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Campaign Postmortem: Blackmore By Brad Jones [divider] [dropcap]E[/dropcap]arlier this year, iQiOi Co. launched a Kickstarter for Blackmore (or Blackmore’s Bane), a steampunk adventure game that intended to take full advantage of a development team made up of industry veterans from both America and Japan. The…
The roaring twenties, a time of such youth, culture, and progress. The times were changing and roles were shifting in our society. Swing, jazz, alcohol, and parties like you couldn’t imagine. It was a time to remember. Now, let’s apply this to an RPG. As…
I’ve Got The Music In Me And It’s God-like Pann the game – Previewed By Julie Morley Pann is a special dimension where our tales, legends, and mythology have become a reality. Deities roam the realm of Pann, watching over life on planet Earth. It’s…
Giant monster movies are awesome, and while western attempts at capturing that smashy magic have resulted in Fat Godzilla and Cloverfield, that’s not to say that we can’t do better. Maybe interactive media can help communicate the fun and carnage of destroying hundreds of homes,…
When you look at Shiness, it doesn’t look like an indie game. Not to say it’s a bad thing, but indie games typically stick to simpler art styles, usually 2D, to make it easier for small teams to accomplish a decent level of polish. Shiness,…
Dammit. Every time I proclaim that I’m sick of pixel graphics another game comes along to pull me back in. The latest drug is the beautiful looking Kingdom from Thomas van den Berg. Originally released last year, Kingdom is a strategy game puts players in…
What if you started your game playing journey as a single pixel? As you progress through levels, additional pixels are acquired that give your pixel more of a shape and appearance. He becomes an actual character before you know it. Thanks to Tic Toc Games,…
Another World attracted a lot of attention back in the early 90’s for its brilliant storyline and balance of cutscenes and gameplay for dramatic effect and ultimate immersion. It drastically changed the way we look at games and the overall design of one. Ah, young…
My generation had a bit of an issue back in the day when Pokémon was first introduced: we knew all about the different Pokémon in each generation, their counters, the most efficient build, you name it. But when asked about various creatures in the animal…
Boy, time traveling seems to be a popular theme amongst crowdfunded games recently. And why shouldn’t it be? The concept of traveling through time and doing neat stuff sounds, well, pretty freaking awesome. But what if time traveling were used for.. EVIL? Fex Labs shines…
Equality in the world of gaming is an issue, and it always has been. The most vocal group of those oppressed by less-than-friendly (or more-than-friendly) gamers is female gamers. Female gamers have been harassed, threatened, and otherwise oppressed in the world of gaming since the…
By David Lins [divider] So you’ve (mentally) rolled up a character. You’ve given it some thought, and you know what type of footprint you’d like to leave on the universe. It’s time to choose your first spaceship. It’s important to remember that ships in Star…
Hanakai Studios Puts The World At Your Finger Tips In Prodigy By Peter Nolan-Smith [divider] Players interact with their games through buttons, joysticks and the occasional light gun. The controller and keyboard has more or less stayed the same since the early days of the…
Eve Online is insane. It’s the single most expansive, cohesive world in all of gaming, but an incredibly small amount of the history of the Eve Online universe existed when it was first created. Now, there’s a huge, expansive lore, with governments and bands of…
At the core of every great exploratory game is a purpose. The game’s purpose can be to tell a story or incite emotions. The game’s purpose can even be to make you question the game’s purpose, but there’s always a purpose, or else the game…