Can an Indie Game Be Game of the Year? Josh Hinke October 31, 2016 Features, Opinion 3 Yes. Game of the Year. I can already hear you wondering, “Who cares, it’s October?” I know these things don’t really matter, but Game of the Year kind of means something. Not that it really means something ...
A Small UbiArt Game Did World War I Better Than Battlefield Josh Hinke October 29, 2016 Features, Opinion 4 I have a few points that need to be stated upfront before getting into this one. Battlefield 1 isn’t an objectively bad game. It’s competently made and I think it particularly is well-designed as a game ...
Lesson From Evil: What Makes a Good Horror Game Josh Hinke October 24, 2016 Features 9 My first experience with a horror game will always stick out to me. I was in elementary school, at a sleepover, and somehow one of my friends had gotten their hands on a copy of Resident Evil 2. We waited unt...
Why Make an FMV Game? Josh Hinke September 23, 2016 Features, Opinion 3 Last year, Her Story, burst onto the video game scene with its enthralling mystery and intelligent design. I don’t know if it excelled in all areas - I enjoyed the story and the performance from Viva Seifert, ...
Enough Bad Video Game Writing Josh Hinke September 19, 2016 Features, Opinion 2 This last week I finished Le Cartel Studio’s, Mother Russia Bleeds. A throwback to Streets of Rage, Mother Russia Bleeds is a decent game that enjoys filling most its side-scrolling world with enemies and then...
The Indie Games That (We Hope) Will Still Come Out In 2016 Josh Hinke September 12, 2016 Features It’s almost Holiday season in 2016, isn’t that crazy? You might think of the Holiday season starting at the end of November (for Americans, we usually start around Thanksgiving), but for video games the holida...
