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‘Gobbo Goes’ Review – Waddling Across The Sky

June 23rd, 2012 | By

Coming away from the media coverage of E3, in all its anti-aliased, bloom-filled glory, it’s refreshing to sit …

‘Blackwell’s Asylum” Preview – Alone In The Haze

June 14th, 2012 | By

Normally when people think about game development, in my experience they tend not to think of academia within …

‘Antique Mysteries: Secrets Of Howard’s Mansion’ Review – I Spy Something Odd

June 4th, 2012 | By

Who remembers those I Spy books, or the Where’s Waldo series where you had to look around cluttered …

‘Dungeon Dashers’ Preview – Wights With Friends

May 29th, 2012 | By

If you, the reader, claim to appreciate gaming in all its aspects and have never heard of Gary …

‘Helena The 3rd’ Review – New Definition Of Tank Jumping

May 14th, 2012 | By

Having grown up during the Nintendo 64 era, platformers of the 2D variety by and large escaped my …

‘Resonance’ Preview – Four Way Foray

April 18th, 2012 | By

The gifts that Adventure Game Studio, a freeware SCUMM-like creator, has given us are numerous. They include Egress …

‘Reflexio’ Preview – Flipping The Plushy Koala

April 17th, 2012 | By

Puzzling complicates otherwise simple game types such as platforming, shooting, etc, and so much so that it might …

‘Voxterium: Revision’ Preview – Voxels In The Air

April 6th, 2012 | By

 
Just as pixels can be used to represent two-dimensional shapes using small squares, voxels (or volumetric pixels) can …

‘Alien Arena’ Review – Fast, Furious And Flat

March 28th, 2012 | By

I managed to miss the Quake era of shooters during their heyday, since I was busy fawning over …

‘Impulse’ Review – Lunar Lander and Asteroids’ Lovechild

March 22nd, 2012 | By

As the title suggests, combining elements from existing games is often a viable method of producing new gameplay …