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Retro Adventure Game “Read Only Memories”
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
Posted in Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, Gaming Culture
Tagged (the) absolute, Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, games, Read Only Memories
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Review: Prehistoric Park on Game Industry News
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
Posted in Game Reviews
Tagged Game Industry News, Game Reviews, games, GiN, Marie Flanigan, prehistoric park
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Mining and Crafting with The Blockheads
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
Political Backstabbing and Handsome Men in ‘Everlove’
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
Posted in Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, Seattle
Tagged Chapel Hill, everlove, Game Reviews, games, Hardcore Droid, Seattle
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Sky Horse Interactive in IGM
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.
Posted in Chapel Hill, Game Reviews
Tagged Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, games, Indie Game Mag
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Tipping The Cows
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
Posted in Game Reviews, New York City
Tagged Game Reviews, games, Greg Walek, New York City, NHTI, thalo, Tip The Cows
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9th Dawn on Hardcore Droid
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
Posted in Game Reviews, New York City
Tagged Android, Game Reviews, Hardcore Droid, New York City
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iPlay Gamer June Issue
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
Posted in Chapel Hill, Game Reviews
Tagged Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, games, iplay gamer, my other writing, Random Heroes, Random Heroes 2, six-guns
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Lili on thalo
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
Posted in Chapel Hill, Game Reviews
Tagged BitMonster, Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, games, Lili, thalo
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Because You Can’t Play Tabletop Adventure Games On The Subway
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
Posted in Game Reviews, New York City
Tagged Android, Avernum, Game Reviews, games, Hardcore Droid, New York City, subway
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