2018, another in a growing line of trash-fire years, is finally over. On the indie gaming front, it was okay year, if not spectacular. Return of the Obra Dinn, A Case of Distrust, and WayHaven Chronicles: Book One are likely the only games your humble…
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Josh Griffiths is a writer and amateur historian. He has a passion for 3D platformers, narrative-driven games, and books. Josh is also Cliqist’s video producer. He’s currently working on his first novel, and will be doing so on and off for the next decade.
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The Uncertain – Episode 1: The Last Quiet released on September 16, 2016. Having not played the game, I can’t say if it’s any good or not. Based on gameplay videos, it looks like a competent (if unremarkable) point and click adventure game heavy on…
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It’s December, and in my world that means questionable Christmas songs, Eggnog full of corn syrup, and spending time with relatives you want nothing to do with. It’s funny, I used to roll my eyes at comedians who made that last joke, but as got…
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Nintendo is unquestionably the most popular video game company in the world. The Switch is more popular than racism, YouTube is swarming with twenty to thirty-something year old white men making hundreds of Nintendo retrospective videos, and Mario’s got a great butt. With that kind…
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Dontnod’s Vampyr is a wildly successful game, so much so that it’s already getting a TV adaptation. Vampyr is also garbage; a game with heaps of potential ruined by poor combat and choices that don’t matter. It’s always frustrating when a bad game succeeds while…
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With the recent news of Microsoft’s likely purchase of Obsidian Entertainment, a chapter is closed on one of the greatest independent RPG makers gaming has ever seen. Obsidian, founded in 2003 by five former developers from Black Isle Studios, never shied away from taking risks….
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Created by Toge Productions, Coffee Talk is essentially a visual novel in which you play a barista and owner of your own coffee shop. You get to brew drinks and read text… and that’s it. If Coffee Talk were a visual novel, it would be…
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There’s no debating that Bethesda has drastically altered the Fallout franchise. It was once a series dedicated to player choice, narrative, and a condemnation of nuclear weapons. Now Bethesda’s latest take on the franchise, Fallout 76, is an online co-op shooter with little in the…
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After four years of waiting, Lucas Pope’s next game is finally here. Return of the Obra Dinn is a murder mystery from the mind behind Paper’s, Please, and like its renowned predecessor, this new game is just as reliant on observation and a sleek presentation….
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Atom RPG is a flawed masterpiece. It’s a classic Fallout-inspired RPG funded on Kickstarter, and as you’ll see in the video below, it leaves a little to be desired. Either the translation into English or the writing itself is spotty, the graphics are bland, and…
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In July, Sold Out Games announced their stunning looking walking-simulator/adventure game The Occupation would release October 9, 2018. The news was carried not on the back of a tough work-horse, nor the wings of a thousand doves, only a single press release. No official announcement…
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In the wake of Telltale Games’ mass-layoffs and upcoming closure, many in the gaming community are yet again asking themselves a common question: “are single player, narrative-driven games dead?” The adventure game studio specialized in story-based games almost to a fault, immersing players in a…
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In March 2017, PitterPot appeared on Kickstarter with little fanfare. The 3D platformer was rough around the edges, made of very basic looking assets and equally uninspired gameplay. Back then, we said the game was too early in development for public consumption, which is a…
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Back in February, we reported that the Kickstarter-funded Last Life, by Rocket Science Amusements was no longer in active development. Project lead Sam Farmer wrote an update detailing how Double Fine backed out of publishing the game, and how he tried and failed to find…
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Yooka-Laylee. A Hat in Time. Flynn & Freckles. Those are just three of a handful of independent 3D platformers that all have one thing in, or indeed, quite a lot in common – their source of inspiration. Each one of them were inspired by 3D…
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On August 12, 2000, nine years after the Cold War, the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea. High-test Peroxide (HTP), used as an accelerant in torpedoes, leaked into a kerosene tank, causing a massive explosion in the submarine….
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