Author: duckyobrien

I used to make a lot of space survival crafting guides and indie game previews. Now I'm currently obsessed with retro handhelds.

Maiden and Spell Gameplay Preview – Bullet Hell featuring Cute Anime Girls

https://youtu.be/9TojWy4MbmE Maiden and Spell by mino_dev LLC, published by mino_dev LLC, Maple Whispering Limited - February 25, 2020MSRP: 12.99 (Steam) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1004770/Maiden_and_Spell/ Maiden and Spell is a bullet hell lite game featuring some very cute animation and artwork. Some may compare it to Touhou. The game play is very similar to a bullet hell game … Continue reading Maiden and Spell Gameplay Preview – Bullet Hell featuring Cute Anime Girls →

Dreadlands Gameplay Preview – Turnbased Strategy Akin to XCOM and Wasteland

https://youtu.be/dIEIIbcVBrU Dreadlands by Blackfox Studios, published by Fatshark - March 10, 2020 (Early Access)MSRP: $19.99 (Steam) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054690/Dreadlands/ Dreadlands is a turn based strategy game set in the wastelands. It feels very similar to X-COM and Wasteland 2. You start the game by picking one of two gangs. The game starts you off as a … Continue reading Dreadlands Gameplay Preview – Turnbased Strategy Akin to XCOM and Wasteland →

Broomstick League Gameplay Preview – It’s Quidditch

https://youtu.be/O7-65xS4zkQ Broomstick League by Virtual Basement LLC, Code Headquarters, Blue Isle Studio, published by Blue Isle Publishing - March 5, 2020 (Early Access)MSRP: 14.99 (Steam) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/972780/Broomstick_League/ Broomstick League is Quidditch. You can now live out your Harry Potter fantasies. Also everyone is bald. So if you wanted to be Harry Potter but bald, this … Continue reading Broomstick League Gameplay Preview – It’s Quidditch →

Pathologic 2 Game Play Preview – Deadly Premonition’s Kindred Spirit – Out now for PS4

https://youtu.be/L1_B46Nx5GU Pathologic 2 by Ice-Pick Lodge, published by tinyBuild - May 23, 2019MSRP: $34.99 (Steam, XBox, PS4) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/505230/Pathologic_2/ Pathologic 2 is a single player Role Playing Game set in what seems to be a tiny secluded town ravaged by an unknown disease. On top of that, there seems to be a mystical element to … Continue reading Pathologic 2 Game Play Preview – Deadly Premonition’s Kindred Spirit – Out now for PS4 →

Week in Review – GeForce Not Now

https://youtu.be/_HbAOnoTHTs Ducky Obrien Show 004 - GeForce Now Now For this week in review, I dive a bit into the current state of GeForce Now. So far, three major corporations have pulled their games from Nvidia's streaming service (2K Games, Activision/Blizzard, and Bethesda. This is incredibly disappointing because the only motivation is greed. Nvidia's GeForce … Continue reading Week in Review – GeForce Not Now →

The Longing – An idle game that takes 400 days to beat

https://youtu.be/QoyrGCl7dDo The Longing by Studio Seufz, published by Application Systems Heidelberg - March 5, 2020MSRP: $14.99 (Steam) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/893850/THE_LONGING/ The Longing is an idle game where you have to wait four hundred days in real life, real time. That's right, 400 days. 400 in real life days, FOUR HUNDRED! You play a shade, a strange … Continue reading The Longing – An idle game that takes 400 days to beat →

Not for Broadcast Gameplay Preview – The Dystopian Future is Now

https://youtu.be/QHPZh83HwaA Not for Broadcast by NotGames, published by tinyBuild - January 30, 2020 (Early Access)MSRP: $14.99 (Steam) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147550/Not_For_Broadcast/ Not for Broadcast puts the player in control of broadcasting a live nightly news channel set in a dystopian future very close to our present timeline. It features segments in full motion video often containing biting … Continue reading Not for Broadcast Gameplay Preview – The Dystopian Future is Now →

Elteria Adventures Gameplay Preview – Platformer MMO with Voxel Based Crafting (Alpha)

https://youtu.be/B39tN2Kl3II Elteria Adventures by Elteria Team, Published by Heatherglade - Coming SoonMSRP: TBD (Steam) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/744200/Elteria_Adventures/ Elteria Adventures is a MMO with a heavy emphasis on platformer game play mechanics. The game also has terrain that can be destroyed or modified by the player as well as elements of crafting, in terms of both equipment … Continue reading Elteria Adventures Gameplay Preview – Platformer MMO with Voxel Based Crafting (Alpha) →

Know the game you’re playing

https://youtu.be/4UQUE0pce08 Pointy Flat Cast 024 - Know the Win Conditions So recently I've been playing a lot of The Cycle and there's just one small problem. The people I'm playing with don't know how to play the game correctly! It's infuriating to watch as my teammates engage in pointless combat only to waste a lot … Continue reading Know the game you’re playing →