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Jazzpunk: A Goldmine Of Cyberpunk Slapstick
Comedy has been a genre largely overlooked by gaming. There are games that are funny, of course, from Monkey Island [...]
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Stonehearth Blasts Past Its Kickstarter Goal
Ah, the blissful life of a tiny village engineer. Toiling with his trinkets and tools, he crafts the basic necessities [...]
The Video Game Time Capsule – Team Meat
Tentative as I am in pointing out pronounced truths, independent video games now take pride of place at the forefront [...]
Sneak Your Way Through A Dadaist Dystopia In Tangiers
We’ve seen games with classic and familiar art styles incorporated into their aesthetic before: Rock of Ages, The Cat and [...]
LD 26: One By One
Another mind game of the simple, soothing variety, One By One is a sliding tile puzzler where players must reconfigure [...]
A Fall From Prominence
More than a lot of genres, adventure games are about deliberation. You stare at a puzzle, contemplate for a few [...]
Star Command: Naivety And Overambition Lead To A Kickstarter Warning
Before Tim Schafer brought mass exposure to the potential of crowdfunded projects with his Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter, a game [...]
Help Nikola Tesla End Thomas Edison’s Evil Plot In War Of The Currents, A High Voltage Beat-’Em-Up
It’s no secret that Thomas Edison was a monumental asshole. He’s hailed as the father of the electric age, and [...]
Weakness Becomes Strength In Snowbound, A Game In Which You Play As An Adorable Snowball
Earlier this month, I wrote about Right Arrow, Israel’s first indie games exhibition with a focus on sidescrollers. One of [...]
Alpha Impressions: Shu
Scotland-based studio Secret Lunch released a new trailer for their upcoming platformer, Shu, and it looks excellent. If you missed [...]
Let The Two Sides Of Your Brain Fight It Out In DuoBall
I don’t think a game has ever made me hate my brain so much. DuoBall is a “cooperative game for [...]
Find Me A Good One Explores Issues Of Player Responsibility In A Surreal Dreamscape
Some friends and I were recently discussing whether or not certain games have managed to balance their message and their [...]
Found Footage, Meta-Narrative And Social Game Collide In Quantum: The Game
It’s difficult for me to write about Quantum: The Game as an actual game, since there isn’t a lot of [...]
Hyde Explores The Classic Horror Tale With A Taste Of American Psycho
The classic tale, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, has been adapted many times since its original publication [...]
In Space, No One Can Find A Decent Sandwich: Bik
In space, it’s a given that there are beings that exist with heads shaped somewhat like a sausage. Don’t deny [...]
