Author Articles
‘Gobbo Goes’ Review – Waddling Across The Sky
June 23rd, 2012 | By Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
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 Doug Walter
As the title suggests, combining elements from existing games is often a viable method of producing new gameplay …