Game Memorial

Sometimes games get on my radar out of recommendation or great reviews.

Game Dev Tycoon came on my radar for a totally different reason. Though I'm not complaining.

This game has an awful lot going for it. Unfortunately one of those things is something that provokes a polarising love/hate deal.

We're taking a look at Bastion.

Not content with defending our planet from aliens invading from space... X-COM have to do it with aliens already here.

Yes... it's the Terror From The Deep.

I had sort of planned to get this up a couple of days ago, but circumstances, and Assassin's Creed, got in the way.

As this month's bonus update, I'm taking a look at Afterlife by LucasArts.

So, a game that features skateboarding and a numeric title? It couldn't really be anything other than 720°!

No-one got this one, but to be honest this isn't a huge surprise, it isn't what you might call a colossal success.

I did wonder whether my clues would be enough, knowing there is one complex matter about this game.

Few games have both a real-time strategy and a turn-based strategy component, but combined with the retro vibe, and the fact we're up to X, I hoped someone might get that today's game is X-COM: UFO Defense.

Today's New Beginning sees us take on the first in a saga of one of the stalwarts of the indie RPG scene - Geneforge by Spiderweb Software.

Before we begin...
This one is something of a curiosity - it's one of the older series produced by Spiderweb Software, and even from the opening screen I can tell that it's been produced with someone who cares more about the details and depth of implementation than necessarily about it looking amazing.

Today's New Beginning game is definitely a little unusual, not just because I've not played it before and not just because it begins with F. It is Fists of Resistance, by Oxeye Games.

Before we begin...
This game is specifically unusual, because it's not finished, and it was made for charity. Basically, February 2012 saw the 'Humble Bundle Mojam' - Humble Indie Bundle (a group that gets independent game developers today for a pay-what-you-want price for several games) worked with Mojang (Minecraft's developers)