Christmas time is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you can stop being a gamer. Because you can’t. And you never will. But do not worry my friend, all will be well. Now, through the power of Robby Duguay’s crazy electronic compositional skills, you can listen to all your favorite Christmas tunes, as though…
As far as I’m concerned, being stuck on a rogue spaceship alone seems like a welcome break. Unfortunately, sometimes you’re stuck with a rogue AI that seems to be confused as to why you deserve to live. That’s the exact situation that ‘Event 0’ tries to encapsulate. So here’s 15 minutes of ‘Event 0’ gameplay. We…
I’m not sure if our readers have heard of ‘Star Traders’ from Trese Brothers Games, but plenty of people have. With over 500,000 downloads on the Google Play Store and a rating of 4.3, ‘Star Traders’ could be considering a resounding success. The proposition of a deep, challenging, and rewarding Sci-Fi Game for mobile devices is…
I’m all for frustrating games, but this is even too much for someone like me. I mean, I’ve beat ‘Dark Souls’ and ummm…. really enjoy point-and-clicks? I’m a wuss for the most part when it comes to difficult video games. So I can’t do ‘Speed Trail’, but maybe you can. Essentially each level is a…
You wake up. Single, alone, and jobless in a small apartment. You can go out and further your life by finding a job and then better jobs, upgrading your living space, and discovering romance. Here’s the catch. The real world isn’t the only thing that decides if you have the ability to do so. In…
I think I can appreciate the difficulty of a senior project. Sometime, about a year ago, I submitted mine to my University. I received little fan fare but a “nicely done” and a college degree for my three months of work. Unlike me, a student team from the University of Utah’s Entertainment Arts and Engineering…
Multiplayer games seem to be always craving a new twist. Whether it be a new catch to pull people towards something different or a slight twist on an old favorite (see Titanfall). Only on occasion do you find something that is actually intriguing. Especially from my standpoint, as a man who really has only been intrigued…
Being in prison sure doesn’t seem glorious on the surface. Although I cannot truly be sure, I would bet it’s not a joyous event to be locked away with other people who are likely just as, if not more, dangerous than you are. But curiosity is a fascinating cat and I would like to fantasize…
An Indie Games AAA announcement for the ages! We have officially changed our logo. As adorable as our old logo was, we decided it was not quite as professional looking as we wanted. So, Franky Collins decided to whip up a new logo for us, which is pictured at the top of the page, as…
You may remember Psychotic Psoftware from ‘Power-Up’ a successful side-scrolling shoot em’ up on XBLIG. which is now vying to get Greenlit. Well, Mike Hanson, the one-man wrecking ball of a team at Psychotic Psoftware, has begun a Kickstarter campaign for a retro-style platformer called ‘Flix The Flea’. Flix lives on a dog and the dog happens to be an astronaut. Flix…
Today Valve made a potentially groundbreaking announcement by announcing SteamOS. Their foray into the world of Operating Systems. SteamOS will be a Linux-based Operating System, with the ultimate interest in bringing Steam to living rooms. The OS will be free to download for users. Other features included in the SteamOS will include Family Sharing, In-Home…
[youtube http://youtu.be/AOJ0oUaDL0U] David S. Gallant’s new game, I Get This Call Every Day’ (IGTCED), about working a day job and the miserable difficulties that accompany it is available now at David’s website. As you all know, whether you be ManDate fans or Twitter fans, I have a fairly close relationship with David and have one of…
Game Jams are an enigma to me. Perhaps it is my inability to code, write, and program, but those are issues for another life. What matters is that the concept of creating a game in a matter of 24, 48, or 72 hours tickles me in a way that only Futurama and our own ManDate…
Award shows are fun extravaganzas of opinions and ranking games. I too, like most people, enjoy having fun. So I have decided to hold my own awards show! An end of the year cacophony of guest stars (hopefully) and awards all held by me and my ManDate podcast co-host Frank Collins! The show will be held…
Last night I went live on my Twitch.tv Channel for a cast of me playing ‘Super Hexagon’. I interacted with fans and gave away codes. You can view part of the cast above or the whole cast here. The community response was pretty positive and I hit 27 viewers at some point. Because of this I…
I am a big fan of experiments and have a noted love of ‘Dear Esther’, and I welcome any effort at ingenuity in storytelling. ‘Montague’s Mount’, from developer Polypusher Studios, is a new game which I have officially put on my games to watch list. Not many games get on there. It is an psychological experiment in first person storytelling,…
You can get it on Steam for relatively cheap.
