There are so many indie games out there that it’s hard to know which ones are worth your time. Conveniently, IndieCade has collected some of the year’s best indie games on their website. Some of the games, like Zombie Yoga, are still in development, while others, like Cart Life, have been out for a
By default, Google keeps track of user browsing histories. Many game players are also Google users, so they can follow your game-playing habits from the time you searched “XCOM release date” to “XCOM walkthrough.” Some interesting tidbits: -27% of tip-seekers browse from a mobile device. -84% of gam
Over at Gamasutra, a remembrance of game composer Ryu Umemoto by his friend Audun Sorlie. Umemoto died last year at the age of 37, much to the dismay of his many fans in Japan. He worked for Cave, known for their shoot ’em ups. In Japan, the name Ryu Umemoto resonates in the hearts in thousands upo
Nintendo wants you to get Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask for 3DS. They’ve even put two puzzles on their website for you to try out.
Videogames can make excellent babysitters, since they keep children occupied and entertained for long stretches of time. Of course, not every videogame is appropriate for chidren. Samuel Sattin at The Weeklings writes about trying to let a visiting 7-year-old play Uncharted 2. The child’s mother pro
Beneath a Steel Sky was a beloved and barely-played 1994 cyberpunk adventure game with an opening sequence drawn by Dave Gibbons of Watchmen fame. The team at Revolution Software had planned on making Beneath a Steel Sky 2 if it rasied a million dollars on Kickstarter, but co-founder Tony Warriner t
The free indie game First Draft puts you in the role of a banished wife of a magic-using noble. The story, told through letters you revise, recalls ye olde epistolatory novels of yore.
Jason Rohrer’s Diamond Trust of London requires you to bribe opposing diamond agents, all while your opponent bribes yours. It feels like a German board game, but playing on the DS makes secret decisions possible. Gus Mastrapa at Paste magazine discusses the game’s possible commentary on business t