Terrible Old Games You Probably Never Heard Of is the kind of name I wouldn’t hesitate to make fun of if I weren’t the guy who came up with Crowdfunding Analysis Time. Nevertheless, the video series of the same name by Youtuber Stuart Ashen is…
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An intriguing little mash-up of genres has appeared on Kickstarter called Omni Link. The game plans to combine real-time tactical combat with the traditional visual novel experience to deliver something truly unique. I ended up throwing my dollars in mainly because I am interested in…
3D mascot platformers, retroactively re-named “collect-a-thons” as of late, are a lot like Invader Zim. All the kids were doing it, the internet was abuzz with talk of the latest installments, until one day all that was taken away from us. Video game publishers decided…
In September 2012, Studio Nasu managed to raise $33,643 USD through Kickstarter for their game Crisis Heart Brawlers: Clash at Otakon. It was billed as a “classic arcade style side scrolling beat ‘em up” in the style of other fighters like Castle Crashers and the…
Antinomy is one of the more interesting Kickstarter campaigns in a long time. It’s incredibly ambitious, it has top tier voice actors (if not exactly household names), and its doing something most Kickstarters don’t do. At the same time, it’s being developed by a company…
Robotic real-time strategy game Dysis was funded back in November 2012. The trailer and promise of a working prototype in time for Christmas must have made it seem like a safe bet for the 1,167 backers who funded the project. So much so that the…
Quick, think of a video game! Now hold that in your mind while I ask you a question: was the game you thought of completely combat-centric? The vast majority of games are, and while that theme holds steady in video gaming, tabletop gaming has shown…
The idea behind Project Phoenix is pretty sound. Take experienced developers from the west and Japan and make a jrpg with some squad based strategy thrown in. What could go wrong? Apparently, a lot. The million dollar project has had a troubled history to say the…
From the makers of the original Thief and Deus Ex 2 comes Sword of Gary 6000. It’s a bit like Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, but with aliens for added good measure. Apart from the fact that this sounds like the best elevator pitch ever, Sword of…
One thing that I’m sadly getting quite used to is seeing one project after another miss deadline after deadline. There are actually still some from 2012 that I have yet to see a finished product from, and Reincarnation: The Root of All Evil is unfortunately one…
No surprises here. Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 project, running on Fig, is already close to locking down its massive $3.3m funding goal, having secured $2.1 in a mere handful of days. I guess that’s what happens when a cult classic from a beloved developer goes…
Yooka-Laylee developers Playtonic Games have unveiled an image of one of the more unique rewards I’ve seen on Kickstarter – a 64GB Yooka-Laylee flash drive fashioned from an actual Nintendo N64 cartridge. These N64 flash drives were available to backers who pledged $340 for the…
I’ll get this out of the way first. I hate jump scares. However, I was willing to give Cluck Yegger in Escape From the Planet of the Poultroids a good look because it was a mini-game being done by one of my favorite pair of…
I don’t think Earthbound/Mother 2 needs much of an intro, but if you need it, it’s a Super Nintendo RPG set in modern times with an unhealthy dose of pop culture references and humor that’s got quite the cult following. The series isn’t very long, but…
Fantasy MMORPG Stash has returned to Kickstarter with a rather interesting goal: to bring more players into its community, a somewhat alternative reason to seek crowdfunding. As a result, the funding goal is a low $1,000 – that hasn’t stopped interested backers from pledging close…
Just in time for Halloween fans of adventure games will be treated to a mini-game for SpaceVenture, the Two Guys from Andromeda’s crowdfunded adventure game. Cluck Yegger in Escape From the Planet of the Poultroid is a Five Nights at Freddy’s parody where our titular…