Indie Games
News, Articles & Reviews about independent video games.
Steam Greenlight Spotlight
April 14, 2013 | Frank StrevaEven 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 indie devs about how they were repeatedly rejected from … Read More
Ultratron Review
March 29, 2013 | Frank StrevaI must admit, I have a bit of a soft spot for Puppy Games and their work. I’ve been a fan of them since Titan Attacks! first made its way onto Steam a while back, and, with the recent … Read More
99 Levels to Hell Review
March 22, 2013 | Frank Streva | One CommentSpelunky fans looking for a similar experience may want to sit up and take notice of this one. 99 Levels to Hell is a recently released action-platformer with light rogue-like elements by B-evil and Zaxis Games. The main idea … Read More
An Exclusive Interview with Mario Castañeda, Lead Artist for The Bridge
March 21, 2013 | Zachary SnaderEarlier this month, we were lucky enough to review The Bridge, a unique puzzle-platformer from indie developers Mario Castañeda and Ty Taylor. The game primarily stood out because of its insanely interesting M.C. Escher-esque art style, but that was … Read More
Unknown Worlds Out $30,000 Due To Steam Key Fraud
March 18, 2013 | Frank StrevaUnknown Worlds Entertainment reported that they requested that Valve deactivate 1,341 Steam keys for their FPS/RTS hybrid Natural Selection 2. Anyone who had purchased one of these keys will now have their “Play” option replaced with “Buy Again,” and … Read More
Review: The Bridge
March 5, 2013 | Zachary SnaderThere are not many games that capture an atmosphere and play to its strengths in the way that The Bridge does. The hand-drawn world is fairly evocative of M.C. Escher’s creations, although the puzzle designs and elaborate backgrounds do … Read More
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The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Tomb Raider Video Games
April 13, 2022 | Matthew Byrd
(Updated 4/13/22) Netflix’s recent reveal that they’ve greenlit an animated series based on the Tomb Raider franchise has given many gamers a chance to reflect on the legendary video game series.
Do so, and you’ll probably find that TRead More
Tormented Souls Review: Not Without My Tank Controls!
November 2, 2021 | Ulysses Martinez
I remember when I played my first Resident Evil. It was a gift and couldn’t wait to get it running in my old PS1. That old Capcom “this game contains scenes of explicit violence and gore” plastered on the … Read More
Cruelty Squad or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Capitalism
October 12, 2021 | Ulysses Martinez
An out of context moment from Cruelty Squad:
At the beginning of one mission, you are marked for dead by the organization you work for. Your handler has no idea what happened but informs you that they are coming for … Read More