Board Game Preview: Top Pop
Though carbonated drinks have, somewhat surprisingly, been around since the 1700s and flavoured fizzy beverages date back to at least the 1800s, it wasn’t until mass production processes were pioneered […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: Lucy Dreaming
A hugely popular genre in the 90s, point and click adventure games have – a few high profile examples aside – felt like a bit of a lost art in […]
Sirens: Battle of the Bards – An Interview with Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone
“I was eight years old,” Satine Phoenix reveals, about her first encounter with Dungeons & Dragons. “I found the starter box in my basement. It had my Dad’s old characters […]
Creating Abyssal Albion: An Interview with Thomas J. Campbell
“A lot of people say ‘screenwriters make comics because they can’t make films’ – but that’s not the case. I always wanted to write comics,” Thomas J. Campbell, the writer […]
Comic Book Review: Tales from the Interface No. 3
Currently in the midst of an already-successful Kickstarter campaign that’s 199% funded at the time of writing, the third volume of Tales from the Interface is my first exposure to […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: Fishkeeper
I’ve owned aquariums a few times in my life; despite the maintenance and upkeep, it’s generally very rewarding, relaxing and even therapeutic to take care of fish in a well […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: Abyssal Albion #2
Following the excellent first issue‘s successful corwdfunding campaign and release, Lovecraftian survival horror comic series Abyssal Albion has now been launched on Kickstarter. I missed the campaign for the well-written […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: The Breakfast Bunch #1
Though the concept itself seems incredibly leftfield – with a group of breakfast cereal box mascots uniting to defend the treasure of The Perfectly Balanced Breakfast from a mysterious villain […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: [lock-on] Volume 1
Though mass market, large scale print video games media is an industry that’s a shell of its former self, there’s an awful lot of passion, creativity and talent in the […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: Night Market
Having launched on Kickstarter on the 9th of March and achieved its funding goal in just 12 hours, it’s clear that Night Market – a worker placement board game with […]
Comic Book Review: Abyssal Albion #1
Long term readers of the blog will know that I have always been a fan of the cosmic horror of HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, though not a fan of the […]
Preview: Roots of Pacha
With a Kickstarter funding campaign days away from launch and the game’s Steam page now live (so you can add the game to your wishlist right now!), I thought it […]
Comic Book Review: Miskatonic High #1
The concept for Miskatonic High is a very intriguing one – it’s teens vs the Cthulhu Mythos; The Breakfast Club meets Lovecraft. The first issue of writer Mike Shea and […]
Kickstarter: My Time at Sandrock
My Time at Portia was a critical and commercial hit when it launched on PC in 2018 and then later on consoles in 2019. It was a beautifully compelling, Studio […]
Kickstarter: The Star Legation
I first covered The Star Legation earlier this year after checking out the impressive and rather generously sized demo. I was very taken with how well written the game was, as well as the variety on offer with the look and feel of the characters you interact with along the way. The Star Legation is currently seeking funds on Kickstarter […]
Kickstarter: Kapia
I talk about this a lot in my articles, but I’m forever impressed at not just the drive and determination that independent creators show – but also their incredible talent. […]
