Canabalt Review: Atom Atomic Presents RUN! AND JUMP TO FREEDOM

It has been said that the simplest games are generally the most fun. That rings true for myself, my editor, and just about everyone else I’ve introduced to “Canabalt“; a simple, but extremely well-designed game, where you’re some suit in a big corporate office running from robots shooting bombs at the city. So, basically, it’s just like what you did earlier today. [Continue Reading]

Indie Brawl Well On The Way – Three Characters Ready To Fight

When you leave a variety of game developers alone with talented artists, great things can happen like “Chrono Trigger,” “Resident Evil,” and countless other titles can become the fruits of their labor. The “Super Smash Bros.” series is one of those titles, and since its release the biggest minds in the independent gaming community have come together to release their own collaborative fighting game, “Indie Brawl.” After a lot of strain to secure rights from established producers of acclaimed independent games (some that are even lined up for an eventual Wii release), a bare-bones framework, with three characters now fully made. The Golden Knight from “Bonesaw,” the main marine-equse character from the platformer “Aquaira,” and a worm from the realtime strategy hit heavily inspired by “Worms,” Liero. [Continue Reading]

Iji Review: An Indie Game by Daniel Remar

A couple times within the scope of the year or so in just about any given media, a storyline takes place with a post-apocalyptic tone which preserves humanity as much as possible through a combined struggle. “Iji,” made by Daniel Remar, is anything but, as the role of saving an insignificant earth from a deadly race relies on luck, and a slowly-changing young woman thrown into very deadly situation. “Iji” starts as the game’s namesake enjoys a lovely walk through her father’s workplace at a research facility with her sister… when all hell breaks loose with orbital strikes. When she comes to, her brother and only human contact, Dan, serves as a handler and lack of moral compass as the story slowly unfolds; aliens known as the Tasen brought about the Armageddon, and Iji’s body was heavily damaged. Given cybernetic components from leftover technology from a race long past, Iji takes her nanogun and takes it to the invaders…. or not. [Continue Reading]

Not so Old, Not So Young

Check out this cool screen shot of the you know what movie that will come out you know when . Several questions will be asked, where is Sean Connery, where did Indiana’s son come from, and will Indiana break his bones after doing one of the Drake – Uncharted chasm style jump-o-death? Can’t wait!