[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he title of this campaign may make it sound like a convergence of Indie developers showing up unannounced to the cocktail after party at E3, but the real mission is a little more impacting than that. Back in 2013, Indies Crash E3 employed their…
Are you ready to fight with elite ninja for honor and glory? I know I am! Ninja All-Stars features high quality miniatures of different ninja representing the various clans of this board game. With having the options to play as anything from the dark ninja, Ijin…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he time has come to discover who you really are, earn your salt as a captain, and become lost in the dark maw of the zee. This is the Sunless Sea, and it is as dangerous as it is mysterious. Begin your journey in…
Some folks grew up with the early days of video games, while some others were children of the 90s. Falling into this category myself, it’s very easy to lament the style of early 3D platformers which have mostly disappeared from the landscape. Instead, indie developers…
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]hen it released in 2012, Dennation Games’ Hotline Miami presented us with a question: do you like to hurt people? The game took violence to the next level with some of the most brutal gameplay ever conceived. It made you uncomfortable, not just because of the…
We here at Cliqist love crowdfunded games, but we are gamers just like you guys, and that means we play, well, everything. The “Not Crowdfunded, But…” series will be a regular dose of non-crowdfunded magic from us to you, covering everything from the latest Gears of…
[dropcap size=big]M[/dropcap]yDream is the voxel-based sandbox multiplayer game by MyDream Interactive, Inc. whose slogan was not only, “Think outside the blocks,” but they assured parents there would be no “senseless violence” and even went so far as to promise “real world skills” in their Kickstarter…
Burgle Bros is a cooperative heist board game where players use unique powers to avoid guards, navigate alarms and get out before they are spotted. Burgle Bros takes a lot of its influence from the 2013 PC indie game, “Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine.” (Which…
[dropcap size=big]M[/dropcap]assive Damage, the developer behind upcoming Sci-fi survival game Halycon 6: Starbase Commander, is combining elements from strategy, rogue-like, and simulation games to form a space adventure like no other. The project is already Greenlit on Steam, and has received a marketing boost by…
[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=small]J[/dropcap]ust a few years ago Kickstarter was bustling with huge names in the video game development scene. We’re starting to see that trend return, but in 2013 it was all about adventure games. Case in point, the Armikrog crowdfunding campaign by Pencil Test Studios,…
With zillions of games out there, we’ve seen some resort to quite unusual names to stand out. One such recent example comes in the form of Blazefall Binalblades. When I saw this on Kickstarter I initially had no idea what type of game this was,…
What things are popular in the current video game climate? Minecraft is still kicking it as a world-renowned game, and heck, zombies are still in vogue as well! As such, it seems any game with aspects of both is poised for easy attention. It’s hard…
Although some folks have not yet warmed up to the idea, I’m a big fan of browser-based games. After all, times have changed since you required running various browser extensions to simply get a highly simplistic game to play on one. Nevergrind is a HTML5-based…
Theme parks are pretty awesome to visit, but the expense in getting to one, paying for a ticket, and waiting in lines usually is much less enjoyable. So, why not just go to a digital theme park instead? That’s the possibility that Atom Universe presents….
Bottom of the 9th is a quick dice and card game for one or two players that brings all of the thrills and excitement of baseball’s final inning into a head-to-head competition between an ace pitcher and a star-studded line-up of heavy hitting batters. Bottom of the 9th…