Little Devil Inside caught my eye as soon as I saw it in action in May last year. The game’s colourful, polygonal art style reminds me of my favourite Zelda title, The Wind Waker, if Wind Waker was given steampunk weapons and more beheadings in its combat. But,…
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Our weekly dose of hot takes, occasionally well formed opinions, and fevered outbursts is back; yup, it’s the Question of the Week! This week it’s all about porn. Porn, that thing that makes the internet go round. Ok, more specifically, the sketchy standing of explicit videogame content on Kickstarter. What’s your opinion…
Hello beloved readers! Just wanted to give you a heads up about the new ‘Deals’ category on Cliqist. In this new section of the site you’ll find the occasional posts containing affiliate links that will give us a partial cut of purchases. In addition to that you’ll…
Home is behind you, while the world is ahead. The past, with the benefit of hindsight, is never as glorious as we thought. Tomorrow, however, will always remain murky. All that leaves us with is today, full of disappointment created by the past and the…
Want to play survival games, but too afraid to go it alone? Developer, 8 Points, new Kickstarter project, The Wild Eight, lets you bring eight of your closest co-op buddies along for the hellish ride. The game centers around a group of people unceremoniously dumped…
InSomnia’s backer’s are mad as hell at the latest update, but is it unwarranted? InSomnia’s developers released an update recently detailing everything they’ve added to the game. They have increased the gameplay time to 40 hours, transferred all their data to Unreal Engine 4 and…
Brianna Wu is leading a revolution in gaming. Whether it’s groundbreaking design and mechanics or advocacy for individuals and diversity within the industry, Wu constantly brings a fresh and much needed perspective. I recently had the great pleasure of chatting with Brianna about her work…
As I’m sure you know today is Thanksgiving is the US. It’s a day of for giving thanks for what we have, spending time with loved ones, and helping those less fortunate. With that said, the Cliqist team encourages you to hold on to any…
Every 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 in…
Auditorium 2: Duet is not the first Kickstarter project to run into trouble, and it won’t be the last. The decision to crowdfund a project that may or may not work out, or be fully-realised, or live up to its promise, is a risk most…
There is a lot of post-apocalyptic hype going on at the moment. People are excited about Fallout 4 or are still impressed about how good the new Mad Max movie from earlier this year really is! I share their excitement and want to check out…
Fans of the Two Guys From Andromeda have just been treated to a pretty wordy update for the upcoming sci-fi comedy SpaceVenture. And, unfortunately, not all of it is good. This year has been rather hard on Scott Murphy, Mark Crowe, and Chris Pope which…
I’ve got a confession to make. I hate clowns. They scare the living hell out of me. Which is why I didn’t back Dropsy when it ran on Kickstarter. However, I’ve heard good things about it and decided to put my fears to the side…
The future comes in many varieties. We have the vast uptopian galaxy spanning federations. We have the dark and depressing post apocalyptic wastelands of nuclear war. We have the glitzy but oppressive tales of Cyberpunk and repression. And then we have tales of deep space…
It’s very rare for me to be interested in a base building game, but when one does pique my interest there’s a reason for it. There needs to be a unique hook that grabs my attention or else I’ll quickly overlook it. The premise behind…
[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]ontradiction, sometimes known as Contradiction – Spot the Liar!, is one hell of a video game. It places you in the shoes of inspector Jenks, a man on a mission to discover the truth behind the death of a young woman. Players must dig…