The Art of… Monochroma By Suzanne Verras [divider] A while back I did a review of Monochroma by Nowhere Studios and I enjoyed the game very much. One thing I liked so much about it was the monochrome style with red details. It reminded me…
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Old School Adventuring Reborn In Quest For Infamy By David Lins [divider] [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow many times do you read the phrase “love letter” while browsing Kickstarter? It’s gotten to the point that it actually makes me cringe a little whenever I see it, because most of…
Quest for Infamy Previewed By David Lins [divider] Thanks to Kickstarter, the world has plenty of modern point-and-click adventure games. Among them, very few manage to live up to the adventure games of the 90s, with their strangely compelling dialogue, fantastic voice acting, and brutal…
While we’ve all been enjoying platformer Tiny Barbarian DX, Michael Stearns and his crack team of developers and artists have been hard at work on the next chapter of the Tiny Barbarian tale. Episode 2: The Ruins of Xanadu was released on the 19th, complete…
Unrest, a gorgeous RPG taking place in Ancient India, generated 12 times its original funding goal, closing their campaign on June 31st, 2013 with $36,251 in hand with plans to make an expansive and unique traditional RPG. Tons of side quests lie in the gigantic…
Colonisation: Moonbase is a construction and micromanagement simulator in which you build yourself a self-sustaining colony on the moon, and after squeaking by its funding goals last year, it looks like Colonisation is making a bit of distribution headway. After approaching Desura as a means…
Monochroma – Reviewed By Suzanne Verras [divider] Monochroma is a puzzle platformer by Nowhere Studios. It is described as a mixture of Limbo and Ico, and won Best Indie Game at GameX 2013. It has definitely earned that award. In Monochroma there is a big company selling robots…
The Last Door Collectors Edition Reviewed By Julie Morley [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]’ve said it before in previous articles how I approach horror games but for those who haven’t read them, I’ll explain. Not only am I critical but I kind of feel invincible playing them. No matter…
Knock Knock Reviewed By Suzanne Verras [divider] Where to begin? Either you really like Knock Knock, or you just want to slam the door right in its face. When playing Knock Knock you’ll probably end up going through different stages of love and hate (or…
God of Blades – Reviewed by Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] picked up God of Blades in a bundle recently, along with 30+ other games, having absolutely no idea at all what it was. I thought maybe it was your run-of-the-mill beat ‘em up, or maybe…
Moebius: Empire Rising Reviewed By David Lins [divider] Point-and-click adventure games have become a rarity, and actually good ones are even less common. Many seem to miss the point, so to speak, but some manage to hold true to the original feel of the genre….
Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]elieve it or not, I didn’t play many point-and-click adventure games when I was younger, despite being just old enough to have experienced them in their heyday, and I’ve always regretted that a bit. So…
Just look at this game. Look at it. Game Atelier is back and looking for help to make a sequel to the original Flying Hamster and it looks phenomenal. It’s cute, it’s crisp, it’s clean, it’s well designed, but will it be good? Only time…
That might be oOne of the stranger headlines I’ve ever written, but it’s pretty accurate. Van Partible, creator of Johnny Bravo, and Scott Eaton, the weapons guy behind Call of Duty and Metal of Honor, are teaming up to make a game. The game, Dancers…
The room is illuminated only by the computer monitor in front of you. Upon the screen is a welcoming menu that takes up the entire monitor, inviting you to play. The background looks like a scene from a stop motion animated film. With its vibrant,…
There are two things in this world that I hold to be true. 1 : Cats are cute 2 : Slugs are not cute Along comes Rain World to shatter all I know. The main character of this side scrolling 16 bit inspired throwback is an…