Welcome back to Cliqist, everyone! It’s so nice to see your smiling faces back here, and to thank you for your continued loyalty to our great regime, I’m going to supply you with all the news you could possibly need (under the assumption that all…
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Nathaniel Liles is a freelance writer, writing major, and indie musician based in Southern Indiana. While procrastinating or avoiding real-world responsibility, Nathaniel enjoys playing rhythm games, action RPGs, and very colorful games with many bright, flashing lights. You can listen to Nathaniel sing songs or download his music for free at http://nathanielliles.bandcamp.com/.
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Welcome back to Cliqist’s Weekenders Sunday News! This week, we’ll be talking about all kinds of things from launches, demos, alphas, and most importantly, a free game you can download right the heck now. In addition to that, we’ll be cutting to the chase a…
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The partnership between the player and his computer-controlled sidekick is a dynamic that has sadly been featured less and less over the years. Spyro had Sparks the Dragonfly. Jak had Daxter. The boy had his blob. This seems to be a dying theme, though, even…
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Look at that title. Just look at that gorgeous collection of words, all side-by-side and stuff. I’m not going to pretend I’m not excited about this game, alright? I always open with a paragraph about the significance of a game’s overall hook – that one…
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Don’t you hate it when you hit max level and your character can’t become any more powerful? It stinks! We all love the satisfying progression of leveling up, getting more powerful gear, and killing an ever-widening horde on monsters, so why hasn’t anyone tapped into…
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As many of you know, I’m a massive fan of tabletop games, and while taking the concepts of tabletop gameplay into the digital realm often defeats the purpose of tabletop gaming, it’s always exciting to see how the digital medium impacts what would traditionally be…
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Firefly came and went a little too quickly, and the community has definitely demonstrated that sentiment in countless blogs, campaigns, and rants, but after all that, we’re no closer to expanding upon the series itself. The movie killed off some of the most likable characters,…
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The world is nearly destroyed in a war, reducing the amount of usable land mass by 90%. What do you do in this time of great tragedy? Ah, you know, normal rescue stuff. Teleport, destroy evil evolving monsters, avoid spikes and fire spouts… Just your…
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I misspoke a few articles back, in a way, by condemning this fading fad of zombie-related games. Now, I absolutely have no intention to withdraw any statement I’ve made, because I really do hope the fad itself passes, but every once in awhile a game…
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Welcome back Cliqateers! If you were here last week, you already know that this is our weekly brew of all the crowdfunding news fit to print, but for those of you who missed out last time around, welcome! Here, we’ll be concocting a delicious brew…
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I was born in 1995, and while, yes, that means I’m a filthy 19-year old kid and you can’t believe a word I write, it doesn’t mean that I don’t absolutely adore 80’s movies. That’s something that the developers of Rose and I share, but we don’t…
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Visual novels plague Kickstarter. Maybe plague is too harsh. Aggressively inhabit may be a little more accurate. They are absolutely everywhere, and whether or not you think that’s a good thing or not, it’s a fact that visual novels often fail to mix things up….
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Fads pass, and if you ask me, it’s about time for our obsession with zombies to simmer down. Zombies are cool, we get that, but the complete uncontrolled deluge of zombie-related games is driving me up a wall. We need to switch gears and kind…
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There is no surplus of good action RPGs out there, which has always surprised me. Action gameplay blended with the satisfying, driving progression of an RPG has always seemed like a winning formula to me, but finding games like this – games that don’t treat…
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I love a good free-to-play game, and if you’re a gamer on a budget, you probably do too. Either that, or you wish that the free-to-play scene was a little less expensive, and while many “free” games nickle and dime you to death, one game…
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Everyone remembers Night Trap. It was a ridiculous game for a failed peripheral that eventually made its way right into both the annals of gaming history and… Our hearts. It’s regarded as a cult classic, and even though the Sega CD didn’t do well enough for this…