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The March of Giants playtest was cool.
Read more: The March of Giants playtest was cool.The current March of Giants beta ends today at midnight, so if anything in this article seems cool, download it literally right now, because there isn’t another playtest till 2027. I love MOBAs just as much as I love CCGs, and while the two types of games are quite different (real time vs turn based,…
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Holocure
Read more: HolocureHolocure is a Hololive-inspired fan game in the shape of Vampire Survivors. If you haven’t heard of Vampire Survivors, it’s a 2D roguelite where you try to survive as long as possible. If you’ve never heard of Hololive/Vtubers, I’d suggest this video by Gigguk. While some of the specifics are bit out of date, the…
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Garfield Kart – Furious Racing
Read more: Garfield Kart – Furious RacingThe bar for franchised game tie-ins is a moving target, but it’s rarely above sea level. Often, it spends time in the Mariana Trench. I’m lucky in that the franchises I love started as games, so the games are usually pretty good (or in the case of Pokémon, “Yes, it’s the same thing, but I…
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h8machine Demo
Read more: h8machine DemoThis writeup is about the demo for an indie game called h8machine, a card game based around the idea of internet arguments. The name is presumably a reference to everything modern social media has become. Before I talk more about h8machine though, I want to talk about a very different game: Binding of Issac. Binding…
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A Rant About Winning
Read more: A Rant About WinningOne of the stupidest things I’ve ever read about games was written by David Sirlin, a very smart game designer. He wrote it in a book that I picked up out of curiosity, and early on I encountered this quote. I believe there is a great deal more of this “fun” to be had while…
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