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Boston FIG 2026
Read more: Boston FIG 2026I went to Boston FIG today! Or yesterday. Not quite sure when I’m going to finish this article, so it’s possible neither of those end up being true. Anyway, the Boston Festival of Indie Games is a small event focused on surfacing independent and in development board and video games. In my case, it’s a…
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Animal Well
Read more: Animal WellAnimal Well is a tricky beast. At its heart, it’s a puzzle game. Sure, it’s a puzzle game with some platforming elements, and a bit of a metroidvania progression structure, but ultimately it’s a puzzle game. I am not the best at puzzle games. I’ve never done a review of Baba is You, or Snakebird,…
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Cassette Beasts
Read more: Cassette BeastsStop me if you’ve heard this one before. Cassette Beasts is a monster collector RPG. After arriving on a mysterious island, you learn you’re trapped there. You also learn that the island is populated by monsters that can be captured in Cassette Tapes, and used to battle each other. There’s also a set of Gym…
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Dice Miner
Read more: Dice MinerI debated writing about Dice Miner. It’s a clever little game, but quite simple, and I figured anyone who wanted to know about it could just ask ChatGPT. But when I tried asking ChatGPT, it got even the basic details wrong, proving that there is in fact still value in writing about games as a…
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Mega Spring Meltdown 2024
Read more: Mega Spring Meltdown 2024The birds are singing, the sun is shining, and various parts of my body on are strike. Must be spring! Green Mountain Gamers Mega Spring Meltdown event was this past weekend, and so I made the arduous trip up to Lebanon, NH to take part. As always, I’ll be talking about what I played, and…