you’re a sister with quite the dilemma. In order to save the life of the brother you hold dear, you must…
Let’s Go to Prison With The Escapists By Marcus Estrada [divider] The Escapists did quite well for itself when being funded on Kickstarter. In the end they received about double the asking price and have been hard at work on the game ever since. The…
The SUPERHOT Team from Poland launched their SUPERHOT game on Kickstarter not too long ago, aiming for $100K. SUPERHOT is a first person shooter game granting players the ability to manipulate time through their own movements, enabling them to avert any obstacles or bullets heading their direction,…
I whine a lot about how many visual novels there are on Kickstarter, I’ll give you that, but let’s not forget about The Seed, here. The Seed is an interactive novel, yes, but it’s done in a completely different style than most of what I’ve…