Plenty of games go out there and brag about their customization options, classic gameplay, and procedurally generated “infinite” content, but few games bring as much to the table as Stash, an upcoming turn-based loot extravaganza from Frog Dice, the creators of Reign Maker and Tower…
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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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It seems like these days everyone on Kickstarter is trying to reinvent the wheel by putting their own slight spin on games like Terraria and Minecraft. Few games that insist on remaking one of those two games bring anything new or worthwhile to the table, so it’s really…
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When I write up these announcements, I do them all at once. I set aside enough time to read everything, watch everything, and listen to everything, and I get through them all in one sitting so I don’t procrastinate too long and start blaming myself…
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Gods Will Be Watching Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] do so love a game that takes the idea of “pixelated” graphics and does something great with that idea. It’s not particularly hard to make an 8-bit sprite, but when you get into recreating actual…
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Will Dube Talks Vikings, Killing, & Jotun By Nathaniel Liles & Julie Morley [divider] We here at Cliqist love talking directly to developers about their games. We’re able to circumvent the usual PR fluff and get right to the questions we want the answers…
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For all the massively-budgeted games out there on Kickstarter, we often forget the most important role that the site can play. As I said in vivid detail in my editorial regarding the Potato Salad campaign, Kickstarter (and crowdfunding sites in general) is a place where…
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I was approached by our Editor in Chief today about an article surrounding the latest “scam” Kickstarter had to offer. Articles like this are great. They certainly don’t exist to shame Kickstarter as a whole, they just help create a community of backers that know…
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One of the biggest mistakes a developer can make when creating something like a Kickstarter campaign is miscalculating the cost of development. I believe I spoke about this in the past, but it stands to reason that if you don’t ask for enough money, you…
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We here at Cliqist.com are completely excited about The Long Dark since the beginning, and why wouldn’t we be? It’s a stylized, survival game that takes place in a post-disaster Northern wilderness. You must be strategic and careful as you explore giant environments, controlling you…
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Most Kickstarter games out there are trying to emulate the feel and gameplay of a classic title. It’s not our fault, as a gaming culture, that we were given an excellent foundation to build on, after all. Unfortunately, too many games forget that we see…
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Games these days are strictly divided into two camps. A ton of gaming, including the vast majority of the AAA lineup, focuses a great deal of their time and effort into making a game as realistic as humanly possible, while the other side of the…
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Inspired by a real-life Ninja Pizza Girl, a game bearing the same title is being created by Disparity Games, a team with tons of industry experience and a gorgeous game to show for it. Apparently, Ninja Pizza Girl brands itself as “a serious game about…
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I’ve really never been one for world-building games. It’s always something that I’d rather watch someone play than something I’d like to play myself, and I am amazed by the incredible things people have managed to do with Minecraft and games like it. Let’s face…
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For a while there, every single video game was about zombies, and that is in no way an exaggeration (it is). The fact of the matter is that the media became completely saturated with zombies for a long time, and it became so completely banal…
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Insurgency Reviewed By Nathaniel Liles [divider] [dropcap]G[/dropcap]amers love to complain about “brown military shooters”, right? “They’re ruining gaming!” I hear you say, “They just make the same game over and over again and people give them all the money!!!” Well, be that as it may,…
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What Is Early Access? By Nathaniel Liles [divider] Alright, guys. It’s time for me to talk to you about something serious. As serious as this face. That’s some serious stuff right there. So what exactly am I here to talk about today? Well, in the…