Initial Impression Hello and welcome back to Galaxy of Geek for another Replayability Review from Cade’s Arcade. I’m Cade! The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was a fantastic launch title for the Switch. It featured numerous improvements with the gameplay that propelled Zelda into the next generation. But one criticism that plagued the game was the lack of […]
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Nintendo held their Indie World presentation yesterday. Some announcements were exciting, others…. not so much. For that reason, I’ve decided to only highlight the few titles that stuck out to me personally. You can check out their Indie World Showcase here. Sports Story Sports Story is the sequel to the 2017 indie hit Golf Story. For those of you that […]
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“Don’t Starve,” independently developed by Klei Entertainment, is a quirky and surprising addition to the survival / horror genre. Eye-catching visuals and memorable atmosphere combine to turn “Don’t Starve” into a notable cult hit with a few surprises in store for curious gamers. The game opens with Wilson, a Gentleman Scientist, waking to find himself transported to a strange parallel […]
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Every year the best, most innovative, and oddest inventions in consumer electronics, the type of technological gadgetry that inhabit and enliven our daily lives, come together for an orgy of originality. The International Consumer Electronics Show, or CES if you are cool enough, wrapped up last week, showcasing everything from Ultra HD television sets (or 4K sets since they have […]
Read moreBattlepaths is a lighthearted 2D turn-based RPG in which you explore a vast world, gathering treasure, leveling up, and battling baddies along the way. Sounds fun, right? It is…for a while. Starting Battlepaths for the first time, you’re given the opportunity to create a new character with a focus on one of five characteristics (power, mind, agility, damage, and balanced). […]
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Note: This is a revised version of a review that originally appeared on my blog. I left video gaming behind years ago. One of my time and fund-consuming hobbies had to go, and games drew the short straw. If I’d kept with it, I’d be even more broke now than I already am. I’ve continued to keep up with all […]
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The last game review in the Indie Games Uprising III line-up takes us, or more appropriately, crashes us on a distant alien world. Despite its alien appearance, many of us will be doing something we are quite familiar with in this unfamiliar landscape; mining. Yes, Xenominer is an alien twist on what is quickly becoming a classic genre, but does […]
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Pixel by Ratchet Game Studio is a poorly executed 3D platformer that draws liberally from Portal. The game is not only greatly flawed by glitches and handling, but it also fails to provide any substantial gameplay. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grSu5vwoVdA The nameless hero utilizes a Portal-esque gun that can manipulate strands of blocks to reach the exit of each level. The gun […]
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Ratchet Game Studio is a one man band of sorts, headlined by Robert, a mechanical engineer from Canada. While mechanical engineering is not completely unrelated to game development, the two are not exactly identical fields. Robert did have some classes that involved programming, but overall, his collegiate curriculum was “heavily non-programing related.” Robert said he had to teach himself much […]
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The Indie Games Uprising III has succumbed to Entropy; no not the thermodynamic property of cooling down (to overly simplify), but rather a Portal inspired indie game by the same name. Entropy has you solving various puzzles in a first person platformer that earns its name in multiple ways. The most obvious way Entropy earns its moniker is that the […]
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