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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…
Pax Britannica – The One Button RTS is now on Android
Created for the Gamma IV competition,Pax Brittanica is an engrossing indie title that asks if players can defend a battleship and sink another using only one button.
Review: Swords and Soldiers finally comes to iOS
Swords and Soldiers is a well-crafted, well-liked side-scroller finally ported to iOS, but the questions remains – what took them so long when this is such an obvious match?
Review – The Asskickers, beat ‘em up retro style
The Asskickers, by Ago Games, is a new beat-’em-up with a retro feel that released this week. This is Ago Games’ first release into the gaming world, with this game they hoped to bring back the feel of the classic beat-’em-up with a new thematic direction. Along with that classic arcade-style game play comes some comedy and an interesting story line. Read the full review to learn where the game succeeds and where it fails…
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.
Atom Zombie Smasher – An Indie Game Review
A review of Atom Zombie Smasher from Blendo Games wherein the writer notes the fresh take on the increasingly tiresome zombie apocalypse genre has a bite taken out of it.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth – An Indie Game Review
A review of tower defence strategy game Anomaly: Warzone Earth from independent game developer 11bit, a solid outing that made this writer sit up and pay attention.
Review of Hector Badge of Carnage – Episode 1 – We Negotiate With Terrorists
A review of Hector: Badge of Carnage – Episode One: We Negotiate With Terrorists from Telltale games, wherein heavy handed sophomoric humor is salvaged by some clever puzzles and art style.
Who’s That Flying?! An Indie Game Review
With great power comes great responsibility. Therefore, it logically follows that being invincible is a royal pain in the ass. Read the full review of Who’s the Flying?! aka WTF?!
