Posts Tagged 'Indie'

Review: Atom Zombie Smasher

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL0WH8ry30E&w=640&h=390] Few games are funny. Humor is a difficult card to play in a video game. Yes, good writing can help, but in the end it can only pull so much; eventually, the gameplay needs to back up the zaniness

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Review: Atom Zombie Smasher

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL0WH8ry30E&w=640&h=390] Few games are funny. Humor is a difficult card to play in a video game. Yes, good writing can help, but in the end it can only pull so much; eventually, the gameplay needs to back up the zaniness

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Review: Cthulhu Saves the World

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56fG6fFqubA&fs=1&hl=en_US] There aren’t enough games made about Cthulhu. Point of fact. Ancient, eldritch alien evils of insanity are, frankly, a lot better than grandstanding idiots, various varieties of demons, and the lord Jesus Christ. This is empirical fact. And hell,

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Review: Cthulhu Saves the World

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56fG6fFqubA&fs=1&hl=en_US] There aren’t enough games made about Cthulhu. Point of fact. Ancient, eldritch alien evils of insanity are, frankly, a lot better than grandstanding idiots, various varieties of demons, and the lord Jesus Christ. This is empirical fact. And hell,

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Xbox Live Indie getting all the games in one week

This post is subtitled: “Cthulhu Saves the World has a release date!” Anyway, you’ve probably been on the XBL Indie section once or twice. Probably around when I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1 was released. You looked at

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Xbox Live Indie getting all the games in one week

This post is subtitled: “Cthulhu Saves the World has a release date!” Anyway, you’ve probably been on the XBL Indie section once or twice. Probably around when I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1 was released. You looked at

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Review: Costume Quest

We should have seen it coming. There are two types of games on PSN and XBLA. The first is the game that takes small ideas, polishes them to the point of perfection, and then layers on the charm, creating a

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Review: Costume Quest

We should have seen it coming. There are two types of games on PSN and XBLA. The first is the game that takes small ideas, polishes them to the point of perfection, and then layers on the charm, creating a

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Fallen Angel: Escape from the Underworld

Your indie game of the week comes courtesy of the Indie Games weblog, which you should really read if you don’t already. The game is Escape from the Underworld, made for Indie Kombat, and it is a fantastic little exploration

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Fallen Angel: Escape from the Underworld

Your indie game of the week comes courtesy of the Indie Games weblog, which you should really read if you don’t already. The game is Escape from the Underworld, made for Indie Kombat, and it is a fantastic little exploration

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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

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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

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Depressing flash game of the day: Immortall

Yes, folks, Immortall is a little bit old, but a fantastical flash game from the Pixelate, the developer of such fantastic flash games as Hunter Forever and Pixel Legions (both on the same site, and definitely worth a go). Immortall

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Depressing flash game of the day: Immortall

Yes, folks, Immortall is a little bit old, but a fantastical flash game from the Pixelate, the developer of such fantastic flash games as Hunter Forever and Pixel Legions (both on the same site, and definitely worth a go). Immortall

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When Andre stands you up: Dinner Date

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_Mv3OzLpQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] Some things make you wonder what the fuck. Most of these things are found at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. And, lest the above trailer not convince you, Dinner Date is one of those games. If you think there is nothing

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When Andre stands you up: Dinner Date

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_Mv3OzLpQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] Some things make you wonder what the fuck. Most of these things are found at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. And, lest the above trailer not convince you, Dinner Date is one of those games. If you think there is nothing

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Fez before Fez: Babel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFPmCcEVozQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] You know your game has *probably* been in development too long when people have already been inspired by your game. It’s like the Stephen Colbert joke about Rush: by the end of one of their epics, they’ve influenced themselves.

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Fez before Fez: Babel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFPmCcEVozQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] You know your game has *probably* been in development too long when people have already been inspired by your game. It’s like the Stephen Colbert joke about Rush: by the end of one of their epics, they’ve influenced themselves.

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Minecraft update looks awesome

Minecraft, aka most people with a PC’s indie darling of the year, is already more successful than most games, and it’s still in Alpha. Well, that’s probably not true. It’s more that, it’s a fully featured indie game that the

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Minecraft update looks awesome

Minecraft, aka most people with a PC’s indie darling of the year, is already more successful than most games, and it’s still in Alpha. Well, that’s probably not true. It’s more that, it’s a fully featured indie game that the

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