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Review: The Cat and the Coup
In playing documentary game Cat and the Coup, one gets the same sense of cross-cultural influences as comparative to whirlwind tour of a foreign art gallery. Within the encapsulation of a 2D side-scroller, traditional Persian artwork combine with black and white rotoscoping, somber caricatures of figures and peoples, and pictures from the historical press. An unusual mix of Erik Satie and Nine Inch Nails saturate the aural space with viscosity. Despite the imagery’s perspectival flatness, the actual experience of the visual scope is labyrinthine. Read the full review…
Terraria Review: Simon Belmont in MineCraft Land
Terraria IS (deep breath): a side-scrolling sandbox adventure exploration Metroidvania game with RPG and item-based character progression with MineCraft-like Build-It aspects. Read the review…
Review: Inside a Star-Filled Sky – Indie Dev Jason Rohrer’s Stellar New Title
Inside A Star-Filled Sky is the latest labor of visionary indie game developer Jason Rohrer. If you crave shoot-em-up games, but hate when they end, you need to be playing this.
Developer Feature – Improviso a first-person RPG by Gambit Game Labs
Developed by Singapore-MIT GAMBIT, Improviso offers a fresh feel to two-player story generators, while working to improve game AI in the future.
Ubisoft’s Child of Eden for Kinect – Honestly we can’t wait [VIDEO]
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With the amazing, Guinness Record-breaking adoption rate of Microsoft’s Kinect, we hope to see an ongoing slate of expansive game experiences. Child of Eden may be the herald to more interactive goodness to come.
Free scientific online game “Power of Research” puts gamers into the role of a researcher
“Power of Research”, a free strategic browser game is now officially launched and gives players for the first time the opportunity to slip into the role of a researcher. “Power of Research” is already supported by five Nobel Prize winners and several international renowned researchers.
A Review of Dungeons – Smells Like Dungeon Keeper. Tastes Like…
A review of Dungeons from indie game developer Realmforge Studios and distributed by Kalypso Media recalls Dungeon Keeper and Diablo as a theme park sim.
Review: Dan Remar’s Hero Core
Dan Remar’s indie game Hero Core is bare bones black and white shoot-em-up goodness with a feisty soundtrack to back up the action.
The Game Creators Present A Multi-Device Game Development Kit Called The App Game Kit
UK company The Game Creators introduce a “hassle-free” multi-device Game Development Kit they call The App Game Kit
Get Creative in The Game Creators’ Latest Christmas Game Competition
The Game Creators (TGC) are requesting games of a horizontal or vertical scrolling nature featuring Santa! Deadline is 28th Nov. and all entries need to use Dark Basic or GDK Pro.
