Final Form Games is a small startup indie development studio that recently released Jamestown, an insanely fun pixelart shmup, on the PC platform. We got a chance to ask them their thoughts on the game, the industry in general, and of course, sandwiches.
Month: June 2011
Review: gShift
In the vein of recent perspective-shifting games such as VVVVVV and And Yet It Moves, gShift tries its hand, and mostly succeeds, at creating an engaging platformer with a unique twist. I like it. I like it a lot.
At A Glance: Europa Universalis 3
As someone who’s not a huge fan of strategy games, there’s something strangely alluring about Europa Universalis 3. Whether it’s just the sheer volume of what’s going on within the game (and there usually is, whether you can see it past the Fog of War or not), or the amount of scrutinising over decisions that… Continue reading At A Glance: Europa Universalis 3
Half-Life 3 Wishlist
Or is it Episode 3? Does it matter at this point? Frankly, they could call it Half-Life 3: Blue Shift 2: Barney’s Fight For Worker’s Comp for all I care, as long as we get the game before the end of the decade. What do we want to see in the third full-length (presumably) installment… Continue reading Half-Life 3 Wishlist
Shameless Gaming Month
The Road to Developing Healthy Eating Habits Eating healthy is something we learn when we are young. We are taught the different food groups and how much we need to eat to be healthy. But now, healthy eating is associated with dieting or losing weight. Why is that? Read more about alpilean. This might be… Continue reading Shameless Gaming Month
Experience Points: Champions Online – Part 1: Past and Present
Looking back, I’m not really sure why I ever saw the need to start playing an MMO, but there was a time when I had decided to find one to devour my time. After an onslaught of free MMOs (Dungeon Fighter hadn’t yet been released, so shush) I started playing WoW on a private server.… Continue reading Experience Points: Champions Online – Part 1: Past and Present
Review: Magic: the Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
I am a sucker for card games. I am usually a sucker for board games, but card games are something I enjoy much more. Of course, as a college student in Siberia Serbia (or Sibserburbia as Gregg would call it), the abysmal cost of trading card games is what makes it unlikely for me to… Continue reading Review: Magic: the Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
The Trials and Tribulations of Saving Games
The Road to Developing Healthy Eating Habits Eating healthy is something we learn when we are young. We are taught the different food groups and how much we need to eat to be healthy. But now, healthy eating is associated with dieting or losing weight. Why is that? This might be because our society is… Continue reading The Trials and Tribulations of Saving Games
Friday Freeloader Roundup
There are too many free games this week for us to focus on just one, so we’ll do an old-fashioned roundup for your perusal.
Retrospective: TIE Fighter
My favorite flight sim features zero flyable airplanes, no actual historical battles, and has no realistic physics or damage modeling. In fact, it’s set in space in a fictional universe with implausible science, such as lasers that don’t hit their targets at the speed of light, and swords made of energy beams that arbitrarily stop… Continue reading Retrospective: TIE Fighter
Winners: Steel Storm
Twitter followers Revitalize1, Joey_Wilson82, and CentauriaNx, congratulations! You get to drink from the fire hose! Oh, and you also win a Steam copy of Steel Storm: Burning Retribution!
Game Maker: Ren’py
For our third article in the Game Maker series I decided to go for something a bit less known and settled on Ren’Py. Ren’py is a game making tool for creating visual novels. Visual novels are normally associated with Japanese gaming, dating and high school sims. In this Game Maker article I’ve also had a… Continue reading Game Maker: Ren’py
Beware of Steam Gift Phishing
Phishing has long been a tradition of Steam. Barely a month will go by without someone telling you how to get free games or SteamAdmin telling you to go log-in to re-validate your account on www.thisislegitsteamsite.tk. However, this is usually through the Steam chat where fake URLs are hard to cover up. Recently scammers have… Continue reading Beware of Steam Gift Phishing
The Addictive Nature of Angry Birds
Angry Birds is unquestionably one of the most popular recent games, being ported to every platform imaginable after its initial release on iOS in 2009. But why is it so addicting?
Giveaway: Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
We’ve got three Steam codes for indie top-down shooter Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, and we are just itching to give them away. Help us scratch that itch by entering our Twitter contest. Read on for full details.