A Follow-Up on Gear Up

This week we take a look at Gear Up from Doctor Entertainment, a free to play game on the PC that packs a surprising amount of destructive fun into a small, multiplayer package.

Finding a Shiny Guantlet

Welcome Time Wasters! This week I searched around until I discovered a game in development called Shiny Gauntlet. The protagonist of the game is a spirit that is trying to escape a dungeon. Shiny Gauntlet is an indie game that has rouge-like elements to it. The game drops players in a randomly-generated, unlit dungeon and […]

Climbing To the Top With Fold the Adventure

Fold the Adventure is a humorous and unique puzzle adventure that has players folding and cutting paper, trying to build stable platforms for a little rabbit named Nezo. It’s smart and fun for all ages.

Civilization: Beyond Earth Now on Linux

Linux players looking to have a happier holiday can now pick up Sid Meier’s hit turn-based strategy game, Civilization: Beyond Earth for Linux. The game is available for Linux through the Steam Online gaming platform and other retailers.  Civilization: Beyond Earth is a current contender for Game of the Year, and received 4 GiN Gems […]

Checking Out the Jobchanger Brigade Prealpha

Welcome Time Wasters! I’ve gone further than any hipster has hoped to go. Instead of just checking out a game in it’s alpha, I’m looking at one in its prealpha. Get your fedoras and neckbeards ready! (Note: I do own a fedora and have been known to sport a neckbeard from time to time. It’s […]

Stuck With Robotex

This week our Time Waster checks out Robotex, which is basically what Wall-E would have been without Disney making it. In other words, you have to kill all life on a planet to pave the way for human colonists.

Civilization: Beyond Earth Opens New Horizons

As before, you may find out that the most dangerous things on the planet are not the aliens, but your fellow humans who came along with you. Expect to be spied on, have your secrets stolen, and probably stabbed in the back at least once.

Missing Alpha Centauri? Firaxis got around those pesky licensing issues with the release of Civilization: Beyond Earth, which challenges players to build a new civilization on an alien world. Are you ready for liftoff?

Alpha Preview: Chasm

Welcome Time Wasters! This week I checked out an early version of a game called Chasm. Chasm is a Kickstarter game that has been successfully funded and is now available for pre-order. Chasm puts players in the role of a weary warrior that is making his way home. On his journey, he reaches a small […]

Mixing It Up in Cannon Brawl

Welcome Time Wasters! Can I just start this off by saying we live in a unique time as gamers. The indie scene has blown up over the last few years and it’s great to see developers getting their games released without publishers. We’re also seeing developers takes genres we know and love and mix them together […]