News by Jedediah H. Most people in developed cultures don’t acknowledge death as a prospect. The thought of one day losing our existence, our accidental privilege to experience worldly occurrences through our tailored perspective, terrifies the optimism right out of our trembling vertebrae. And because of this fear, we avoid…
Read MorePreview by Chris I. People that grew up in the late ’80s and early ’90s undoubtedly have fond memories of arcade-style FPS corridor shooters. Wolfenstein and Doom were all the rage (no pun intended) and for good reason; the pure fast-paced nature of these games is, simply put, a lot…
Read MorePreview by Chris I. Nearly two years ago, when Steam Greenlight was in its infancy, several of our team pitched our most anticipated titles that we wanted to see receive the elusive ‘green light’. One of my two picks was Altitude0: Lower and Faster. This air plane racing title looked…
Read MoreReview by Shaan J. There’s been a noticeable resurgence of old-school, retro-inspired platformers in the last five years or so, and some of the more noteworthy titles attempt to elevate their difficulty status to something akin of “NES-hard”. A lot of games fall short of this mark. 1001 Spikes does…
Read MorePreview by Shaan J. I’ve never envied those developers who choose to take up the task of developing a ‘sports’ game. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with sports games, but there’s an inherent sense of stagnation that plagues that genre, one that is most noticeable in franchises that rely…
Read MoreEarly Access preview by Pierre-Yves L. There’s a silly proverb that states that the early bird gets the worm. In the galactic play on this, the late robot gets in trouble with his boss and sent out into the far reaches of the universe to manage squishy humans to gather…
Read MoreReview by Shaan J. If there’s one thing that kept me coming back to BattleBlock Theater, it’s how consistently over-the-top everything has to be. It took years for developer The Behemoth to put the finishing touches on its latest platforming masterpiece, and it’s easy to see why. While it would…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. The gaming industry today is filled with a vast array of indie games, and they offer unique alternatives to major AAA releases. The recent indie movement has not only disrupted the industry, but has fundamentally changed it for the better, because now a talented development team…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Although I am not good at SHMUPs, I really enjoy playing them and RefleX is one of the finest I have played in a long while. Weirdly enough, RefleX is the second chapter of the Japanese game series The Tale of ALLTYNEX with the first and…
Read MorePreview by Jim S. Full Bore is a 2D block pushing and digging puzzle adventure game where you play as, you guessed it, a boar. When first starting you can pick between two bores to play as one is a male named Frederick and the other a female named Hildi.…
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