Archive for August, 2009

Wii is to doujin as Xbox is to indie?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

This is probably old news to a lot of you, but I just discovered that La Mulana is coming to US WiiWare later this year, with improved graphics and sound (which are optional, and you can toggle back and forth between them and the original graphics and sound)! This is amazing, since La Mulana is [...]

R.I.P., Manifesto Games

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

For my first real entry- the Dark Spire review having been an edited repost- I wish I had better news. Alas, this will be yet another post full of sadness.
Greg Costikyan’s Manifesto Games has been mentioned a handful of times on this blog. It opened in 2006 as a digital-distribution channel for independent games. It [...]

Dungeon Crawlin’ Goodness

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

The Dark Spire, released earlier this year on the DS, is actually pretty old news. The gaming press, however, largely seems to have ignored it and very little buzz has developed about it even in areas focused on obscure or niche games. I’ve opted to repost this review- both since I have nothing else ‘lined [...]