The concept of a Robot Apocalypse isn’t anything new. It’s been done for decades, and we know exactly how it usually goes. Scientist makes super-intelligent AI in the years preceding the singularity, and the AI creates a robot army to kill the not-robot army. Allow…
Friendship is Magic in CreaVures CreaVures Reviewed By Julie Morley CreaVures was funded on Kickstarter back in 2011 for $5,334, $2K over the original funding goal. They approached Kickstarter to get an audience for CreaVures and introduce it to the community prior to the Steam…
A big part of why people back a game on Kickstarter is to get access to the many perks associated with helping a game come full circle. One of the perks people look the most forward too (and often give the most money for) is…
The Untold Backstory of The Untold History Of Japanese Game Developers By Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Untold History of Japanese Game Developers was a Kickstarter project formed to bring interviews, retrospectives, and more about Japanese video games to a Western audience. Many classic developers are…
I Am From The Future; No Time To Explain By Charlotte “Charlie” Humphries [divider] I AM FROM THE FUTURE I need to tell you, but there’s No Time to Explain. You’re dancing in your house. Your window explodes inwards, showering you with glass. That’s you! That’s…
Welcome to Mistland – June Edition Another View of Knite & The Ghost Lights By Julie Morley [divider] Many times the Knitemire elder had warned me from venturing off too far away, especially towards the Old Graveyard. The restraints of Knitemire are oppressive and could rob…
West Games has launched a Kickstarter to help fund Areal and the results are looking pretty controversial. West Games is composed of a staff of members with plenty of experience in the gaming industry and have broken away from larger studios to produce a work…
Boss Fight Books’ “Galaga” By Michael Kimball – Reviewed By Marcus Estrada [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you were around for the arcade game craze in the 20th century then you’re likely very familiar with a ton of the space-based games. Space Invaders, Asteroids, Galaxian, Defender, Galaga, and…
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,…
The Deer God Previewed By Julie Morley [divider] The Deer God is a 3D pixelized game about survival, reincarnation, and making the right choices. Recently, we did post up an announcement piece going over the basics of the campaign and why Crescent Moon Games has…
Two man indie studio, Lunar Ray Games, comes to Kickstarter with a heartbreaking story of war, murder, and a thirst for revenge destined to stir up Metroid lovers’ nostalgia and give players a pixelated adventure to really talk about. This project is Timespinner. Timespinner is…
A programmer on the Hyper Hippo development team took a leap of faith and over the course of one weekend created a tasteful and undeniably fun prototype and FPS engine using the source code from previous games. Immediately, the office was smitten by his engaging…
Fabian Rastorfer, Ben Miller, and their development team have hit Kickstarter, seeking $45K for their latest gaming project, The Wild Wild Pixel. The team hopes to work on The Wild Wild Pixel for at least a year and a half to make it the game…
Lifeless Planet Reviewed By Megan Mellers [divider] Everyone knows it’s hard to watch kids grow up. One minute they’re cuddling on the couch with a coloring book, and the next they’re packing for college. Some kids do it gracefully, earning lots of nods and smiles…
The staff of Auralab had a very interesting art director with an eye for interesting ideas. After making a short animation about karma the team was smitten, it had to be a game. Thus, the karma adventure of Karma. Incarnation 1 began. Karma. Incarnation 1 centers…
Dwarves are a race that gets little attention, but they’re on the brink of extinction since more stars are beginning to fade away. In a Universe unlike ours, with life hardly possible unless they are surrounded by stars; an unknown accident has taken three dwarves,…
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