Paul Drankiewicz, Author at Cliqist

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Paul Drankiewicz is a freelance writer and game designer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He owns his own game development company, Abysmal Ninja LLC and works as a game designer for the independent game company, Forever Interactive. Paul has been writing blogs and game content for two years and has been playing video games for almost twenty. As much as he loves AAA studios (especially Nintendo) Paul has found a lot of his inspiration from independent games like Braid, To The Moon and Shovel Knight.

Former Rare Devs Project Ukulele Announced For May Kickstarter

Paul Drankiewicz - March 15, 2015

At this years EGX Rezzed, Playtonic Games released two new shots of Project Ukulele and a May launch window for its Kickstarter. The two images look...

Are AAA Game Developers Hurting Crowdfunding?

Paul Drankiewicz - February 20, 2015

Pillars of Eternity, Shantae and Might No. 9 are some of the biggest and most successful games to come out of Kickstarter but it...

Will The New Banjo Kazooie Fund On Kickstarter?

Paul Drankiewicz - February 11, 2015

All the way back in 2012, a bunch of ex-Rare Ltd. developers got together at a pub and tweeted out rumors of a spirtual...

5 Franchises I’d Like to See Brought Back via Kickstarter

Paul Drankiewicz - February 9, 2015

Kickstarter has been one of the best ways for developers to bring back dead franchises or even continue them because of how niche the...

The Ouya is a Kickstarter funded gaming console that runs on Android.

Ouya Gets Sent to the East. What Does It Mean For...

Paul Drankiewicz - February 6, 2015

The successfully funded Ouya game console on Kickstarter has been on the market for roughly two years. Its record breaking numbers on Kickstarter made...

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From Fan Art to Film Crew: RJ Palmer Talks Detective Pikachu
The recent quality and appeal of CG-heavy films like the upcoming Cats, and Disney’s remakes of The Lion King and Aladdin have been called into question. The film adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog has experienced tumultuous development, with a universally reviled design undergoing revision. A desire for a return to 2D animated cinema has been […]
Women in Gaming: Borderlands 3 Mission Designer Kate Pitstick
In the veritable shadow of larger-than-life statues of new Borderlands 3 characters at E3 2019, mission and level designer Kate Pitstick got to see her work showcased to thousands. During the bustling exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Pitstick took the time to talk about her career and work on the latest entry in […]
Equipping Your Emotions in Crystar
Though action RPG Crystar is already available in its native Japan, it will be heading to North America and Europe later this month. Along with promising action-packed gameplay, Crystar carries its own philosophy on emotions. Published by Spike Chunsoft and FuRyu, and developed by Gemdrops, Crystar follows Rei Hatada’s efforts to revive her dead sister, […]
A Community’s Lifespan in Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies
Embodying the spirit of encompassing all gaming, the IndieCade showcase at E3 2019 featured tabletop games too. This included Thorny Games’ Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies. But before players can reach the destruction of a language, they have to create it first. Communally Created Words “For every turn of the game, […]
#Voices4Devs: Voice Actors Give Online Support for Game Unionization
As more people working in video games try to form their own union, they’ve recently gotten another burst of online support. Apparently starting on April 2, voice actors united under the #Voices4Devs hashtag on Twitter to call attention to the developers they work with on games. A wide variety of voice actors from AAA titles […]