‘Toby: The Secret Mine’ is a colorful take on ‘LIMBO’
Toby: The Secret Mine is a platforming adventure game inspired by LIMBO and Badlands. It released on Xbox One this past Friday, though it has been available Continue Reading
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Is 20XX the next Mega Man?
Diving into early access titles on Steam can often be a mixed bag. Games still in development run the gamut from nearly finished to having Continue Reading
Odallus: The Dark Call – Retro like I remember
I’m old enough to have played a lot of NES games back when they were first released. There’s a certain kind of nostalgia filter that Continue Reading
Never Alone – A unique must-play experience
Never Alone is one of those games that I saw at PAX Prime earlier this year which looked interesting but had such a long line that Continue Reading
Mega Coin Squad – Crazy fun for multiplayer parties!
Mega Coin Squad from Big Pixel Studios and Adult Swim Games is going straight on my list for best party game of 2014! It’s a multiplayer Continue Reading
Is Shovel Knight really that good?
Prepare to dig this awesome retro platformer from Yacht Club Games: Shovel Knight! (See what I did there?) Don’t worry, I’m not going to fill Continue Reading
Chronology – Puzzle platforming with style
A few weeks ago I played a game called Chronology on the Friday Night Fiasco, but I seem to have dropped the ball and not put Continue Reading
Full Bore – Dig into an amazing indie puzzle game
Mining, puzzles, and pigs – now all wrapped up in one game like you’ve always wanted. Full Bore, a game about a boar that just Continue Reading
Life Goes On – A lesson in sacrifice
Life Goes On is an inventive and hilariously gruesome puzzle game that is disturbingly enjoyable. I saw it at PAX Prime 2013 and have been Continue Reading
Contrast – Multidimensional platform adventure
Contrast is an imaginative and powerful adventure game with a unique twist from indie developer Compulsion Games . In it, you’ll play Dawn, the imaginary Continue Reading
Glare – A shining example of modern indie gaming
Glare is a new platformer from Phobic Studios. While Phobic has been putting out mobile games for some time now, Glare represents an ambitious jump Continue Reading
Volgarr the Viking – true arcade gameplay returns
Volgarr the Viking will kick your ass. That was the first lesson I learned as I embarrassed myself at PAX in front of the creators Continue Reading
Post-PAX thoughts – the indie invasion
Last week I talked about a few of the big studio items that I got to check out at PAX Prime. Those were pretty cool, Continue Reading
Game Design: Kids These Days
You nerdly kids don’t know how good you have it. The moment I blew into my first NES cartridge I knew I wanted to be a Continue Reading
Review: Bleed deserves more praise than I know how to give
Bleed is an action platformer from indie developer Bootdisk Revolution (which happens to consist solely of one Ian Campbell). Bleed was originally released according to Bootdisk Continue Reading
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is an unreasonably long title, but a fun and quirky indie game. I’m guessing you’re not going to accept Continue Reading
The Bridge is as much art as it is puzzle
Do you want to solve puzzles by manipulating perspective, gravity, and impossible architecture? The Bridge is the perfect game for your bizarrely specific set of interests. Continue Reading
Deadlight – Zombies of the Pacific North West
It’s no secret that I love me some side-scrolling platformers. So it should come as no surprise that when I saw Deadlight by Tequila Works, Continue Reading