Exploring a Hidden Culture with Lienzo’s Mulaka

Exploring a Hidden Culture with Lienzo’s Mulaka

Hidden in the peaks and canyons of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, just south of New Mexico in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, hides the isolated culture of the Tarahumara. They’re a rugged, mountainous people that are known for their endurance. Legend has it that the Tarahumara can outrun a deer—all while wearing sandals made from recycled tires.

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Developer Stu Denman Comes Clean on the Story Behind Popular Puzzler Tiny Bubbles

Developer Stu Denman Comes Clean on the Story Behind Popular Puzzler Tiny Bubbles

If you met Stu Denman on a convention floor, you might mistake him for a fresh face to the video game business—but don’t let his approachable appearance and vibrant enthusiasm fool you. Denman co-founded his first video game development company in 1995 and has spent his career working with big name companies like Sony, Universal Studios, Activision, and Microsoft. Denman’s most recent escapade, a small indie team known as Pine Street Codeworks, launched in 2015, and its first project has already been snagging accolades left and right.

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Cooking with Fire (and Water and Earth) with Battle Chef Brigade

Battle Chef Brigade

Trinket Studios
Steam PC / Mac and Nintendo Switch
Nov 20th, 2017

A copy of Battle Chef Brigade was provided in exchange for an honest review.

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Crashday Gives Us a Taste of 2006 with Cult Racing Game Revival

Crashday: Redline Edition

Moonbyte Games
2tainment GmbH
Aug 10, 2017

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Inverness Nights Reminds Us of the Perils of a Bad First Impression

Inverness Nights is a visual novel that follows the story of Tristam, a sellsword turned skilled tailor with an unusual talent for curing decay. The game begins in the aftermath of Tristam’s decision to use his unique powers to de-age his partner, Alasdair. With his social standing destroyed and his body plagued by the remnants of his elderly condition, Alasdair swears vengeance on Tristam by threatening to report him for “buggery” (anal intercourse, which is illegal in 18th-century Scotland). Tristam’s only option is to make enough money to leave Inverness, and so the player embarks on a journey to navigate Tristam’s personal and professional life while avoiding the executioner’s block.

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