Looking for a strong combination of tactical space wargame and 4x experience? That’s what developer Snowforged Entertainment hopes to provide with Starfall Tactics. Their game is a mix of both, as it focuses heavily on creating immensely tactical battles as well as the ability to…
Monsters’ Den is a series with a history. Started in 2007, this web game spawned both Monsters’ Den: The Book of Dread and Monsters’ Den Chronicles. However, these were all browser titles. Now, developer Dan Stradwick is working on a downloadable entry in the series…
[dropcap size=small]G[/dropcap]oing through a breakup is challenging, especially when the relationship in question has spanned years. In the case of Apartment, we’re experiencing the emotional ramifications of Nick and Madison’s four year relationship coming to an end. We explore the apartment as Nick, seeing the…
Those who have been following adventure games on Kickstarter as long as I have should be familiar with Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption by Lori and Corey Cole. It was a spiritual successor to their Quest for Glory series back during the days of Sierra On-Line….
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]im Schafer made a huge splash in the crowdfunding scene in early 2012 and put Kickstarter on the map. He pretty much set the scene for every game (adventure or otherwise) that would eventually seek funding by the fans. Asking for less than half…
[dropcap size=big]K[/dropcap]ickstarter is well-known for being a platform to get ideas funded by fans and without the need to have a publisher breathing down their collective necks. And while it should be enough to give from the kindness of one’s own heart there still needs…
[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game 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 them…
[dropcap size=big]E[/dropcap]very month Kickstarter is full of wild successes, and depressing failures. While some are always going to have that massive fan push behind them to see hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding others barely make it to the finish line. Due to the…
[dropcap size=big]U[/dropcap]nforgotten Quest was the game project and personal baby of YouTuber, BruceWillakers, also known as Robert Moran. The campaign ran from November 18th, 2012 to December 18th, 2012. It closed out with over $118k raised, a feat I think it achieved purely on salesmanship…
Need proof that the 3D platforming revival is upon us? Yooka-Laylee from Playtonic Games (comprised of ex-Rare Ltd staffers) has just launched on Kickstarter to tremendous success. The platformer is a spiritual successor to the much-loved Banjo-Kazooie series, right down to the duo of protagonists….
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he latest playable character for Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme was released a few weeks ago and I took the opportunity to play through it. For those that don’t know what it is, it’s a gender swap visual novel where all of the characters…
Although the main focus of Cliqist is digital video games, it’s not our exclusive focus. From time to time we cover the realm of tabletop board games via Andrew Esposito’s Kicking Cardboard posts. As it turns out, Kickstarter is positively swimming with projects of this type,…
[dropcap size=big]B[/dropcap]loodborne is said to have less weapons than the Dark Souls series, but the arsenal is fairly interesting because of its use of two different modes for each weapon. Some of the more intriguing Bloodborne weapons are the Beast Claw, the Threaded Cane, and the Reiterpallasch. For…
Warning: This analysis is going to go in-depth with the game’s story. Major spoilers can be found throughout. If you’ve not played Bloodborne and you want to see what some of the fuss is about, you’ll find it here—but I do recommend playing it first…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he latest Ultima Underworld release, Underworld Ascendant, recently surpassed its $600k Kickstarter goal, bringing in over $860,000, and many gamers, myself included, are quite excited. The exciting RPG is preceded by two titles, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, and Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds. In preparation for the…
[dropcap size=big]G[/dropcap]ameLoading: Rise of the Indies is a documentary which had been in the works for quite some time. Initially crowdfunded in 2013, Studio Bento realized they actually required more funding. Instead of this being the death of their project, as has happened with other…