Reading Time: 2 minutes Bloom offers a solid, inclusive romance about boys, baking, and a band, but one that also could have been improved with a few more pages. Bloom tells the story of Ari, a teen who feels trapped in his parent’s bakery. While he wants to move to the big city with his […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Whether you’re beginning your development journey or already well down the road, today’s Daily Deal is for you. The Official Unity Game Development Bundle will aid you in bring those 2D or 3D gaming ideas into a new realm. Using Unity you will be able to write for a variety of […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes The carnival is coming to town! And it’s up to you to make it the most impressive carnival this town has ever seen…do you have what it takes to build The Grand Carnival? What Is The Grand Carnival? The Grand Carnival is an action-selection, tile and polyomino placement game for 2-4 […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute With today’s Daily Deal, the 2-in-1 Protective Case with Stand for Nintendo Switch Lite, you get a cool case and lots of protection for your console. The shock-absorbent case comes in three colors and includes a wrist strap to keep you from simply dropping it. It also features a kickstand for […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Geek Links are cool stories that we’ve found elsewhere on the internet that we think our readers will love too. Click through to read: xkcd.com is arguably the most popular of geeky webcomics, with stick figures expounding on physics, math, data, strikingly implausible scenarios, and human relationships. Creator Randall Munroe’s new […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutes image: NOA While it’s not exactly accurate to call 1993’s The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening a “hidden jewel” or a “lost chapter” in the LoZ saga—both the original Game Boy title and the 1998 GBC rerelease were critical and commercial successes—the game does stand out as a rarity of sorts […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I’m happy to introduce the American Tabletop Awards! I was invited to be a part of the award committee, which is made up of ten people involved in the board game industry and media, and we’ve been discussing and voting on games over the past few months. I’m excited to […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutes My fully-fortified stone castle in After the Empire. (Prototype shown) Photo: Jonathan H. Liu Well, this fall has been a bit of a whirlwind for me! I took a little bit of a breather from Kickstarter reviews this summer because I was traveling, and I have a number of prototypes lined […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute Today’s Daily Deal, the AstroShot Zero G Floating Orbs Target with Dart Blaster Gun and Foam Darts, brings you hours of fun shooting at hovering targets. With this deal you’ll get the blaster, the AstroShot Zero G Module, 10 target orbs, and a dozen foam darts. Plus, when you tire of […]
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Reading Time: 8 minutes After days of interviews, previews, and trailers, Sean Z and Will James discuss some of their favorite games from PAX West 2019. The Vale – Falling Squirrel (Release TBD – PC) The Vale is a unique concept for a role-playing video game – there’s no visuals. At all. The game is […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes This Week’s Word Is “Wonderland.” This week I bring you a classic story, but not in a book, in a box. Laurence Kings’s Alice in Wonderland Story Box lets children retell Lewis Carroll’s classic, whilst making an 8-foot-long story in the process. I reviewed a similar product back in 2016 and this one […]
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Reading Time: 8 minutes You have probably never really wondered what might come from a team-up of one of the biggest names in gaming with the all-time winningest player on Jeopardy, but just in case you did, wonder no more: the answer is Half Truth, a trivia party game with a unique mechanic. What Is Half Truth? […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘The Last’ – UK and US Covers The Last intrigued me when it came out in hardback last year, but I never got around to picking it up. The paperback was released here in the UK, just before I went on holiday, so I bought a copy to take with me. I […]
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Reading Time: 1 minute At first glance, today’s Daily Deal seems like a mild-mannered t-shirt with a dog on it. But add a StreamWear app to your phone and the Animated DJ Dog Black T-Shirt comes to life with fun music and animation. It’s perfect for the geek in your life who likes to surprise […]
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Alice Oseman, author of ‘Solitaire’, ‘Radio Silence’, and more, chatted with us about her visual novel, ‘Heartstopper’, now coming to the US. Scholastic, through their Graphix imprint, has announced they’ll be publishing Alice Oseman’s graphic novel Heartstopper in the United States. Eager to expand their YA titles, Heartstopper “was an instant ‘yes!’ […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Earlier this month, we attended Flame Con, a queer comic convention held in New York City. While we were there, we spoke with the Convention Chair, Steve Gianaca, about Flame Con’s history and its mission to serve queer fans. Sean Z. Can you tell us a little bit about who you […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Collect ingredients, craft potions, and then use those to create powerful spells! Who will be the most successful of the Animalchemists? What Is Animalchemists? Animalchemists is a card game for 2 to 5 players, ages 8 and up, and takes about 20 minutes to play. It’s currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, with […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Wait, it’s time for school already? This summer has flown by for my family, and it’s hard to believe that it’s time to get ready for school again. I mean, seriously, my kids aren’t getting up anywhere near early enough for school lately—can I get an extension? To help get your […]
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