Some of my earliest gaming memories come from city building simulators. I can remember sitting behind my desk at home, glued to the monitor as I struggled to build my…
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There were a lot of games I wanted to check out after doing several tours of the indie area at PAX. Unfortunately most of them aren’t available yet, at least…
Games without a specific point and I don’t tend to mix very well. I mean we start off well, usually as I follow the main story line, but once there’s…
Since my review of the original The Walking Dead from Telltale games I’ve found myself far more involved in the IP. I’ve watched all the TV episodes and whilst it isn’t…
With indie games there’s usually a tradeoff to be made between game mechanics and story telling. This is not to say you can’t have both, indeed there have been many…
My previous post on games and female protagonists sparked an interesting conversation among my friends as we tried to recall all the games we’d played that had either a female…
Reaction based platformers are like kryptonite to me. Initially I revel in the challenge, figuring out how the mechanics work with each other and eventually getting good enough at them…
Working from an established, non-game IP is usually a risky move for a game developer. If you’re working on a game that’s based directly off a movie chances are that…
I’ve had a few people ask me how I come across some of the games that I review here and the answer is pretty simple. If I haven’t seen something…
There’s something to be said for a game that’s been around for 8 years and can still claim the title of most subscribed game in the world. There’s a good…