Well, I made it to the Boston Festival of Indie Games again this year, and just as happened last year I basically got sucked into the show floor and never made it out. I got my hands on some interesting games though, and as a service to you, dear reader, I now report my experiences. I love games that involve grappling and swinging, so I was immediately drawn to Mark of the Old Ones, which attempts to join this gameplay to the Lovecraftian themes that are not overtly racist. The player character is a little bundle of stuff that instantly [Read more…]

I typically go to a lot of panels at PAX East, but this year relatively few of the offerings interested me (and some of the interesting ones were on simultaneously). So, I spent a lot of time on the show floor. The only major publisher I really visited was Ubisoft, where I learned that Might & Magic X will be coming this year and has a huge, wasteful UI. I spent most of the rest of my time in the Indie Megabooth and environs, both because this is a more efficient use of time and you’re more likely to actually see [Read more…]