Ludicrous Back-Stabbing Simulator Magicka Sells Well

In the past few months you may briefly have heard about a little game called Magicka, which, despite eliciting an overall average critical response, quickly became a fan favorite. Since its release in January, the quite sarcastic magic-themed action-RPG Magicka

The Golden Age of Trailers

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2DsoiA54Y&w=640&h=390] The Dead Island Trailer has some company for best trailer released this year. Seriously, I don’t love Magicka. In fact, I don’t think I even liked it very much. And when a company can put together a trailer for

Wizards in silent films: Magicka

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKgio-LLEUs&fs=1&hl=en_US] You may recall me mentioning Magicka before as a veritable masters class in how to sell your independent game. Part one of How the Gold Master Was Delayed was a happy romp, but part two is even better, because

How to sell your indie game

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVStZQacSok&fs=1&hl=en_US] Like that. If your game is an indie, there’s probably a lot of people already raving about it. Most of Rock Paper Shotgun, for instance, loves Magicka. But how do you get us from concept, and even gameplay, to