Top Ten Indie Games on the Nintendo Switch

With over 1,000 games on the Nintendo Switch, it can be hard to figure out which ones are worth your time. While there are...

Lamplight City Review – Victorian Steampunk Noir

Some months ago we wrote about Lamplight City, Grundislav Games' newest game. This is Francisco Gonzalez's first game after making Shardlight as part of...
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Spooky Doorway Discusses The Darkside Detective: Season 2

After covering the Kickstarter for The Darkside Detective: Season 2, Cliqist followed up with the project’s Ireland-based developer, Spooky Doorway, for an email interview. As...

2017: The Year of the 3D Platformer

Change is in the air, readers. Leaves are beginning to fall from trees, leaving piles of amber plant matter everywhere. Soon the bare branches...
This is the Long Dark. This is Wintermute.

This is the Long Dark. This is Wintermute.

Wintermute is Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet in a Cormac McCarthy universe. It’s Yevtushenko's "People", read to an audience of frozen corpses. The story is a...
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Why Lone Survivor is the Best Indie Horror Game [Video]

Halloween is a time to enjoy all of the spooky things in life. Ghosts, ghouls goblins...and other things beginning with a G. One of...
"Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics" art that shows white sculptures of the main squad members.

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics Review: Occult Strategy in World War II

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics is like a stalemate between entertainment and a drag. It’s stimulating to plan out your next move. Unfortunately, waiting for your...

The Past Collides with the Present in Return of the Obra Dinn

My grandfather passed away at the age of 97 years just the other day. He had been struggling with sickness and decay for quite...
Into the Breach: The History of Kaiju and What It Says About Us

Into the Breach: Mankind’s Place in The History of Kaiju

What does the history of the kaiju genre (kaiju translates to "strange beast"), from Godzilla to Attack on Titan, and Pacific Rim, tell us about...

The Dystopian Future Games of IndieCade 2017

IndieCade2017 was held the same week as Blade Runner 2049, and oddly enough, it was also crammed with not-so-utopian sci-fi worlds. Most are funny and...

Love Therapy Through Box Manipulation in Solo

You may recall we did some fiddling around with the game at GDC 2018, but Team Gotham's Solo has set sail into release. While the game does...

Gone Home Switch Review: Finding Skeletons in the Closet

Gone Home isn’t fun. It doesn’t ask you to solve any puzzles or complete any challenges. Instead, it asks you to simply look around...
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Claybook Review: Difficult but Rewarding Sandbox

Claybook is a game that takes place in a world made of clay, although it really looks more like Play-Doh. It’s a brightly coloured...

Am I a Monster for Disliking Coffee Talk’s Hands-Off Approach? [VIDEO]

Created by Toge Productions, Coffee Talk is essentially a visual novel in which you play a barista and owner of your own coffee shop....
Book of Demons

Book of Demons Review: A Devilishly Good Game

Book of Demons is not a brand new game. It's been available in one form or another in early access since 2016. The fact...

Art of the Roguelike, and the Rogue-Lite Distinction

Over the last several years, the gaming subgenre known as the "roguelike" seems to be making quite the comeback. It's somewhat odd considering the...