Tag Archives: Indie

A Very Effective New Trailer For ‘V/H/S’ Hits The Web

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Found footage films are a mixed bag. Sometimes they can be compelling, but most of the time they are one note gimmicks stretched to the length of a feature film. The recent explosion of found footage films has been for the most part … Continue reading →

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PAX East 2012 XTRA Hands On: ‘Jack Lumber’

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

Last year, indie developer Owlchemy Lab’s Smuggle Truck was a part of the Boston Indie Showcase, and I had a blast playing it. Which was why I was pleased to see them back on the show floor this year with … Continue reading →

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PAX East Boston Indie Showcase XTRA: ‘Not Without You’

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

One of my goals this year for PAX East was to play every single game featured in the Boston Indie Showcase, a hand-picked collection of excellent mobile games created by independent developers. After checking out all the other games featured … Continue reading →

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PAX East 2012: Penny Arcade’s ‘On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness 3’

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

In 2010, Jerry Holkins, aka Tycho, posted chapters for what he hoped would become the third installment of Penny Arcade’s steampunk RPG game series, but then much to the dismay of fans, not much else was heard of about the … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack’ for PSN

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cortney Zamm

The floor this year at PAX East included a section indie developers dubbed the Indie Megabooth- 16 independent developers showing off twenty of the latest and greatest indie games on all sorts of platforms. One of those titles was Tales … Continue reading →

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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 →