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Released Reviews VS. Written By: Jonathan A. 

The Dwarves Vs. 8BitBoy

December 1, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments 8BitBoy, AwesomeBlade, Dwarves, EuroVideo Medien, Indie, KING Art Games, PC, Platformer, Retro, RPG, STEAM, The Dwarves, THQ Nordic

What better way to start this new set of Versus than to compare two games that have Dwarves! (Well… 8BitBoy’s character is just

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Released Reviews VS. Written By: Jonathan A. 

Karma. Incarnation 1 Vs. FIST OF AWESOME

November 10, 2016November 30, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, AuraLab, Casual, Click-Adventure, FOA, I Fight Bears, Indie, Karma. Incarnation 1, Other Kind Games, PC, Punching Bears, STEAM

Weird is how I would have described Karma. Incarnation 1 (Karma from here on out) when I first saw it.

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Released Reviews VS. Written By: Jonathan A. 

Avadon 3: The Warborn Vs. FIST OF AWESOME

October 27, 2016November 23, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Adventure, Avadon 3, Avadon 3: The Warborn, FIST OF AWESOME, FOA, I Fight Bears, Indie, PC, Punching Bears, RPG, Spiderweb Software, STEAM, Strategy

With lots of different things to stab, Avadon 3: The Warborn (Avadon 3 from here out) can definitely live up to

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Released Reviews VS. Written By: Jonathan A. 

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Vs. FIST OF AWESOME

October 13, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Cornfox & Bros., FIST OF AWESOME, FOA, I Fight Bears, Indie, Oceanhorn, Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, PC, PS4, Punching Bears, RPG, Sailing, STEAM

So when I first saw Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas come about (Oceanhorn from here on out), I couldn’t figure if I

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) NeuroVoider

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, COOP, Flying Oak Games, Indie, NeuroVoider, RPG, Twin-Stick Shooter

You want options? We’ll give you options! We’ll give you so many options that your head will spin! There is

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Lost Castle

September 14, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Hunter Studio, Indie, PC, roguelike, RPG, STEAM

If you thought I was done with Roguelikes, you were wrong. Lost Castle is yet another in the genre that

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Absolute Drift

September 8, 2016January 9, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Absolute Drift, Driving, FlippFly, Indie, PC, PS4, Simulation, STEAM

Mario Kart it ain’t, but it’s a chill drifting game that helps put that calm on. You can’t say that about a lot of games.

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Heart&Slash

September 1, 2016October 4, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, AHEARTFULOFGAMES, Badland Games, Heart&Slash, Indie, PC, roguelike, STEAM

Ah the Roguelike genre. I have a love/love-ish relationship with them. In concept, they are very cool. If you’ve got

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Tumblestone

July 11, 2016 Ailingforale 5 Comments Action, Casual, Indie, Match 3, PC, PS4, STEAM, Strategy, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, Tumblestone, Wii U, Xbox One

Have you ever played and enjoyed a Match-3 or puzzle game? Well let’s cut to the chase; go buy Tumblestone.

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments 3rd Person Shooter, Naughty Dog, PlayStation, PS3, PS4, Sony, Uncharted 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

When you’ve got a winning formula, why would you want to change it? Drake’s Fortune was pretty fantastic, what could

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Overwatch

June 2, 2016June 17, 2016 Ailingforale 7 Comments Blizzard, FPS, Overwatch, Tactical, Teamwork

I guess if anyone can rework an already great game into a more popular one with similar mechanics… I guess

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Nathan Drake, Naughty Dog, Playstation 4, PS4, Sony, Uncharted, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

So sue me; the fourth iteration of the Uncharted series recently launched and here I am reviewing the first game. Well,

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

Review: Valkyria Chronicles Remastered

May 10, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, PS4, RPG, Sega, Tactical

So apparently Valkyria Chronicles has been out before, twice even (PS3 & PC) and I really don’t recognize it at

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Released Reviews Written By: Andrew R. 

Review: Rise of the Tomb Raider

May 5, 2016June 30, 2016 Andrew R. 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Crystal Dynamics, PC, PS4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix, STEAM, Tomb Raider, XBox 360, Xbox One

While the Tomb Raider series is a long running franchise with a checkered past garnering opinions from reverent to contemptible,

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Released Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

Review: Unholy Heights

April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 Ailingforale 0 Comments AGM PLAYISM, Indie, PC, Petit Depotto, Simulation, STEAM, Strategy, Unholy Heights

I know what at least some if you are thinking: “Why would a guy like this play a game where

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Updates and Stuff

-(5/31/22) Yes I’m doing some reviews lately. I’ll get back to dev’n when I’m done with my current reviews.
-While patching my first game Mazungeon, I broke it so it’s off the Play store. You can see on the site what it was like when it worked. You can also play a previous version here.

-Thank you to all developers and PR people who make this wild ride possible. It is a pleasure!

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