☆ Review: The Final Station - "A one-way ticket to a shadowy nightmare" ☆ #IndieGames

Game: The Final Station

Developer: Do My Best

Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch

Rating: Ice Cool

☆ Review: Kite - "Pixel Art Robot Pummeling Perfection" ☆ #Retrogaming

Did You Know?

“Kiting” is a video game strategy in which players run away from enemies while attacking them – as if they were flying a kite on a string.

This mechanic was pioneered by Robotron 2084, the first “twin stick” shooter – although the term ‘kiting’ was originally associated with early MMOs 

Well I didn't know that until I read the press release for Kite.

☆ The Swords Of Ditto Reveal Trailer - "A HD Randomised Zelda" ☆ @onebitbeyond

I've just come across the reveal trailer for the cool looking video game "The Swords Of Ditto"

If you haven't heard of this awesome looking game before then you will soon be excited for its April 24th Release Date on PC & PS4!

☆ Link's Lunches - "From The Great Plateau To Your Plate" ☆ #FanArt

Okay, I admit it. I'm unhealthily obsessed with The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild and all its beauty and wonder!

The thing that has really got its hooks into me though is the point at which I worked out that I could cook various meals in-game using all the varied ingredients that I had scavenged from the Great Plateau.

☆ Review: Boo! Greedy kid "a sugar rush of a game" ☆ #IndieGame #GameDev

Game Title: Boo! Greedy kid

Developer – Flying Oak Games

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)

The premise of Boo! Greedy Kid (BGK) is a simple one, you are a small child dashing and rolling your way around various (what appear to be) retirement homes in a bid to literally frighten money out of the pockets of the elderly so that you can buy sugary drinks to quaff at your leisure.

It’s a very straightforward setup that works very well in small doses which made me feel like it would probably be best suited as a game to be played on a handheld device to get the most out of it.

☆ Rad Rodgers - PS4 - Ten Minute Taster - "A Pure 90's Run 'N' Gun Platformer" ☆ #GameDev @RadRodgers

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"Rad Rodgers has been sucked into his TV after playing video games late into the night and now he's gotta do battle in World One with Dusty, his trusty video games console.

Come with me back to the 90's in this awesome 90's themed run n gun platformer, it's RADICAL!" 

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☆ The Sozu Arcade Stick - "A Thing Of Beauty!" ☆ #Arcade #Retrogaming

Every time I go onto Shika Arcades website I fall in love with the awesome video game arcade stick that they have created for the Super Nintendo / Super Famicom.

It's a work of art and the Sozu Arcade Stick joystick is now available in a small amount of units from Shika.

☆ 1982 - A Year In Video Games "Dragon 32, Pitfall & Popeye!" ☆ #Retrogaming

Let's get in the Delorean and go back in time to take a closer look at a year in video games.

I'm always interested in what happened in the glorious and not so glorious past of video games and this seems like a good way of giving you all a snapshot of a year in video games.

I'll be picking out the following things for each year to give you an insight into what that year was like to be a gamer.

• Gaming Consoles & Computers released in that year
• 5 Key Video Games Released in that year
• A sample of the key video games magazines from that year
• Some nice retro gaming adverts from that year
• 5 Key Arcade Games Released in that year
• 5 Awesome Films released that year (not necessarily video games related)

Now you know the format let's take a closer look at 1982

☆ Past Cure - PS4 - Ten minute Taster "Where Dreams & Reality Collide" ☆

🎮 "Abducted and experimented on, Ian is one seriously upset bloke. 
He needs answers as to why he's now in limbo between a dream world and reality. 

Watch me tackle the first 20 minutes of Past Cure as I take on spooky looking mannequins and strange hallucinations which take me one step closer to..." 🎮

☆ Review: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine "…and that wine is Versare" ☆ #GameDev #IndieGame

Game Title: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Developer:  Dim Bulb Games

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (WTWTLW) is a story-driven adventure video game set throughout the USA in a shifting timeline of around one hundred years ago.

You play the part of a wandering traveller collecting and passing on people’s tales as you make your way around the fifty states of America in a quest bestowed upon you by a wolf voiced by Gordon Sumner.

☆ Playing For Time is Coming To Channel 4 in 2018 ☆ #retrogaming

It would appear that video games related TV shows are making a bit of a comeback on mainstream TV.

☆ Review: Curse Of The Arrow - "A puzzle-platformer that hits the bullseye" ☆ #IndieGame

Game: Curse of the Arrow

Platform Reviewed: PC

Developer: Egor Dorichev

Rating: Ice Cool

I love a good single-screen puzzle-platformer video game and so I love Curse of The Arrow (COTA). 

A tightly-designed, fast-paced jaunt that doesn’t misfire at all and gives the right level of challenge for multiple skill levels.

☆ Yume Nikki: Dream Diary - Ten Minute Taster "Go Asleep....IF YOU DARE!" ☆

🎮 "The creepy follow up to Yume Nikki is here and if you like gory eyeballs and people eating belly monsters then you've come to the right place.....

come on in......IF YOU DARE!" 🎮

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☆ SHAQ FU is BACK TO SETTLE THE SCORE OF '94! ☆ #Retrogaming

I Love a good sporting comeback and this could be one of Video Games finest!

SHAQ FU A Legend Reborn is on its way!

☆ Video Games Ticklists - #1 - Atari 2600 ☆ #Retrogaming

As an avid video game kinda guy I have always been obsessed with recording my collection of everything video games related.

When I was a proud Atari XEGS owner I would record my video games collection on a TDK 90 cassette tape and load it up onto the screen to view it like it was a secret classified document.

I've used all sorts of methods over the years, but one thing that always works best for me is good old pen and paper.

Specifically, I like to create lovely ticklists for my collections and tick the titles off as I obtain them.

☆ Nintendo Switch Gets Another Indie Exclusive "Castle Of Heart" ☆ #IndieGame

I just watched the teaser trailer for Castle Of Heart on Nintendo Switch and I am liking the look of this Switch Exclusive action platformer.

The game comes from 7Levels, the Polish indie developer, and it will be available in the Nintendo eShop in Europe, North America, Mexico and Australia from 23^rd of March 2018 at price $14.99/€14.99/£13,49.

☆ Come and Meet PocketSprite "Tiny Retro Gaming on Your Keychain" ☆ #Retrogaming

Put your hand up if you've heard of PocketSprite...

This little keychain console is a fully functional retro gaming emulator console with some impressive features.

It looks like this little marvel might be more than just a gimmick if the creators can deliver on their immensely successful crowd funding campaign on crowdsupply

☆ The Station - Ten Minute Taster - "Spooky Voices and A Pair Of Old Boots" ☆ #gamedev #indiegame

🎮 "Come wander this deserted space station with me as I try to unravel what the hell went on here.....there's a spooky bloke with a light and some creepy voices telling me to run!" 🎮

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☆ The Waiting Game "Let's Observe Retro Gaming Bubble" ☆ #Retrogaming

I’ve been recently watching things with my eyes in regards to retro gaming collecting being ‘dead’. 

Of course, these are merely clickbait titles in relation to how, since retro gaming has exploded in the last few years with conventions,  officially launched consoles specialising in retro games (NES / SNES mini etc.), high-street stores selling retro gaming clothing and accessories etc. 

Retro gaming has become essentially more of a valid commodity as it gets absorbed into the mainstream culture. 

☆ Beholder - Ten Minute Taster - PS4 ☆ #IndieDev #IndieGame

🎮 "Ever fancied being a creepy landlord who spies on his tenants for the state?

Well, Beholder will allow you to live out this dream/nightmare as we take a peek into this dystopian future that sees you put at the mercy of your job as The Beholder!" 🎮