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Dropsy: The Game About Kindness That We Need Right Now

Celia Lewis - December 28, 2016

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The Swords of Ditto: Confused Execution Kills a Great Concept
The Swords of Ditto has been out for about two weeks now. When the title made its PS4 and PC release on April 24th, Onebitbeyond promised players an inexhaustible font of procedurally generated maps to explore, granting each hero their own “unique” adventure. This is an RPG nerd’s dream come true, in concept. It’s unfortunate, then, […]
Neon Tail is Our Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5, Mirrors Edge Fantasy
Neon Tail is basically Jet Set Radio meets Space Channel 5 meets Mirror’s Edge. If that doesn’t get your heart racing then you and your obsidian non-soul need to turn off the computer and re-examine your life. Before you start getting too excited though, Neon Tail isn’t coming out any time soon. Hell, it may […]
39 Days to Mars Reviewed: Beautiful Steampunk Tomfoolery
Imagine how the future looked as a child. Do you remember? Do you remember the moment when you could do anything at all? When the scales of fantasy and reality–of science and science-fiction–were in perfect balance? When the laws of the universe were governed by imagination? 39 Days to Mars sits in this innocent, dreamlike […]
Coffee Crisis: Why This Pittsburgh Alien-Brew Wants a Shot of PC, Xbox One
Mega Cat Studios has considered itself part of the ol’ Kickstarter Retro Renaissance after all, wherein anything past discrediting the cloud and evangelizing cassettes is probably heresy. Coffee Crisis celebrated something of an anniversary this December past, 12 months after 200-odd backers ordered a side-scrolling/beat ‘em up flavored roast off Black Forge Coffee House’s tap. […]
Bombslinger Review: A New Take on the Bomberman Formula
Take a concoction that’s two parts Bomberman, one part Wild West, and lace it with some thick rougelike elements. The result? Bombslinger, a game that’s equal parts addictive and explosively maddening. On the one hand, developer Mode4’s Bombslinger wholeheartedly and almost blatantly borrows the formula of the Bomberman games. At the same time, the game […]

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Dropsy: The Game About Kindness That We Need Right Now