Five Indie Games To Watch In 2018
The new year holds a slew of possibilities, not least of which for indie gaming. From first person brawlers to top-down shooters, action adventures...
Indie Profile: Another Indie Points the Spotlight East
While indie gaming has definitely found more mainstream appeal over the years, most gamers only ever scratch the surface of what it offers. While...
Will 2018 Be the Year of Indiegogo?
For video game crowdfunding, you can do a lot better than Indiegogo. In fact, Indiegogo might be the worst option available. Between a laissez-faire...
10 Kickstarter Games You Won’t Believe Weren’t Funded
Kickstarter just isn’t what it used to be. Not only are fewer people donating less money, but fewer game developers are launching quality campaigns....
Kickstarter MIA: Novus AEterno Devs Break Silence With New Promises
Way back in the forgotten days of the year 2013, Taitale Studios launched a Kickstarter for their massive MMORTS, Novus AEterno. The devs were...
Tales From Early Access: Darkest Dungeon Was Once Hated
Since its first appearance, Darkest Dungeon has been an indie darling. It met high praise on Kickstarter – as well as earning over $313,000...
Cuphead and the Modern Sisyphus
One-hundred-and-sixty. That’s how many times I have died to date. As a cartoon mercenary working for the devil himself, it is up to me...
Life is Strange: Before the Storm – A Chat w/ Katy Bentz (Steph Gingrich)
Episode 1 of Life Is Strange: Before the Storm was a blast - thanks to Steph Gingrich's DM skills, giving Callamastia (Chloe) and Elamon (Mikey)...
The 10 Best Indie Horror Games of 2017
What is horror? A miserable pile of secrets? Baby don’t hurt me? How'd girl get pregnant?
For 25 years I’ve walked or crawled on Earth,...
The Story of the American Game Developer Charged with Spying on Iran
1979 Revolution: Black Friday might be one of the ambitious games ever made, certainly the riskiest. It’s a game about the 1979 Iranian Revolution,...
Epic Rap Battles of Horror: Dead by Daylight -vs- Friday the 13th: The Game
The spooky season is finally upon us mandating that we dive in to all the horror genre has to offer. What better way to...
Critiquing Plague Road, a Game Made by a Friend
Before leaving to join Arcade Distillery, Conrad Zimmerman worked at Cliqist behind the scenes as an editor. It was my idea, as Executive Editor...
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...
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles – A Pleasant Island Vacation
Inspired by beloved titles like Harvest Moon, Bastion, Zelda, and the Elder Scrolls series, a handful of AAA industry vets founded Prideful Sloth Studios...
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...
Crowdfunding Hall of Fame: Failbetter Games
Fallen London is quite possibly the greatest browser game ever made. It’s hard to say for sure since our scientific panel is tired after...