This twin-stick dodgeball sim with Minecraft-esques stereotypes from the 70s will have you saying ‘Certainly’ to the question ‘You’s guys wanna play some Stikbold?’
Author: Leif Conti-Groome
Leif Conti-Groome is a writer/playwright/video game journalist whose work has appeared on websites such as NextGen Player, Video Game Geek and DriveinTales. His poem Ritual won the 2015 Broadside Contest organized by the Bear Review. While he grew up playing titles such as Final Fantasy VI and Super Double Dragon, he doesn’t really have a preference for genre these days except for Country; that’s a game genre right? Leif’s attention has been more focused on the burgeoning communities of niche Japanese titles, eSports and speedruns. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada and makes a living as a copywriter.
Nostalgia: Two Worlds Waxes Nostalgic on Kickstarter
It’s possible that in a parallel world this campaign has already been funded, but in our reality this visual novel needs some help before unleashing its horror.
Catch Canvas Catches Some Attention on Kickstarter
This adult dating sim has a wannabe artist trying to teach 3 other wannabe artists about the palette of art and of love. Is that enough to entice you to pick up the brush?
REVIEW: Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
Join me as I dig into the fertile soil of this unexpected crossover of the RPG action of PopoLocrois and the laid back farming of Story of Seasons.
DUAL GEAR Ready to Bring Mech Action to Indiegogo
This turn based strategy game with RPG elements is blasting off all the way from Thailand to hopefully bring giant robot destruction on multiple platforms.
LiEat Trilogy Released by Playism on PC: It’s No Lie
This charming RPG will let you play as a dragon girl who has an uncanny ability. I won’t tell you until you read the article. No, I’m not lying. If I was the dragon girl would do something bad to me…
Jay and Silent Bob Get Blunt Through Crowdfunding
Will these two 90’s stoners be exclaiming ‘Snooch to the Nooch’ or are they too forgotten to enter the land of shroom obsessed plumbers and pill popping Pac people?
Pokémon Nintendo Direct Found Roaming Nearby!
Will this be an announcement of Wailord proportions or will it be a series of smaller, Joltik sized tidbits to bait the Pokémaniacs out there?
REVIEW: Firewatch
Is this hot indie title a game you should watch out for or just a smoky dud that should be put out immediately?
Yomawari to Watch You Sleep on the Vita in 2016
More great (and terrifying) news from NISA’s press event has revealed a very interesting horror game done in a very cutesy art style.
Criminal Girls and htol#NIQ Coming to PC
More exciting news and PC ports from the popular niche studio NISA reported live from their San Francisco press event!
Pokkén Tournament Trailer Chooses Some Familiar Faces
There are definitely some popular Pokémon in this trailer. Can you guess which ones show up? You might not be expecting the last, mysterious character who shows up to try and wreck everything.
PR: Fire Emblem Fates launches tomorrow!
Nintendo is not leaving it to fate to hype up their upcoming RPG as they outline all the important aspects of the Fates world and bonus information like DLC plans and amiibo support.
Quantum Suicide Kickstarter to Add Datable-Insane AI
Cotton Candy Cyanide have also added PayPal support, a new and longer demo, and a fan art and fan fiction contest where the chosen winners get to have their art/story featured in the game!
Dharker Studio Visual Novel Threesome on Kickstarter
Army Gals, Summer Fling and Battle Girls 2140 have all been funded through Kickstarter but this British developer is looking to go for a four-way with one more title.
Beastmaster and Prince to be tamed via Kickstarter
Otome dating sim fans rejoice: another one of Idea Factory’s visual novels might be localized for the west!
Phantom: The Rebound Kickstarted by Mikazuki Production
This visual novel by a brand new company seems promising, but has many elements that are just a little distracting.
New Senran Kagura Estival Versus Info from XSEED
XSEED teases some upcoming content in their localization blog.
Square Enix’s Online Store 1st Anniversary Sale Now Live
Square Enix is currently holding a sale for a large portion of their products to celebrate the first anniversary of their online store!
CROWDFUNDING SPOTLIGHT: Quantum Suicide a Visual Novel From Two PHD Candidates
Two PHD candidates get an early successful Kickstarter with their visual novel Quantum Suicide, a game that channels the dark mysteries of Danganronpa and Zero Escape.