Poke.. poke…poke. Sounds simple enough right? Think again. There is a lot of water between the dark ocean floor and the crashing waves at the surface. Poke Fish, developed by Menki Mobile, is basically a digital paddle-ball game. Your goal is to help a little benthic anglerfish, named Mr. Justin Fish, find his way up from the depths of the […]
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At the C2E2 extravaganza that was last weekend, there were panels on the game development industry in the Chicago area. These panels ostensibly had two roles: to let the con-goers know that yes, there is a game development industry still around in Chicago, and to discuss just what that industry currently looks like. What also emerged from the panels were […]
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They Breathe is ultimately a game about swimming to the bottom of a mysterious body of water and avoiding the various obstacles that stand in your way. That is seriously underselling it though. In fact, They Breathe is hard to describe, not because the game is overly complicated or even atypical (though it is atypical), but because in giving away […]
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The iceberg has split off and you’re drifting away from your family! Jump penguin! Jump! Air Penguin, developed by Gamevil Inc., is a game about a penguin that is separated from its family and struggles to get back to them. As the game boots up for the first time and other times through the game, you get a quick synopsis […]
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Defender II is a tower defense title for your Android powered smart phone where you must defend your castle wall from an ever-increasing army of various monsters. To do this you must use your badass crossbow and various magic (and other upgrades) to fend off their advances. Featuring what seems like a countless number of stages and an online multiplayer, […]
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RUN FORREST, RUN!!!! Run like your balls are on fire and the nearest water is a mile away. Every time I go for another round on this game, it reminds me of an inappropriate, 2-part joke I learned as a kid: Q: What’s the fastest animal on earth? A: The Ethiopian Chicken. Q: Who’s the fastest human on earth? A: […]
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This spring Clearance Bin Review is being invaded by indie games! We already feature a ton of indie game reviews from month to month but this spring is going to be different as we carpet bomb the internet with way more reviews than normal. Why? Well mostly because we suddenly found ourselves buried in indie games to play and it […]
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