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The 10 Hardest Indie Games Ever Made
Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. As a gamer who has spent more time staring at “Game Over” screens than actual game worlds, and as someone who writes professionally about...
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Rewinding Reality: How Braid Became the Thinking Gamer's Puzzle Platformer
Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. In August 2008, a quiet revolution arrived on Xbox Live Arcade. Braid, a modest-looking puzzle-platformer, challenged players not just with tricky...
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Top 10 Indie Sequels That Actually Improved on Greatness (A Blasphemous List)
Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. Let’s be honest: indie game sequels are a terrifying proposition. The first game is often a scrappy, heartfelt gem made on passion and instant noodles....
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The Unnecessarily Deep Hole We Dug: A Love Letter to Shovel Knight
Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. At first glance, Shovel Knight looks like a game that escaped from a dusty NES cartridge and refused to evolve—pixel art, chiptune music, and a hero...