Category Archives: Adventure

A Review of the Bundle Stars ‘Bundle #6 – Catnip’

A Review of the Bundle Stars ‘Bundle #6 – Catnip’ For a change of pace I’m reviewing an indie games bundle that has more than a mayfly’s lifespan left before closing. Check out Bundle Stars for lots of cheap games; … Continue reading

Adventure, First-Person, Online Gaming, Puzzle, RPG or thereabouts, Tower Defense, Video Gaming

A Review of the Indie Royale “Debut Bundle”

You know the drill. Go to Indie Royale in the next three days, buy cheap rad games, support poor struggling game developers. Then keep going back for more because their service is great. Here’s my look at the most recent … Continue reading

Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Shmups, Tower Defense, Video Gaming

A Review of the Indie Royale “Mash Bundle”

A Review of the Indie Royale “Mash Bundle” I love these little indie bundles. There’s like ten different ones and they keep having new packages every couple of weeks. Thanks to inflation and joining forces with Steam, video games are … Continue reading

Adventure, Beat-Em-Up, Online Gaming, Platformer, Shmups, Strategy, Video Gaming

The Cat Lady – Flawed, But Amazing

Guest article by Brian G. Wood . He also has a pretty rad book on Amazon, you should buy it. ********** The Cat Lady – Flawed, But Amazing This review will contain minor spoilers for The Cat Lady . If … Continue reading

Adventure, Brian G. Wood, Guest Article, Horror, Video Gaming

Frog Fractions and Multi-Genre Games

Frog Fractions and Multi-Genre Games Frog Fractions is a browser-based flash game that initially appears to be about completing simple actions (a frog eating bugs) to teach players about fractions and mathematics. However, this premise is quickly revealed to be … Continue reading

Adventure, Comedy, Shmups, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

Jonathan Blow is the Most Pretentious Man on Earth

Jonathan Blow is the Most Pretentious Man on Earth I kind of liked Braid . It didn’t deserve all the ridiculous hyperbole surrounding it but it was not bad. It had some cool puzzle mechanics and the art was interesting. … Continue reading

Adventure, Platformer, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

An Actually Good Lord of the Rings Game!

This is going to be an unconventional article. My site isn’t a parenting blog and I usually have no patience for the wacky antics of children, but I thought it was hilarious that my ten year old nephew could write … Continue reading

Adventure, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Guest Article, Lord of the Rings, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming, Zane Laughead

Crystalis: The Second-Best Zelda Clone You’ve Never Played

If you’re the type of person who reads reviews of old NES games, then you’ve certainly played The Legend of Zelda . Who knows? You may even be one of the discerning nerds who wishes the series had continued down … Continue reading

Adventure, Animu, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming

10 Books I Turn Into Games: Sci-fi & Fantasy Dork Edition

There have been a couple games based on Conan the Barbarian , one from the immensely boring Wheel of Time series , several Discworld adventure games, and a trillion games based on Tolkien’s works. There’s a new Game of Thrones … Continue reading

Adventure, Beat-Em-Up, Books, Exploring Stuff, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Film, RPG or thereabouts, Video Gaming

10 Pieces of Literature that I Attempt to Create Game Proposals For

There were Frankenstein , Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Tom Sawyer games for the NES. Parasite Eve for the PlayStation was based on a novel. Someone relatively recently made a NES-like game out of The Great Gatsby . So … Continue reading

Adventure, Books, Horror, Post-Apocalyptic, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming