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2013 XYZZY Awards Finalists Announced, Voting Underway
Electronic interactive fiction is as old as computer gaming itself, and it’s here to stay. Tools and platforms like Twine, ChoiceScript, StoryNexus and inklewriter have opened up new possibilities and...
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Play God, Cause Trouble In The 4th Wall
The “fourth wall” is an old theater term, used to describe the imaginary wall through which an audience views a play. If a character turned to the audience and addressed them, this was called...
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5 Minute Civilisation Game Hero Generations Hits Kickstarter
Amidst the blur that was GDC 2014 this past week, I had the pleasure of meeting Scott Brodie of Heart Shaped Games in person and to try out a build of Hero Generations, a game which has recently...
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Otherworld Dares You To Escape The Most Beautiful Planet In Existence
Honestly, when some game description tells me I’ll have to survive on an alien world, I generally expect a distressing experience punctuated by intermittent fear when death seems imminent. I get...
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Dreaming Mary Is Pink, Fluffy And Deeply Disturbing
I really don’t know what I was expecting heading into playing the free Dreaming Mary, but it sure was an experience – and a pretty stomach-churning one at that. You can probably get an idea what sort...
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Inclement Weather Has Never Looked Sexier: Vane
When you hear that a couple of developers who used to work on The Last Guardian have hopped over to an indie studio, you expect some pretty grand art direction, if nothing else. Well, Friend & Foe...
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A Song For Viggo Makes You Face Familial Devastation, Loss And Recovery
Independent game developers have been increasingly crafting games around sensitive issues (much to the benefit of the community for this insight), such as That Dragon Cancer, and now, A Song for Viggo...
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Adorably Horrific Adventure Horror Bulb Boy Lights Up Kickstarter
On the revival wave of point-and-clicks, in rides Bulb Boy, an adorably frightful adventure game that’s currently campaigning on Kickstarter to fund the project. Point-and-click and horror are just two...
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Philip K. Dick Meets Noah Baumbach: Cameron Kunzelman Talks Epanalepsis
Epanalepsis is coming; prepare for Epanalepsis. That sentence is an example of the figure of speech known as an epanalepsis, in which a sentence’s opening word or phrase is repeated at the end of the...
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Claire Will Spook The Pixel Pants Right Off You
We here at Indie Statik get pretty excited about horror games. That much is certain. It’s also probably why I got so excited when Claire came across our metaphorical desk because I absolutely adore...
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