It’s always fun to think about the genesis of the story and mechanics of a game. Quite often they’re rooted in reality in some way; the stories typically being allegories…
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23 Articles
David Klemke
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I’m starting to like the idea of proof of concept games over things like Early Access and I’ll tell you why. Early Access has basically become a genre unto itself;…
David Klemke
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I think I’ve discovered that I’m not a fan of “high intensity” games. This isn’t the same as challenging games, because I still very much enjoy those, but games that…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
With games that are hard to judge by truly objective measures I instead try to focus on whether or not the game achieved what it set out to accomplish. This…
David Klemke
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To be honest I didn’t really expect a follow up to SUPERHOT as it pretty much set out what it wanted to do and I wasn’t really sure where it…
David Klemke
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Took me a while, but I finally found the game that scratched the build and automate itch I’d been having for the past few weeks. I’ll admit that part of…
David Klemke
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I think I’m officially old now. So my friend offered to lend me his Oculus Quest which, after putting it off for an inordinately long time, I did. The system…
David Klemke
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This is the last week I go Steam new release diving, I promise. I mean I’m sure there’s a ton of gold in there somewhere but the process for discovering…
David Klemke
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It is rare to find games that manage to blend all of their components together into a cohesive whole. Even the most well resourced project will still suffer from the…
David Klemke
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There’s almost no need to introduce No Man’s Sky, the game that was catapulted to stardom the second its concept trailers hit the Internet. The fervour surrounding it is easy…