What can a game developer sacrifice in a game in order to amplify what remains? Some choose to cast aside mechanics, either simplifying or completely doing away with them, something…
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David Klemke
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The gaming public often looks to the indie scene for the new innovations; those experimental features that $_BIG_PUBLISHER would deem too risky for inclusion in a blockbuster title. There are…
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
5 Min Read
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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Some games trigger an internal battle for me: one side arguing that it’s easy to judge a game’s merits by a few key factors whilst the other pushes me to…
David Klemke
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I’ve tried to think about what it is about loosely or completely disconnected narrative games that irks me so much. To be sure I find interest in stories where there’s…
David Klemke
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I’ve come to realise that I’ve had an unconscious bias against sequels that are, essentially, more of the same. I think this is because I’ve never been a “one game”…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
Ever since the runaway success of Minecraft there’s been a rush of games that are trying to become the next digital form of Lego. These sandbox titles often seek to…
David Klemke
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At this point I don’t think this game really needs any introduction…however… I, like many innocent children, was the victim of a goose attack. Now the fact that I may…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
We sometimes forget just how young video games are as a creative medium and how far they still have to go as methods of expression. But that relative youthfulness brings…
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