What is death? In A Mortician’s Tale, it’s a lot of things. It’s heartbreak, a respectable career, and an opportunity for profit. It’s as mundane as it is tragic. [As well as death, content warning for discussions of suicide and transphobia.] I, like most people,…
Despite their unique appearance, games that utilize physical 3D models digitized through photogrammetry haven’t fared well on Kickstarter. While they absolutely look amazing, they are quite expensive, both in terms of time and technology to create. Fortunately, that didn’t deter the team at btf from…
Pyre is a storybook with singed edges; stained by spilt ink and filled with blank pages. A pastel-hued cartographer’s fever dream. The feedback from a smoky lute ballad run through a distortion pedal. Most astoundingly, Pyre is a sports game that makes loss just as…
Working in conjunction with Games of History (i.e. myself), we previously brought you a story about Shadows of War: The Spanish Civil War. The game focused on the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. This conflict pitted the government loyalist Republicans against the Nazi Germany backed fascist…
Having just narrowly escaped death at the hands of an enraged cultist by jumping into a glowing blue portal, I found myself stumbling through the night, bleeding onto the rotten wooden planks of a moonlit jetty. At first, I was safe. Then, there were pirates….
Break out your holy texts and pour one out for the Nintendo Switch, everybody. Yooka-Laylee, the Kickstarter-funded 3D platformer that was supposed to revitalize the genre but turned out to be one of the worst games of the year, now has a release date for…
A Hat in Time, the Kickstarter-funded 3D platformer that succeeds in every department where Yooka-Laylee failed, finally got itself a console release date. Released earlier this year in October on PC, the game received good reviews and has grown a cult following, and now players…
To celebrate its release on Itch.io, developer National Insecurities invite players to grab a copy of the interstellar murder mystery game 2001:1 : A Space Felony for exactly zero monies. Described as ‘an ambitious investigation that walks the line between science and fiction, resulting in…
Might and Delight have made some wonderful, handcrafted games about the wilderness. Their Shelter series really captures the beautiful but brutal side of nature and explores ideas of motherhood, survival and animal community. In their newest game, Tiny Echo, they show us the hidden side…
Sometimes I wonder what life is like for people with actual, physically demanding jobs. Ha, just kidding. Even contemplating actual physical labor is enough to mandate an immediate nap. As such I was more than a bit skeptical at idea that I would find any…
Another day, another think piece on why video games are important. I’ll spare you the usual long-winded explanation as to why gaming is an art form and can be used to deliver more than raw emotional fun if you promise to watch our video below…
I played the demo to Seek Etyliv in a tiny window floating at the centre of my screen. All play takes place in 3×3 grid. The game features precisely six colours. Player input is limited to arrow key controlled movement, one square at a time,…
Look, on one side you have your fantasy genre with wizards and dragons. On the opposite end you have sci fi space adventures full of bizarre aliens. Rarely do we get sorcery space adventures. At least until Pocket Mana’s new Kickstarter project, My Uncle Merlin:…
Kickstarter just isn’t what it used to be. Not only are fewer people donating less money, but fewer game developers are launching quality campaigns. When it first became popular, the idea of crowdfunding seemed like it was going to revolutionize the game industry. For a…
Developer MoaCube describe Bonfire as a game that ‘respects your time but hates your guts’. It’s certainly an attention grabber, but I feel MoaCube might be underselling it here. While teeth-gritting trial and error is the Roguelike’s razor-tipped calling card, nothing in Bonfire’s difficulty feels…
Science-Fiction has yet to exhaust the cyberpunk space. The ongoing Kickstarter project Sense seeks to shine another neon light on the disparity between futuristic innovation and societal structures. Having been to Hong Kong, I can assuredly say that that city, and as it exists within…