Author: Andrew King

  • Camp W Puts Harry Potter-style Sorcery and Wicca in Conversation

    Camp W Puts Harry Potter-style Sorcery and Wicca in Conversation

    Promptly after arriving at a summer camp in the human world via mysterious, magic portal, the young witch protagonist of visual novel Camp W meets… another young witch. There are differences, of course. The new arrival, Liliandra (or Lysander if you opt to play as a boy), has magical powers. Lil parts the waters of the…

  • Is Dead Cells’ Hero Secretly a Gamergater?

    Is Dead Cells’ Hero Secretly a Gamergater?

    Upon its release into 1.0 last month, Motion Twin’s Dead Cells took the gaming world by storm, finding commercial and critical success. And what’s not to love? With satisfying hack-and-slash gameplay, a grimly colorful neon world and a compelling upgrade system, Dead Cells is a compulsively playable, aesthetically pleasing and accomplished “roguevania.” But, one thing…

  • An Interview with Radical Leftist Dev Colestia

    An Interview with Radical Leftist Dev Colestia

    Colestia presents as a monolith. The profile picture that the Canberra-based dev uses for Twitter and Itch.io is a multifaceted stone pillar against a white background; imposing and mysterious. But, in reality, Colestia is just a dude.  He’s a hard working one, though. A recent college graduate and Australian, David Cribb, the man-behind-the-monolith has spent the…

  • The Games of Radical Leftist Game Dev Colestia

    The Games of Radical Leftist Game Dev Colestia

    Since their arrival on the indie scene in the summer of 2015, Australian developer, Colestia, has released a dozen short, free games to their Itch.io page. Sediment, a floating-and-digging sim with a pounding, leftist heart, debuted last week. We liked it quite a bit. So much so, in fact, that we decided to take a…

  • Sediment is Minecraft Meets Radical Leftist Art Installation

    Sediment is Minecraft Meets Radical Leftist Art Installation

    In Sediment, the new exploration game from prolific leftist dev, Colestia, capitalism is presented as a literal pyramid scheme. It’s almost impossible to talk about Sediment without spoiling it, but it’s free, worth playing and only about 10 minutes long. If you think you might want to check it out, play it on your lunch…

  • Let’s Hope the Devs Behind Homeless Sim CHANGE Know What They’re Doing

    Let’s Hope the Devs Behind Homeless Sim CHANGE Know What They’re Doing

    CHANGE, a successfully Kickstarted survival game that aims to simulate the experience of being homeless will hit Steam Early Access on September 18, and I’m deeply skeptical that it should even exist. To be clear, developer Delve Interactive’s heart seems to be in the right place. They’ve said that CHANGE was inspired by their experience…