Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale Walkthrough Guide

September 9, 2010

by Mike Rose

This is a full walkthrough explaining how to complete the main quest in shop-keeper RPG Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale. A day-by-day guide is supplied below, detailing how to clear all your debts.
Before you scroll down to read, please note: There is no set method for completing Recettear – it’s possible to finish the game [...]

Polar Action… Magnetic Wars [Review]

September 8, 2010

by Mike Rose

Never underestimate the fun you can have with magnets. Remember as a kid, making paperclips move along a table as if it were magic? And making two magnets fire off in opposite directions when you held them together at like ends! OK, so I was clearly a very bored child, but my youthful fascination with [...]

Yeyifications!… Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale [Review]

September 6, 2010

by Mike Rose

Next time you’re off galavanting around a massive RPG world, slaying monsters and fulfilling your destiny, spare a thought for the shopkeeper in the last town who sold you all your gear. Without them, you’d be a nobody – you’d have no sword, no armor, no healing products. Confined to a live of standing behind [...]

Out of the Frying Pan… Radiangames Inferno [Review]

September 2, 2010

by Mike Rose

Radiangames continues its beautiful shooter series on Xbox Live Indie Games with the third release in the series, Inferno. We loved the first release JoyJoy, but weren’t too keen on the follow-up Crossfire… so the great news is that Inferno is pretty much a maze-orientated version of JoyJoy.
With some great level design, gorgeous visuals and [...]

A Game Based on THAT Hoax… Balloon Boy [Review]

September 1, 2010

by Mike Rose

When Falcon Heene aka Balloon Boy lifted off into the sky and consequently found himself all over the news channels, people the world over felt horrified for that little boy. Which made the discovery that it was all a hoax feel all the more disgusting – his parents had made us feel sorry for their [...]

Fish Squid Time Machine Vs Fish Fish Bang Bang [Dual Review]

August 30, 2010

by Mike Rose

During the month of July, two indie titans battled it out to claim the Indie Kombat crown. Farbs (of Captain Forever fame) and Rob Fearon (Squid Yes, Not So Octopus) swapped game graphics, with both combatants given the task of creating a game using a combination of the opponent’s and his own stylings.
The results appeared [...]

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Diced… Shank [Review]

August 27, 2010

by Mike Rose

If you ever decide to look up the definition of ‘cool as fuck’, you’ll obviously find this writer’s suave and elegant face starting back at you. But soon, I’m going to have competition for that particular position – and if it comes down to a fight for the right, I will most likely run in [...]

Not So Breezy… Breeze [Review]

August 25, 2010

by Mike Rose

The last time I was utilizing the wind to blow a flower around, it was a calm, relaxing experience provided by ThatGameCompany’s Flower,  set in lush open meadows with gorgeous sights to see. Breeze also features a flower the and the power of the wind, but this is a far from relaxing experience.
Breeze is simple [...]

So Near Yet Solar… Solar Struggle [Review]

August 23, 2010

by Mike Rose

From the looks of that trailer earlier in the month, I was in for a treat when booting up Solar Struggle. It looked utterly stunning compared to the Xbox Live Indie Games back catalogue, and I was hoping the gameplay would match this level of polish.
On a certain level, it does a pretty decent job. [...]

The Calm Before the Swarm… Swarm Arena [Review]

August 20, 2010

by Mike Rose

I’ve played a huge number of arena shooters in my time, so encountering a fresh concept I’ve never seen before always gets me intrigued. Swarm Arena sees you taking control of a virtual organism, gathering together a swarm of brightly-glowing cells and firing them off at other organisms. It’s like a neon-fused fight for survival [...]