The last decade+ I’ve been doing these reviews for has allowed me to watch many developers hone their craft over the years. Most of them get better with age, refining…
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David Klemke
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I’ve long since abandoned looking through Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms for games that I want to fund. Part of it is burnout on the whole concept, with many of…
David Klemke
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Long time Early Access titles always have a…je ne sais quoi about them. For me it feels like putting on someone else’s well worn shoes: you know that they’ve served…
David Klemke
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I’ve never really found myself attracted to deck builder style games which seems antithetical to my real life history with TCGs. I still remember getting my first deck of Magic…
David Klemke
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In the continuing vein of “I can’t believe I missed this” style of posts I’ve been writing lately Trine 5 stands out as one that really shouldn’t be in the…
David Klemke
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Growing up in the bush meant us kids had to find…less traditional ways of keeping ourselves entertained than our friends living out in the big smoke. Some of these are…
David Klemke
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This review almost didn’t get written. You see I’ve been on the wrong side of history numerous times with games that are almost universally loved. The first of these was…
David Klemke
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There’s something about games that have a core loop based on system optimisation that just tickles my brain right. I guess it’s just that feeling of getting a process just…
David Klemke
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After treating myself to God of War: Valhalla I found myself wanting to continue the tradition of spending a good chunk of the holiday period sitting on my couch, playing…
David Klemke
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The game developer redemption arc is growing evermore common these days. From the pinnacle successes like Cyberpunk 2077 to lesser known titles like Remnant 2 managing to punch way above…