Author: repuswilder
Dispatch Demo – Carve Your Own Superhero Redemption Sitcom
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When the Dispatch trailer first debuted at the Game Awards last year, I thought a new superhero animated series was in the works. My excitement multiplied when I read AdHoc Studio’s name and realized Dispatch is going to be an interactive narrative. A first look at the game was made…
FEROCIOUS Demo is Far Cry meets Jurassic Park on Skull Island
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Summer is my favorite time of the year because it marks the start of monster season for the entertainment industry. I’m always looking forward to seeing franchises like Jurassic Park release its blockbusters in these middle months. However, what excites me more than a dinosaur movie is a dinosaur game.…
City Garden Harvest Demo – A Promising Seed Needs Extra Care
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This year I started a personal produce garden after feeling the burden of rising grocery prices. I figured growing some simple vegetables at home was a worthy investment and realistic enough to commit to. Starting was tough, but after 6 months I’m proud to have saved a few trips to…
Texnoplazm Demo – Unleash Your Inner Cybermartial Artist
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Last year in June 2024, developer and publisher Mothership Loudspeakerz released GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead, a retro FPS boomer shooter set in a futuristic world that blurred the line between technology and magic. This year, they’re taking that shooter experience and mashing it with hardcore close quarters combat. Available…
Seen Before Demo – An Unnerving Escape from the Uncanny
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Have you ever walked into a room you’ve been in hundreds of times before and felt something is off? That lamp on your nightstand seems slightly shifted, or that nail in the wall is higher than you remember. You try to recall what the room looked like before, but the…
Scrabdackle – Adventure into the Whimsical World of Wizardry
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Indie developer jakefriend released a playable demo of a passion project in September 2020, titled Scrabdackle. Word quickly spread around of an upbeat and quaint, top-down adventure game for a few months, motivating Jake to debut the project on Kickstarter in March 2021. What happened next was unbelievable. Within a…
We Harvest Shadows – Sowing Seeds, Growing Dread
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Until recently, farming-centered games have ranged from cozy and cute like Stardew Valley, to realistic and technical like the aptly titled Farming Simulator franchise. We Harvest Shadows separates itself from the typical farming simulators by dipping into the horror genre to deliver a thrilling, narrative-driven experience that mixes psychological dread…