By Nathaniel Liles [divider] When I finished Strike Suit Zero’s first campaign, I was a little underwhelmed by the game’s diversity of gameplay and overall personality, but the game itself was so close to being everything I’d ever hoped for, so when I was given…
Remember Confederate Express? It’s the great looking isometric tactical RPG that raised about $40,000 last November. Since destroying their original funding goal the team behind ConEx have only posted two updates, a little frustrating but not necessarily unheard of. The first post funding update, back in…
It’s been almost a year since Jagged Alliance: Flashback hit Kickstarter and collected nearly $370,000 of everyone’s money. So how’s it going for this reboot of the turn based strategy classic? Slow, but steady! In the past few months there’s been a pair of developer…
The Galactic Princess team has posted an update to their still active Kickstarter that includes a solid look at the action heavy FTL style game. The update gives a rundown of several changes made to the game, most impressive are the graphical improvements. Head here…
It’s nice to see a sandbox game come out that truly seems to have some thought put into it. It’s easy to put together a Minecraft clone, and people will play it because people like playing with LEGOs, but when someone puts an interesting twist…
I see it every day… On the news, in the magazines, on the internet… Every day, more and more war and destruction. But not a damn basketball in sight. Well, Jabb Studios is working hard on a fix for that problem, because within two weeks,…
Indie games have had a tendency to be very experimental. This is one of the reasons indie game development is so important. AAA publishers don’t take chances, because experimentation is usually not a sound investment, but in the world of indie gaming, experimentation flourishes, and…
During the Edo period of Japan’s history, samurai were the law. Some corrupt and some just, the judge jury and executioner was the blade. What would happen if Japan had stayed this way, and never been opened up to the outside world? Well, Swords of…
If you’re anything at all like me, as soon as you wake up every morning, you roll out of bed, do the worm across the floor, and look in the mirror. Staring into your cold, dead eyes, you say to yourself in a husky, but…
Alternative history has been the focus of many a book and blockbuster film, but there are notably fewer video games that take advantage of this interesting storytelling niche. Taking relatable themes and boosting their interest level by adding fictional elements could lead to many an…
Inside The Mind Of Oscar By Julie Morley [divider] Flynn is my very, very, very best friend. In fact, he is my only friend. He’s the mightiest elephant you ever did see and he’s with me everywhere I go, no matter what. Which is pretty…
Hoarding the Comic Enthusiasts By Julie Morley [divider] Suit up, friends. We’re going to a convention. Let me tell you something, dreams do come true. No, really, give me a chance. I’m not just here for entertainment purposes. I mean it, they really do. And…
A remarkably small studio under the name Creative Games is seeking funding for its final and most ambitious project, a 12 episode RPG in the tradition of Star Ocean called Star Pulsar. The concept is simple, and the execution seems promising, especially considering the game’s…
Born from a love for multiple genres comes Founders: Sons of Hyrmalion, a brand-new kind of MMORPG with more than a handful of interesting new elements. There are sooooooooooooo many MMOs out there already, and so very few of them are quality, that many people…
A good physics/puzzle game is hard to come by, and run-of-the-mill games like Angry Birds pigeonhole the genre and define it as something shallow and marketable, the gaming equivalent of snack food. Ynnis Interactive, the people who brought us the crowdfunded space combat game Strike…
Just over a year ago, in January 2013, Joshua DeBonis received over $40,000 to create an RPG with a pretty intriguing premise. Instead of dragon-shouting or action-barring hoards of fantasy beasts, DeBonis’ game Meriwether: An American Epic takes players back to a time when finding…
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