The last few years have seen many independent developers attempt to expand on the traditional platformer style, usually either by re-imagining the concept or by combining it with elements that…
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David Klemke
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It’s not often that you see games stay as platform exclusives, especially successful ones. Since many publishers look to maximise their profit on any set of intellectual property a cross platform release,…
David Klemke
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The renaissance that pixel-art styled games are undergoing currently, mostly thanks to the indie development scene, has produced some pretty spectacular works. Just last year I was introduced to Gemini Rue, a…
David Klemke
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Growing up as a gamer my gaming intake consisted predominately of platformers. The reasoning behind this is simple, the hardware at the time wasn’t capable of doing much more, and…
David Klemke
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The number of quality, well polished games that independent developers have been releasing recently has been great for the games market. Gone are the days where the idea of making…
David Klemke
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I’ve played my fair share of Star Wars games over the years. I can remember playing one on my trusty Nintendo Entertainment System which was just your basic platformer but…
David Klemke
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This might come as a surprise to some but I never really got into The Elder Scrolls series. Despite their games being around for as long as I’ve been a…
David Klemke
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Of all the PC upgrades that I’ve ever done in the past the one that’s most notably improved performance of my rig is, by a wide margin, installing a SSD….
David Klemke
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Welcome to review guide for The Refined Geek. If you don’t need the full explanation of why I review the way I do feel free to skip to the TLDR…
David Klemke
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Today’s post comes to you courtesy of one of my long time friends and former blogger, David Wright. I’ve always been a fan of his writing for it’s impassioned, no holds barred style…