Video Game Reviews, Articles
While at Gamescom this year, I managed to secure an interview with a publisher called Zodiac Interactive. They provide a gateway to the Western market for indie developers from China, who want to release their games to a larger audience….
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What is it? Another Case Solved is a puzzle-detective game, which sees you match up footprints, magnifying glasses or question marks, as well as other objects, to gather clues about a case. Platform(s) Android & iOS Pros Cons Fantastic art…
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What is it? Sandiego Inc. is a mobile game that sees you play as a detective, going around the world to try to locate criminals, based on oddly precise clues that are given to you by random members of the…
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I was browsing the IndieGaming section of reddit the other day when a GIF of a noire-looking game, with a gorgeous pixel-perfect aesthetic to go with it. Seeing as both of those things really appeal to me, I couldn’t not…
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What is it? LA Noire is a detective game set in the late 1940s, that sees you play as Detective Cole Phelps. Cole is a decorated ex-marine who now serves as a police constable on the LAPD, rising up to…
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Television shows that have tie in video games have always been popular. I can never figure out why, because for the most part, they’re dreadful. Psych is one series that, while I thoroughly enjoyed, I never anticipated there would be…
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What is it? The Sexy Brutale is a supernatural type game that sees you play as a man trapped in a time loop, who also happens to be the only man that can save a number of people from their…
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Groundhog Day was a movie that had an interesting concept. A man, stuck in a time loop, trying to sort out his life. The Sexy Brutale has taken inspiration from this idea, and puts you in a similar position. You’re…
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What is it? The Wolf Among Us is a video game developed by Telltale Games, combining their usual ‘actions have consequences’ theme with the Fable comic book series. It’s a great point and click adventure and doesn’t require any knowledge…
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What is it? The Raven is a point and click adventure game released in 2013 that sees you play as Constable Zellner in his pursuit of the master thief only known as the Raven. It’s an excellent homage to Agatha…
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What is it? Aviary Attorney is a quirky visual adventure novel game that follows the same concept as the Phoenix Wright games on the DS. You play as the witty JayJay Falcon and his slightly dim associate Sparrowson as they…
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Very few games can boast artwork and music created by illustrious 19th century artists, however, Aviary Attorney is one of the few that manage it. With characters originally created by J. J. Grandville and music composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, you…
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What is it? Noir Syndrome is a retro-styled procedurally generated detective game, where every new play through is a new experience. You’re given a murder case, and you have to roam around the various locations in the city uncovering clues…
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What is it? Murdered: Soul Suspect is a murder-mystery adventure game with a paranormal twist – you, the protagonist, are a ghost investigating your own murder. It’s packed full of twists and turns as you navigate the haunted purgatory around…
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What is it? The Detail is a point and click adventure with a heavy crime-noire setting. You take two characters through both sides of the story in this game in a compelling and enjoyable play through. It doesn’t introduce anything…
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