Michael Raston

Writing a review of Eador: Master of the Broken World (know henceforth as simply Eador) is a bit weird for me. This is because I’ve already reviewed it relatively recently in the form of Eador: Genesis. Eador (the subject of this review) and Eador: Genesis are essentially the same game, with the new Eador receiving …

Tags: eador, fantasy, snowbird, strategy, tbs

Apr 26

Review of Starseed Pilgrim

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I’ve never really wondered before what would happen if Minecraft and Tetris had a baby. Now that I think about it, the result would probably be rather blocky.

Tags: indie?, platforming, Puzzle game, starseed pilgrim

Apr 11

Review of Rogue’s Tale

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I’m sure purists will hate me for saying it, but I much prefer playing Rogue-likes with graphics. There’s something about piloting an ASCII character over a wasteland of punctuation and mathematical symbols that doesn’t quite do it for me. I do love the idea of the crazy, randomized world that those symbols represent and the …

Tags: indie games, pc games, randomized, rogue's tale, Roguelike

Apr 03

Review of Dwarf Quest

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That Dwarf Quest’s name bears resemblance to the famous early 90’s board game Hero Quest is no coincidence. I was reminded of playing a board game many times while descending this simplified dungeon crawler’s halls. Dwarf Quest is like playing a solitaire version of an entry-level table top dungeon crawler, from its basic presentation to …

Tags: board games, dungeons, dwarf quest, indie?

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Mar 27

Tomb Raider: Where are the Tombs?

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Let’s start by saying the newly rebooted Tomb Raider is a fantastically fluid, beautiful looking action game. It’s as close as I’ve ever got to playing a big, box-office smashing action movie on my PC. Including all the eye-candy and quickened heart beat inducing scenes that Hollywood provides. But how would you feel if you …

Tags: Crystal Dynamics, Rant, Tomb Raider, tombs

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Mar 15

Review of Receiver

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Michael pulls back the hammer and delivers judgement on Receiver.

Tags: experiment, fps, guns, indie?, permadeath, sci fi, shootes

Mar 06

Review of 99 Levels to Hell

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99 Levels to Hell does exactly what it says on the packet; 99 randomly generated levels ever descending downwards to the deepest recesses of hell. It’s a permadeath platformer that happily wears its influences on its sleeves. It’s Binding of Isaac, meets Bubble Bobble meets Diablo with a dash of Bomberman thrown in for good …

Tags: 99 levels to hell, dungeon, hell, permadeath, platformer, random

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Feb 25

Why You Should Play Path of Exile: How a F2P Game Did Diablo Better Than Diablo

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At this point in time I’m completely unable to think a witty new way to start writing a piece about an action rpg. The 2012 action rpg-apocalypse has exhausted me. That doesn’t mean I’ve stopped playing ARPG’s though. Oh no, the gaming gods are yet to release me of that particular addiction. Path of Exile is …

Tags: action rpgs, arpgs, Diablo 3, Free to play, generous, Grinding Gear Games, honest, Path of Exile

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Feb 12

Review of Antichamber

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The majority of the time playing Antichamber you will feel one of two things. Either an elated feeling of supreme intelligence as the solution to one the games many lateral thinking based puzzles slowly dawns on you. Or, a feeling of severe bewilderment as you aimlessly wander the game’s hyper colored halls without any idea …

Tags: antichamber, indie?, maze, mindfuck, portal, puzzle