Category Archives: Game studies
Indie Games Reviews 18– 02/08/2022
BirdGut by Micah Boursier – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072390/BirdGut/ This hand-drawned puzzle platformer is as absurd as it is endearing. An entomologist interpretation of a Monty Python sketch – there’s no way you won’t be charmed by BirdGut. BloodBornePSX by LWMedia – https://b0tster.itch.io/bbpsx I for one never believed this would actually see the light of day. Not being […]
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 17 – 01/15/2022
Drive Time Radio by BirthdayBoy – https://birthday-boy.itch.io/drive-time-radio Think Pontypool meets Terrorvision. The voice acting and the writing are top-tier and would work by themselves as an exceptional horror short film. The added mix of quick reflex drive and quiz mechanics elevates Drive Time Radio to one of the most innovative and hilarious game I played […]
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 16– 12/17/2021
Roadkill Agora by ClaymoreGwen – https://claymoregwen.itch.io/roadkill-agora What initially feels like a homage to Oleander Garden splendid hostile-user design slowly builds into its own aesthetic with brilliant artefact-triggered poetry and mysterious sordid locations. A highly recommended, top-tier walking simulator. Booper Bowling by M dot Strange – https://mdotstrange.itch.io/booper-bowling Who else but M dot Strange could outcrazy Paranoiascape […]
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 15 – 11/19/2021
Not so indie games : The Beginner’s Guide by Everything Unlimited Ltd.—https://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/The_Beginners_Guide/ Another recent “classic” I neglected. Much digital ink has been spilled concerning this one, but I find it of utmost relevance in the current exponential mitosis of Unity-made indie games. I read a lot recently about the effect of the streaming economy […]
Continue readingIndie Games Reviews 14 – 10/22/2021
Awe of Them by Food Without Taste—https://foodwithouttaste.itch.io/awe-of-them An interactive traversal of cosmic sacrificial ground architecture. Pure atmosphere of rust, darkness and concrete. Just like I enjoy my coffee. Bad Ben by Corpsepile – https://corpsepile.itch.io/bad-ben Exquisite constant tone switch from abstract horror, full-on domestic gore and hilarious bravado. This is mixed media aesthetic at its best. […]
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