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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines

August 10, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Nintendo Switch, PC, RPG, STEAM, The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, tinyDino Games, Twin-Stick Shooter, Xbox One

There is a fair bit of use to the time-stopping ability that stops it from feeling like a gimmick and I’m happy to see they struck that note just right.

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PAX PAX West 2018 PC Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2018) Dauntless

September 1, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Co-Op, Dauntless, PC, Phoenix Labs, Team Hunting

 Currently in Open Beta, Dauntless still manages to pull ahead of Monster Hunter World for me. I’m not saying

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PAX PAX West 2018 PC PS4 Written By: Jonathan A. Xbox One 

(PAX West 2018) Torchlight Frontiers

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Co-Op, Echtra Games, PC, Perfect World Entertainment, Torchlight, Torchlight Frontiers

Where in the world did Torchlight Frontiers come from? I loved the first one. I was super stocked about the

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PAX PAX West 2018 PC Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2018) Black Future ’88

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Black Future '88, Co-Op, Good Shepherd Entertainment, Indie, PC, roguelike, SUPERSCARYSNAKES, Twin-Stick Shooter

 Black Future ’88 is a Twin-Stick shooter that is about as crazy and frenetic as it looks. Set in the

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Circle Empires

August 8, 2018 Ailingforale 2 Comments Action, Circle Empires, Iceberg Interactive, Indie, Luminous, PC, RTS, STEAM

With its simple aesthetics and gameplay, Circle Empires comes off as a super charming game that brings an interesting twist

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Transport Defender

June 21, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Clicker Game, Coconut Shavers, Free to Play, Idle Game, PC, STEAM, Strategy

Ah Transport Defender. If ever you wanted more out of your Clicker/Idle game, you need to look no further than

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Blueprint Word

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Blueprint Word, Casual, Indie, PC, Puzzle, Shard Real, STEAM

Blueprint Word came across my desk and at first I was a little miffed by its ways. For some reason,

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Turmoil + The Heat is On DLC

April 5, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Gamious, Indie, Management, PC, Simulation, STEAM, Strategy, Turmoil, Turmoil: The Heat Is On

I watched quite a bit of Turmoil on Twitch before I ever got a chance to play it and it

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) 3030 Deathwar Redux

March 29, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments 3030 Deathwar Redux, Action, Adventure, Bird in Sky, Crunchy Leaf Games, Indie, PC, Simulation, STEAM

I’m still not very sure what to make of the name 3030 Deathwar Redux. It seems a bit over-the-top, but

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Battalion 1944

February 22, 2018May 3, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Bulkhead Interactive, Dedicated Servers, FPS, PC, Square Enix, STEAM, Steam Early Access

“Hey look… another FPS…” you may be thinking. Technically, you would be correct. However, there is something a little different

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Regions of Ruin

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments 2D Platformer, Action, Adventure, Indie, PC, Phangd, Poysky Productions, Regions of Ruin, RPG, Simulation, STEAM, Strategy, Vox

Regions of Ruin has been described as Kingdom with RPG elements by some reviewers. I’ve seen the game, but I’ve never

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Pictopix

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Indie, PC, Picross, Pictopix, Puzzle, STEAM, Tomlab Games

“If you’ve played one, you’ve played them all” is something someone could say about almost any puzzle game be it

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Staxel

January 23, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Crafting, Humble Bundle, Indie, PC, Plukit, Simulation, Staxel, Steam Early Access

I’m not quite sure what I was expecting when I got into Staxel, but what I did get kind of

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) They Are Billions

January 18, 2018 Ailingforale 3 Comments City-Builder, Numantian Games, PC, RTS, Single Player, STEAM, Steam Early Access, They Are Billions

I’m not good at RTSs and that makes me sad because I really enjoy them. I was excited when Meridian:

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Tales from the Borderlands

November 1, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Borderlands, Interactive Visual Novel, PC, STEAM, Story Rich, Tales from the Borderlands, Telltale Games

I played through the original Borderlands game a while back and remember having fun with it with three other buds

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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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