Mujahideen, Us Or Them! is a videogame in which you play an ISIS operative in Europe. Your goal is to stay under the radar and build a terrorist cell so you can eventually attack a major city. It claims to be a “story rich” game,…
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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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When I wrote about Lobotomy Cooperation last month, I predicted the campaign would have little trouble reaching it’s $40,000 goal. It had a great idea, beautiful art style, and the campaign itself wasn’t lacking for details. Unfortunately for developed Project Moon, the campaign raised only…
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RPGolf stood out to me on Indiegogo because of the high amount of money it received, over $10,000. Not many Indiegogo campaigns, at least not gaming ones, get anywhere near that these days. So I had a look at the campaign, and I liked what…
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The developers weren’t kidding when they said they were inspired by the Gameboy, that’s for sure. In many ways, Moira is a Gameboy game for the modern generation. It has the retro aesthetic, the simplistic story, child protagonist, and simplistic action-platforming gameplay. There are a…
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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…
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As Serena admitted to not liking miniature battle games last week, I too must admit tabletop gaming isn’t exactly up my alley. But I think it’s safe to say we can both put that aside if the game itself is good enough. Such is the…
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Moira is a 2D platformer that combines Mario, specifically Super Mario Bros. 3, and Mega Man at its prime. Need I say more? Yes, because that isn’t enough information for anyone to go on as to what this game is. The developers are calling this…
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Sealark is an old-school adventure game inspired by such classics as Earthbound, Cave Story, and Harvest Moon. It has a colorful 2D pixel art style backed up by an interesting premise. The world has been overtaken by waves, and our protagonist is the last human,…
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On this week’s Crowdfunding Analysis Time (still a great name), we take a look at Lab Zero’s latest crowdfunded game Indivisible. Lab Zero has gone through a lot since their first game Skullgirls released in 2012. Since then, they’ve been dropped by publisher Konami, sought…
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Last month, iqSoup released a battle demo for their cowboy steampunk game Age of Grit. Yes, that is indeed the greatest sentenced every written. I played it the other day for another video, and I came away impressed, once I figured out which side of…
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Metroidvania’s have been ever popular since their inception, and they’ve found a nice niche for themselves in the indie world of Kickstarter. Stray looks to join those ranks, a 2D space platformer/explore them up starring a little orange cat. Stray is exactly what you’d expect…
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Remember that really popular and highly successful World War II multiplayer shooter that’s in its final hours of its Kickstarter? It’s called Battalion 1944, and it will make its way to not only PC, but also the PS4 and Xbox One. It was hyped as…
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Talk about a quick turnaround. I was so enthralled by what I saw from Mainlining last Friday I had to play it as quickly as I could. I got that chance yesterday, and I was not disappointed. The game started right away, throwing me into…
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Somehow I don’t think this is what Fig was originally intended for. Fresh(ish) off the heels of the massively successful Psychonauts 2 campaign, Fig was enjoying a boost in both popularity and credibility. What better way to follow that up than with a PC port…
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Lobotomy Corporation is a rogue-like simulator out of South Korea. It combines elements of Prison Architect and Fallout Shelter with gory and gruesome monsters from fairy tales and urban legends. You take the role of a new administrator in a mysterious facility that harnesses the…
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Shan’t a week pass without a new indie first person horror game launching on Kickstarter. This week, it’s Follia Dear Father, a psychological horror game by Italian developers Real Game Machine. Follia Dear Father is about a man named Marcus who’s exploring a random old…