Audiosurf was an interesting step in my gaming education. It was probably the first “indie” game I had ever seen or heard about. It struck me as incredible that a single person (in this case Dylan Fitterer) could make an entire game by himself! All my mates were talking about it and the tunes of the moment became battl... Read More »
I would like to begin this review by making one thing perfectly clear: I am terrible at this game. This isn’t the game’s fault, though! Rhythm Destruction, developed by Curious Panda released just recently onto Desura (the game is currently PC only, but the developer is considering mobile ports), looks to be a standard... Read More »
The Xbox Live Indie channel can throw out some wonderfully crazy little titles. Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is one such game. Read More »
The Adventures of King Croc started off with a little intro movie that amusingly pitted ‘King Croc’ against the evil ‘Professor Plumber’ who steals his girlfriend. From this encounter, King Croc receives some sort of science gun that allows him special platform-creating powers. The first strange... Read More »
It’s quite rare that I buy music nowadays, so I end up hearing most tunes via games. Below is a list of games where their music stuck with me after I finished playing. BOTANICULA DVA The band DVA made the cutest soundtrack to the cutest game EVER, using lots of vocal and human sounds. Mr. Lantern, Mr. Twig, Mr. P... Read More »
Big Sky Infinity is a fast-paced, side-scrolling twin-stick space shoot ‘em up exclusively available for the PS3 and PS Vita that mixes a handful of varying sections and ‘events’ with a bucketful of flashy lights and lazers. For those of you not in the know, Big Sky Infinity is essentially a spiritual successor to the ... Read More »
I’ve never really paid any attention to Kickstarter in the past, I’m vaguely aware of what it does, but that’s about it. I’ve certainly never examined any of the games making use of the service, so when I put my hand up in the virtual Game Jar staff room for the Strike Suit Zero preview, I had n... Read More »
There is a huge boom in retro-styled games being launched at the moment, and expos in the UK are utilising the continuing retro market by including areas specific to older games – some are even dedicated entirely to the classics. This is great for veteran gamers that want nostalgia mixed with new ideas, which Tow... Read More »
Vlambeer are going to have to stop making games at some point, otherwise there will be nothing original for everyone else to make! This time it’s a 2D awesome-plane-pilot simulator – Luftrausers. It only uses five colours and one level (that I’ve seen at least). Big deal right? Well If you’ve pl... Read More »
When I was asked to review Aqua Kitty I was a little unsure of what to expect. I’ll admit I was totally unaware of the title; it was one that had evaded my little world! Upon reading the title images flashed forward of some cutesy cat game, one where you had to save the little kitties from a watery death. Then I ... Read More »
Seeing as XCOM: Enemy Unknown has recently been released and is doing rather well, this is probably a good time to let you know that there is an indie team called Goldhawk Interactive that loves XCOM as much as 2K. Their view on the daunting task of updating the beloved classic is to recreate as much of the experience ... Read More »
I’m sure there has been a time when you have been really excited for a game. You have followed its progress for a few months and watched every video that’s been released. You have told yourself just how great this game is going to be, only for you to get your grubby mits on it and find that you have built it up beyond ... Read More »
I’ve done this thing for as long as I can remember. Wherever I go there will always be a mountain, a valley, a forest or river that I look at and imagine what it would be like to reach the top of it or travel along it. Most of the time I’ve got something more ‘important’ to do, and I wish for so... Read More »
Hotline Miami is game that will consume your day with a combination of saying “damn that’s cool!” and “fuck! Why can’t I kill that guy?!”. That being said the premise is just as strange; a weird looking guy in his apartment gets mysterious phone calls from an unknown source, giving him cryptic instructions. If you’ve s... Read More »
The demo is finally out for everyone to play for RPG game, Anodyne. It instantly strikes up memories of running around 2D Hyrule and smacking the crap out of evil stuff, but this time you control a hero named Young. It will only take up 30 or so minutes of your time to play, so I suggest you go and do it now. The Anody... Read More »
In our continuing quest to find out what it means to be Indie we spoke to a fresh batch of developers at this year’s gamescom. We couldn’t bring ourselves to trim down this collection anymore, there’s such a diversity of talent, all coming from different backgrounds; be it the movie industry, teaching... Read More »
There are times when you see some things and they just don’t make sense. The Real Texas starts you as a cowboy going on holiday to England and immediately sends you to another dimension. This dimension, a kind of purgatory, has a town called Strange Texas in it. People are stuck here from all over history and nee... Read More »
I was lucky enough to be invited to try out the Guns of Icarus beta, and to help me along was Joseph Lieberman from Muse Games. This meant I could explode and ask questions at the same time! Guns of Icarus Online is an steam punk themed airship combat game. Through a variety of different game modes you and some other p... Read More »
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