Sometimes, video games with vast, weaving narratives are enjoyable to play. Other times, all you want is a fast, frantic brawler for immediate enjoyment. Warlocks falls into the latter camp as an action RPG and brawler hybrid where you play as one of ten unique…
I may not be the world’s biggest sci-fi film fan but even so I have the utmost respect for titles like Alien, Predator, and The Thing (both original and 1982 remake). There’s just something astoundingly creepy about horrifying aliens and horrified people trapped together. Outpost…
The match 3 genre of puzzle games often gets a lot of flack due to being perceived as “casual.” To some, connecting 3 or more colored blocks on a grid seems too simple. If you’ve ever felt that way, then let me introduce you to…
What is the worst thing that can happen to a crowdfunding project? Generally, it is the events that follow whenever copyright rears its ugly head. Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection looked to be a very promising project, with Nintendo megafan Stu “Super Famicom Guy”…
Roguelikes, roguelikes, roguelikes! It seems that so many video games announced and out today include this gaming buzzword. Band Saga is yet another that defines itself as roguelike, but actually appears to take those conventions to heart. The game focuses on two friends in a…
Gaming on PC in the 90s was a wonderful time filled with awesome new series. One of the many games I enjoyed back then was Carnivores. For those who never got to play, Carnivores is basically a hunting game with dinosaurs as your prey. Practically…
It’s a bit of a tradition that whenever I interview someone for Cliqist I ask them to put together a brief haiku to describe them, their company, or their game. Since we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of Cliqist this week I figure it would be…
What’s Your Soul Worth? Find out in Soul Gambler by Marcus Estrada [divider] It’s always bothered me that plays, novels, and the like are rarely adapted into video games. Soul Gambler is one of these rare instances as its takes inspiration from Goethe’s Faust. The setup…
Hello and welcome to another (ever-so-slightly delayed) issue of Novelly Funded! Since this might be the first time you’ve encountered this column, let me explain what it’s all about. Visual novels are a genre of video games that have become increasingly popular over the last…
A Marvelous Expedition in Expeditions: Conquistador by Mitchell “Moe” Long [divider] Expeditions: Conquistador is a highly enjoyable strategy-role playing romp from Logic Artists. The Copenhagen based developers achieved full funding in September 2012, raising just over $7,000 more than their target of 70K. As the title…
A Walk In The Long Dark by Marcus Estrada [divider] The Long Dark had a mightily impressive Kickstarter campaign last year. Hinterland Studios raised over $250,000 for their survival sim and have been rolling out the alpha to backers. Although there’s no story mode currently…
Kacper Discusses His XCom Inspired Strategy Game, Hard West with Greg Micek [divider] The story of Hard West is an interesting one for a few reasons. First of all the premise is unique; an XCom style strategy game in the old west. That’s not something…
Danielle Discusses Afterlife Empire and The Fine Young Capitalists with Julie Morley [divider] The Fine Young Capitalists is an indie game project intending to promote equality in the game industry, tossing gender, race, and sexualities to the side. The primary focus of TFYC’s current project…
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place…
The Games of The Fine Young Capitalists Project By Julie Morley [divider] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e’ve covered The Fine Young Capitalists quite a bit here on Cliqist this past week, interviewing multiple people involved with the project, examining the project, and so on. TFYC have endured a week…
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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