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First Impressions Review: Tales of the Shire
Ever since I first heard about Tales of the Shire, I wanted to have it! When it finally released, I still waited and checked the reviews before deciding to buy it. It is currently sitting at 80 % “Very Positive” reviews. But I usually don’t trust the overall score. I actually particularly like reading the…
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Kickstarter and MMORPGs
I recently read an article about Kickstarter projects for MMORPGs in the past 13 years and whether they were successfully released or not. It is a German article, but I am not going to write about all these MMORPGs now anyway (edit: There is an AI powered translation of the page into English. Thank you,…
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Steam Next Fest (June 2024): My personal favourites
As usual, I have been trying to play too many demos and also, as usual, I have found a lot of possible “gems” among the demos. I do not think I will have enough time to write much about all of them, so I am instead focusing on the ones I liked best. I am…
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Quick Impressions: Highrise City
Highrise City is a city-building game that is currently in Early Access. I tried out the demo some time ago and kept the game on my wishlist but only recently bought it during the Steam Summer Sale. The reviews compare it to Cities Skylines (obviously) and the Anno series. In Cities Skylines, all you need…
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Steam Next Fest (February 2023)
February was so long ago already and I haven’t even shared my thoughts about that last Steam Next Fest! I chose to take a look at a lot of demos again, but have become much pickier which basically means that I started up a game and decided within a few minutes if I wanted to…
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First Impressions Review: Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is exactly what the title suggests. You own a little shop with a garden plot where you can harvest a few plants every day. Your job is to create potions and to sell them for a profit. When a customer comes in, they tell you what they want, but not always…
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Quick Impressions: Hamster Playground
I don’t remember when and how I stumbled over this game’s trailer, but it was so cute, it certainly stuck to my mind! And I also had to show it to bookahnerk at the time. Not long afterwards, the game released into Early Access. And it’s even free to play (with in-game purchases). But first…
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My impressions from Steam Next Fest (June 2022)
Another Steam Next Fest featuring lots of game demos has come and gone. I tried to narrow down my selection this time, but ended up with too many games yet again. As always, I will only write about games when I’ve got at least something positive to say about it, because all of these games…
A Twisted Tale, Ballads of Hongye, Big Ambitions, Catizens, Flying Neko Delivery, game demo, Games in Development, Great Houses of Calderia, indie games, Minicology, Monorail Stories, Plank Road, Poly Skies, Rise of the White Sun, Roots of Pacha, Sapiens, Steam Next Fest, Sweet Transit, The Lawyer, Tree House Survivors, We Stay Behind
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Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022) – Part 2
I wasn’t sure I would find the time and enough demos to have a part 2, but here you go! I actually did manage to play through almost all demos that I had looked at. No, Mandala is not part of it. It kept crashing on me. Others I could not get into, so I…
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Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022)
It’s time for another Steam Next Fest! This means that you can currently find a lot of demos for upcoming games on Steam. The event runs from February 21 to February 28. I went through the genres and picked games that looked interesting. I chose about 20 demos and added a few other games to…
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Quick Impressions: Noble Fates
Noble Fates is a colony building simulation game similar to RimWorld and Going Medieval, currently in Early Access on Steam. I recently bought it and despite liking “Lords and Villeins” more in the beginning, I have so far paused that one to explore Noble Fates further. Still, I haven’t been playing Noble Fates for that…
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Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (February 2022): Just One Percent
The “Just One Percent” Project I love it when the blogosphere comes up with a gaming project like this! You can read about the origin of this idea in Krikket’s first post about this project and how she will go about it here. The very gist of it: Play 100 indie games within a year.…
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Games I’m looking forward to in 2022
My current list of games that I’m looking forward to this year has three games and one expansion… Not that many, although I am quite sure I will find a lot more interesting games this year! So let’s start with the expansion as it is an obvious one: Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons. Fortunately…
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Quick Impressions: Jurassic World Evolution 2
I actually find it difficult to even write any quick first impressions, because I don’t know if the disappointment will stay or not. But it certainly is tied to the price tag that the game comes with. The Deluxe Edition comes with additional dinosaurs and since this game is all about the dinos, I decided…
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Quick Impressions: Mini Healer
I had Mini Healer on my wishlist for a while now and always knew that I want to buy it! Now, I finally did. This game can be summed up quickly if you’re familiar with healing in MMOs like World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings Online (whack-a-mole style of healing, that is). You…
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