Chronic Logic Trashes RTSes
Posted by Akaishi on September 28th, 2005 at 3:20 amNo, it's no kind of political statement. Chronic Logic, the developers of such marvels as Pontifex II and Tryptich, has released "Trash": a 3D realtime strategy buildfest set in a post-apocalyptic future of ruins, Mad Max-ish combat vehicles and bizarre mutants.
While on cursory examination it doesn't seem to bring much new to the genre, it [...]
Day of Defeat: Source released, plus other Steam news
Posted by inpheaux on September 27th, 2005 at 9:00 amAs we reported earlier, Day of Defeat: Source was successfully released right on time yesterday. Not really a whole lot to say about this, It's DoD:S, we already told you all about it, and all 47 different ways you can go pay for it now. Now you can. So go do it.
In other Steam news, [...]
Sam & Max license gets a new loving home
Posted by inpheaux on September 15th, 2005 at 9:59 amBrace yourselves. This story is proof that here in the amazing dystopic world of 2005, where nothing truly wonderful and good and just never seems to occur, sometimes if you hope just enough everything turns out right.
It's been over a year since Sam & Max's expectedly-triumphant return was cancelled by Lucasarts. Everyone was horribly disappointed [...]
Valve Announces it will distribute indy game “RagDoll Kung fu” via Steam
Posted by King_Andy on August 13th, 2005 at 5:45 pmYesterday Valve announced on Steam Powered that the experimental indy game "Rag Doll Kung Fu" will be distributed via Steam. While I'm not a big fan of Steam, we can call this good news because it probably means that the game is coming out soon.
For those of you not familiar with the hype [...]
EyezMaze updates GROW and Tontie
Posted by inpheaux on July 25th, 2005 at 9:30 amEyezMaze, Japanese developer of quite a few great little flash games, recently updated two of their most well-known games: GROW and Tontie.
The new version of GROW, called GROW RPG, is much like it's predecessor GROW v3. Drag things from the sides to the middle, watch them grow and do . . stuff. The original was [...]
A Review Does not Appear in this space.
Posted by King_Andy on July 14th, 2005 at 7:29 pmAs many of you may have noticed, over the past week or so all the more artistic gaming blogs and even major news media outlets have been falling over themselves to praise "Facade", a self-proclaimed "one-act interactive drama". I like to think of myself as someone who enjoys more than twitch reflexes and violence, who [...]
Golf? Public Beta?
Posted by inpheaux on July 11th, 2005 at 2:37 amI should really be asleep right now, in preparation for another exciting day of Work, but instead I'm playing games at 02:28 so I can feel informed when I tell all you wonderful people about them.
Chronic Logic is another one of those few indie game devs I keep my eye on, as I know I [...]
Indie Games You Should Know
Posted by inpheaux on July 8th, 2005 at 2:09 pmAh, the often-overlooked indie game scene. Sure, a lot of the stuff it churns out isn't worth downloading, but sometimes you find stuff that's just AMAZING. So here's a short list of some recent (and not so recent) stuff I've come across that I can't stop talking about.
Cave Story [aka Doukutsu Monogatari] - Cave Story [...]