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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Freshly Frosted

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Donuts, Freshly Frosted, Puzzle, Relaxing, Simulation, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild

Effectively, this is a Puzzle Factorio: Pocket Donut Edition.

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Android Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Tiny Little Kingdoms

June 1, 2020June 9, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Android, Board Game, City-Builder, Resource Management, Simulation, Tiny Little Kingdoms

An app on the phone that feels like an actual game and not some gimmicky, shallow version of something you’d want to play elsewhere? Yes!

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Puzzle Pelago – A Drag & Drop Economy

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Christopher Mielack, Hallgrim Games, Indie, Puzzle, Puzzle Pelago, Puzzle Pelago - A Drag & Drop Economy, Simulation

The art design and gameplay mechanics work so well together that when combined with the music… I don’t think I’ve enjoyed being as frustrated in a long time.

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) The Wild Age

March 7, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Indie, McMagic Productions, Micromanagement, Simulation, Steam Early Access, Strategy, The Wild Age, Tower Defense

This is another example of how you do an Early Access game properly.

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Impressions Steam Written By: Chris L. 

(Impressions) Shortest Trip to Earth

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Lammz 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Iceberg Interactive, Indie, Interactive Fate, Simulation, Steam Early Access, Strategy

Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There are plenty of fellow travelers and monsters willing to help you die.

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Nimbatus: The Space Drone Constructor

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Indie, Nimbatus, Nimbatus: The Space Drone Constructor, Simulation, Space, Space Snakes, Steam Early Access, Steam Workshop, Stray Fawn Studio

Make drones and break, kill and collect things. It seem easy enough in concept.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) ValeGuard

October 4, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Indie, Lost Tower Games, RPG, RTS, Simulation, Strategy, Tower Defense, ValeGuard

I’m not sure if I would have ever put an RTS game into a “relaxing” category of gaming, but here we are.

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PAX PAX West 2018 Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2018) Industries of Titan

September 2, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Brace Yourself Games, City Building, Indie, Industries of Titan, Pax, PAX West 2018, Sci-Fi, Simulation, Strategy

 Have you ever wished Sim City had more spaceship battles? Yeh? That’s weird, but you’re in luck anyway. Industries of

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Kickstarter Highlight Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Kickstarter Highlight) Xenonauts 2

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Goldhawk Interactive, Indie, Sci-Fi, Simulation, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Xenonauts, Xenonauts 2

Oh man am i excited for Xenonsuts 2! I still have a soft spot for the first in the franchise

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Holyday City: Reloaded

May 24, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Free to Play, Holyday City: Reloaded, Holyday Studios, Idle Game, Indie, Simulation, STEAM, Strategy

There is something about Clicker games and Idle games that just draw me in. I’m honestly not sure what it

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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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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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Nintendo Switch Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Of Mice And Sand -Revised-

January 25, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Adventure, Arc System Works Co. Ltd., Indie, Nintendo Switch, Of Mice and Sand -Revised-, Simulation

There seems to be no shortage of Roguelikes these days and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. What I didn’t

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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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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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