It seems I’m something of a sucker for a good indie dev story. So when I came across this post on /r/IndieGaming I figured why not give it a shot;…
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After many years of reviewing games I’d inadvertently set myself a long list of boundaries that, for whatever reason, I wouldn’t cross. It started with simple things, like I had…
There’s only a handful of developers I get excited about these days. I mean sure, the big AAA titles from the usual suspects still manage to grab my attention, but…
There are many a good game I’ve played in my time, so many in fact that I’ve often forgot the ones that really meant a great deal to me when…
Remember some years ago, I feel like it was around the early 2010s, when mobile gaming was going to be the next platform to eat the world? Farmville, Cookie Clicker,…
There’s a lot to be said for games that hone in on a core game play idea and ruthlessly pursue that without the additional cruft that seems to plague every…
Ever since I played Auralux all those years ago I’ve been keenly interested in what I like to call “essence” games. They are, as their name would imply, extremely stripped…
There are some games you just can’t avoid the hype for. Try as I might to distance myself from the fervor that surrounded Divinity: Original Sin it was hard not to…
Reviewing a game every week has been a great way to discover my internal set of negative biases towards certain types of games. Indeed I wouldn’t have known that survival…
I’ve been aware of the many games that have bore the South Park name and nearly always they’ve looked like half-assed attempts to cash in on the brand. Couple this…