Author Archives: Cortney Zamm

About Cortney Zamm

I like movies, and writing about them.

PAX East Boston Indie Showcase Preview: Lawnmower Challenge

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

Lawnmower Challenge, another selection for this year’s Boston Indie Showcase at PAX East, has done something interesting: it’s taken a chore that most consider a sweaty nuisance, and turned it into a mind-bending puzzle game. In Lawnmower Challenge, your quest … Continue reading →

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PAX East Boston Indie Showcase Preview: Bean’s Quest

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

  Imagine being turned into a jumping bean by an evil wizard, and on top of all that having your girlfriend kidnapped. Worst day ever, right? That’s what our hero, Emilio, is faced with in Bean’s Quest, a bouncing 16-bit … Continue reading →

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PAX East Boston Indie Showcase Preview: Girls Like Robots

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

The full version of little logic puzzler Girls Like Robots is not released quite yet, but I got a chance to check it out before it hits the show floor at PAX East this weekend. The gameplay of Girls Like … Continue reading →

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It’s the Wild Wild West in the ‘Doctor Who’ Season 7 Promo

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

The official Doctor Who convention in Cardiff over this past weekend brought with it a lot of news and announcements about Season Seven, including who will be the next companion after Rory and Amy depart mid-season. It also featured the … Continue reading →

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Guidebook: Your Digital Guide to PAX East 2012

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

PAX East is a week and a half away and if you’re going to the convention now’s really the time to start planning what panels you’ll be attending, which booths you absolutely have to check out, and which musical guests … Continue reading →

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Double Fine’s Kickstarter Fund Raises over $3 Million

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

Adventure games are great. Like, really great. Remember Myst? The Secret of Monkey Island? They just don’t make games like that anymore. Apparently, studios don’t think they’re in demand anymore. They’d rather produce Call of Duty 12. Which is why … Continue reading →

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PAX East Boston Indie Showcase Preview: ‘Super Crate Box’

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

The second game I picked up from PAX East’s collection of indie games, known as the Boston Indie Showcase, was the survival shooter platformer known as Super Crate Box. Super Crate Box brings classic arcade gameplay back to your iPhone and PC with … Continue reading →

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PAX East Boston Indie Showcase Preview: ‘Spelltower’

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

This year’s Boston Indie Showcase, the impressive list of independent games featured at PAX East in April, is a bit different than in years past- because the games are all mobile based, we’ll all be able to play most of them before the show … Continue reading →

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