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ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove is Out Now as a Retro Indie

Posted on by Dave Pizza
The game traces its origins to a 1994 Sega Genesis game called ToeJam & Earl. Simple enough. I suppose the novelty is that whether it is a solo team or a small team, an indie-developed video game is always a novelty when it becomes really popular. And de facto, the fact that it is indie. This is my suspicion at least.I’ve been mining the Gamefly indie genre listings for some new games lately. I play around 30 minutes to an hour of gameplay a night. And generally, a new game every night, although sometimes I go beyond. Maybe not totally… Read the rest

OPUS: The Day We Found Earth Taught Me Robots are Beautiful

Posted on by Dave Pizza
I think I recently made a comment that, as I get older, the more I make the heartbreaking conclusion that mankind will never explore the galaxy due to physics and entropy. What a bummer. What if we had explored it though? And what if we went so far that we couldn’t find our way back? That’s what’s going on in OPUS: The Day We Found Earth. OPUS: Data Briefing This game is now reaching 6 years old with a release date by SIGONO INC. back in 2015. As I write these, I keep finding games around that era that are… Read the rest

Point of View: Everybody Really Needs to Play The Sims At Some Point

Posted on by Dave Pizza
The Sims is a wonderful game, even for its relaxing gameplay qualities. I’ve been a casual player of The Sims for decades. I even tried out the cloud gaming version on my Xbox recently and was amazed by its nuances. When I was about midway through The Sims 3 seasons I wondered if this game needed to go further. Creative dedication to these ideas is where we are headed. Information literally is the most profitable commodity. Background: The Sims had a demo for Windows 98 that I found as a teenager. I was absolutely enthralled with it. I made a… Read the rest