Contrary to popular belief, the totally awesome retro-inspired High Strangeness is not the first video game to ever seek funding on Kickstarter; it was the first successful video game Kickstarter campaign, launching May 20th, 2009 and raising $1,559 of their $1,500 goal. So what was…
Conrad Crisman
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Conrad is an industry vet who's approximately 25% Internet famous. Starting with the NES Action Set and local arcades circa 1988, he has a soft spot for indie games and old school platformers. He even built his own arcade cabinet once and shamelessly bragged about it to his buddy.
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Unfortunately, I missed out on the fevered hype that surrounded the Kickstarter launch of Malevolence: Sword of Ahkranox, which promised to deliver what earlier roguelike titles like Dungeon Hack and Sword of Fargoal did, but then up the ante by making it infinite. First-person grid-based…
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After a brief period of inactivity, it appears that the Mermaids vs Zombies campaign is showing signs of life. For those who may not know, MvsZ is a visual novel/RPG hybrid that’s currently in development by Adam Snowflake and Braincake Productions. Until recently, the majority…
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Steve Grand, the developer for Grandroids, has recently added an Update to his Kickstarter page. Before this, the page hadn’t seen an update since April 2014, but that doesn’t mean that development has ground to a halt by any stretch of the imagination. In this new…
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“We are all “The Hero” in our own stories.” This little nugget of wisdom was the go-to phrase of one of my good friends whenever I’d start beating myself up. Typically in the world of video games, the player is assigned the playable protagonist who…
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With the glut of pixel-centric, retro-inspired games that have been released/announced in the last 4-5 years, it’s nice to see something that hearkens back to a bygone era, but expands on the formula in a way that doesn’t cause eyestrain. So imagine my surprise when…
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An animated, wise old man once cryptically stated that “you can’t rush art“. However, when you’re a backer, you typically fall into one of two camps: The Investor or The Customer. Where The Investor will gladly back the campaign with an amount that they’re comfortable…
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Don’t get me wrong: I’m all for creativity and that Nintendo should expand upon my favorite franchises. However, a big part of how they were able to bring the video game market back from the dead after the Crash of 1983 was savvy marketing and quality…
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Normally, when an awesome and innovative game launches its Kickstarter, it’s flooded with initial backers excited to play it. However, Nebula’s Kickstarter page has been oddly quiet despite extremely promising pre-alpha footage. For retro nerds like myself, nothing’s better than seeing what looks like an…
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Cartoonish violence displayed in a humorous vein has been a mainstay of vigilantism since Tom & Jerry began regularly garotting each other on screen. More recent animated series like Family Guy and South Park have picked up the torch and regularly showcase violent situations humorously….
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Yeah, many of us may feel that the zombie trope has been beaten into re-death over and over again, but after looking at the already impressive set of features in Yeti Culture’s Brrrainz, it got me thinking. How does one successfully combat a genre that…
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As a long-time fan of gratuitous, and sometimes pixelated, violence, it pains me to write this article. Recently, I came across a Kickstarter campaign for Gunkatana, which promises to fill the gaping void that ultra-violent greats like The Running Man and Smash TV previously occupied….
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While some of us may giggle or nod smirkingly at the dawn of 4/20, Axon Interactive decided that Colorado’s smokiest day of the year would be the perfect time to launch a Kickstarter for their puzzle game, Quench. According to early footage, Quench puts you…
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Almost 6 months after their last update, DDT Games released a backers-only update for ThanksGiving LIFE cryptically titled “The progress of the TGL after Kickstarter campaign“. After a frantic spattering of updates as goals were shattered, the developers were able to raise $18,021 by November…
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For those who’ve never experienced depression, trying to understand its devious machinations can seem overwhelming. When it’s happening to someone we love, all we want to do is help, but sometimes our best efforts can come off as clumsy or unfeeling. When it’s happening to…
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