Tag Archives: Game Reviews

Retro Adventure Game “Read Only Memories”

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Meg

Retro art and style in a narrative cyberpunk adventure game? And the player doesn’t have to be a Straight Male protagonist? I couldn’t cover this one fast enough. The game resembles beloved classic adventure games by using character dialogue and … Continue reading →

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Review: Prehistoric Park on Game Industry News

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Meg

Just did a guest piece over at Game Industry News about Prehistoric Park. GiN is a great outlet, with a great team, and it was awesome to be part of it! Sadly, I wasn’t quite as impressed with the game … Continue reading →

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Mining and Crafting with The Blockheads

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Meg

The Blockheads is a free-to-play iPad and Android game, in which players explore a sandbox-style, procedurally-generated world, where they can build with with blocks. The game has a strong resemblance to another, very popular game full of, um, mining and … Continue reading →

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Political Backstabbing and Handsome Men in ‘Everlove’

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Meg

I recently reviewed Everlove, Silicon Sisters’ new romance / adventure game for Hardcore Droid. This game contains great dialogue, with both intrigue and snark. And the handsome, single men all over the kingdom really highlighted how often mainstream, for-everyone games … Continue reading →

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Sky Horse Interactive in IGM

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Meg

Indie Games Mag’s newest issue is out, including my interview with Dave Stafford from Sky Horse Interactive. This is issue 34, which kind of blows my mind, because my first piece for IGM was in issue 3.

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Tipping The Cows

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Meg

My friend Greg from college is now a game development professor, and I’m a games journalist, so I interviewed him for thalo about his students, his projects (which sometimes involve tipping cows) and indie games in general. Guess all that time we … Continue reading →

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9th Dawn on Hardcore Droid

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Meg

New piece on Hardcore Droid! ValorWare’s new game 9th Dawn offers so much to love for fans of old RPGs. The world is huge and open, allowing your little adventurer to explore a pixelly fantasy kingdom, protecting the weak and … Continue reading →

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iPlay Gamer June Issue

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Meg

I have three pieces in the June issue of iPlay Gamer Magazine!  This one is a snarky review of the new Fast & Furious game spinoff of the new Fast & Furious movie spinoff, and the magazine also includes my reviews of … Continue reading →

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Lili on thalo

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Meg

I often insist that games can be artistic, but rarely get to talk about why and how. I got the chance to discuss Lili, an iPad game I really like, for arts mag thalo. The island is full of strange … Continue reading →

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Because You Can’t Play Tabletop Adventure Games On The Subway

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Meg

New post on Hardcore Droid about adventure RPG Avernum: Escape From the Pit. While I did have a little frustration with the UI (Get back here, magic users! I tapped to shoot the enemy, not run up and hug him!), I’m … Continue reading →

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