Indies
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2.3KHades II First Early Access preview — Olympus, I receive this message
There’s something magical about seeing a game come together over time. While the best way to experience that is to make one...
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954.4KSucker for Love: Date to Die For — Can love bloom in the outer realm?
The Thousand have taken over your childhood home of Sacramen-Cho. By summoning the eldritch entity known as Rhok’zan, the Black Goat of...
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803.0KBuckshot Roulette review — Bang for your buck
As you grip the shotgun in your hands, you quickly lose track of whether the pulsing beat that fills your ears is...
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803.0KFreedom Planet 2 review — Fumbling yet fun
In 2D platformers, my favorite thing to do is to go as fast as possible. Maybe it’s because I grew up playing...
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1.7KThe People’s Joker was a soulful, hilarious fever dream
The People’s Joker is a walking contradiction. Exactly what I expected and wildly above expectation. At the same time it was stylish...
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1.7KHades II Technical Test preview — So mote it be
All of Supergiant’s games are masterpieces, but Hades took the world by storm. Its addictive rogue-like gameplay, compelling story and characters, and...
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1.7KDarious Britt’s Unsound — filming the pain and love of caring for a parent with schizoaffective disorder
Unsound doesn’t have to tell you that it’s based on a true story. Never have I seen something so real. Never has...
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1.3KTake up the pristine blade once again in Slay the Princess update, out now
Today, Black Tabby Games released an update for their game, Slay the Princess. In addition, as par of the Steam Midweek Madness...
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1.5KFriends who fight together fish together in teased co-op mode for Sea of Stars
Today, Sabotage Studios teased a three player co-op mode for their hit RPG, Sea of Stars. The acclaimed turn-based RPG Sea of...
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752.3KPenny’s Big Breakaway review — A good first performance
Platformers are perhaps the purest genre of video games. It’s just you, the challenge the developers have set before you, and an...
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2.2KHow Eric Power is reinventing a lost animation style
By looking deep into film history, Austin-based artist Eric Power found the template for a style of filmmaking unlike anything released in...
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852.6KArzette: The Jewel of Faramore review — Squadala!
Only Princess Arzette can defeat Daimur! When the demon lord is freed from his book prison, Arzette must light the beacons around...
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1.5KPenny’s Big Breakaway preview — Around the world at Sonic speed
Editors Jack Zustiak and David Flynn had the chance to play a good chunk of the upcoming game, Penny’s Big Breakaway. We...
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1.4KMorning is Broken — encompassing the weight of stories untold
The D&D themed short film Morning is Broken has a power that long outlasts its 12 minute runtime. It comes from what...
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1.3KGrowing beyond tragedy with the Timewarp Quadrilogy — Fandom Underground
Fandom Underground has given me the greatest insight I could ask for into the dichotomy between art as personal expression and art...
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1.3KForging empathy from chaos with Wormholes–Fandom Underground
Wormholes is the kind of artistic miracle that can only happen when the right people are in the right place at the...
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2.9KA brief survey of Star Trek fan films — Fandom Underground
A few years ago I wrote an editorial discussing the shocking majesty of Hidden Frontier, a no-budget Star Trek fan film that...
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1.3KRediscover Crystal Lake in Friday the 13th: Vengeance–Fandom Underground
Friday the 13th has been quiet since its dubiously received 2009 remake, but a group of fans and professionals put that to...
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1.8KSummoning Dream and Nightmare with Sandman 24 Hour Diner–Fandom Underground
Well before Neil Gaiman’s nightmarish fantasy comic was adapted by Netflix, recent film school graduates set out to adapt the source material...
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1.5KPushing the limits of time and space with Doctor Who Velocity–Fandom Underground
Buried as it is between the mountains and the desert, Boise Idaho doesn’t have much of a film industry. What it does...
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2.3KTales of the Clown Prince–Fandom Underground
In the Joker’s long career, he has strayed far from his origins as a criminal mastermind. Oh, he commits a lot of...
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1.7KCrow–Fandom Underground
Crow’s supernatural revenge thriller is a dark urban fairy tale replete with some of the finest and most effective artistry I’ve seen...
