Greenlight Spotlight: Kickstarter Edition
Before I get to the real meat of this article, it's time for a quick Greenlight update. As I reported, 18 games have been Greenlit since my previous article. Of…
Closed Loop
What is the landscape of video games in the current marketplace? How do we unhinge ourselves from systemic-seeming clichés that do not want to give way to other more creative…
Jagged Alliance: Flashback Is Now Recruiting On Kickstarter
A new Jagged Alliance reboot, subtitled Flashback, is currently looking for funding via Kickstarter. This new installment in the classic turn-based squad tactics game is being developed by an indie…
Spotlight on Ouya
Ouya and the independent game scene The summer of 2013 will bring us all something that we haven’t seen in a while: the breakout of a new game console to…
Mods are Wonderful
Mods or Modifications are changes made to a video game that range from slightly editing certain mechanics or stats to change the game to a player’s liking to going as…
Interview: Greg Kasavin talks Transistor
Last Friday I got a chance to sit down with Greg Kasavin, creative director of the 2011 smash indie hit Bastion and now working full steam ahead on Supergiant’s newest…
Papers, Please Preview
November 1982. You are a newly recruited inspection officer at the Arstotzkan boarder. Your wife and children are counting on you to accept or reject the right people who mean…
Sixth Wave of Greenlit Titles Announced
Today, Valve announced the sixth set of games and software to make it through the Steam Greenlight process. This set includes 20 items in total, with 18 games and two…
Review: Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves (Tome I)
Every now and then you play a game that throws you for a complete loop. It openly invites high expectations with a unique concept and fascinating story setting, only to…
Review: Signal Ops
Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation has just recently released Signal Ops, a retro multi-FPS stealth game that allows you to do all kinds of neat super-spy stuff like assassinate targets, steal…
Steam Greenlight Spotlight
Even though Valve seems pretty indie-friendly, actually getting your game onto Steam can be a mysterious, arcane process. If you look around, you'll find a lot of horror stories from…
BattleBlock Theater Review
BattleBlock Theater is one of those games that comes along and makes you think, “Wow, I hate my friends.” For the low price of 1200 Microsoft Points (somehow 1200 becomes…