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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) Azure Saga: Pathfinder

March 22, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Adventure, Azure Saga, Azure Saga: Pathfinder, Indie, MassHive Media, RPG, STEAM, Strategy

I was trying to play through my other games in my backlog. That was the goal of taking some time

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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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PAX West 2017 Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2017) Driftland: The Magic Revival

September 6, 2017October 1, 2018 Ailingforale 2 Comments 4X, Driftland: The Magic Revival, Indie, Pax, PAX West 2017, Strategy

 In the realm 4X strategy games, Driftland: The Magic Revival (Driftland from here on) tries to set itself apart by

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PAX West 2017 Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2017) Frost Punk

September 5, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments 11 bit studios, City-Builder, Frost Punk, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Survival

Frost Punk is a game set in a frozen wasteland where you are in charge of a dwindling human race.

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PAX West 2017 Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2017) Signal Decay

September 2, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Co-Op, Nela System, Pax, PC, Rogue-Lite, Signal Decay, Squad of Saviors, STEAM, Strategy

I’m always in the mood for stealth. I’m even more excited when I can play with my friends. Enter Signal

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PAX West 2017 Written By: Jonathan A. 

(PAX West 2017) Aegis Defenders

September 2, 2017September 2, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments 2D Platformer, Action, Aegis Defenders, GUTS Department, Indie, Local Co-Op, Metroidvania, Pax, RPG, Strategy, Tower Defense

Aegis Defenders  is a 2D platformer/metroidvania whose combat centers around tower defense mechanics. It looks good while being more minimal

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Race for the Galaxy

July 13, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Card Game, Race for the Galaxy, Strategy, Temple Gates Games

As a reviewer, I tend to shy away from games that I don’t find all that interesting. Ever notice how

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Wartile

July 6, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Boardgame, PC, Playwood Project, Real-Time, RPG, Steam Early Access, Strategy, Turn-based, Wartile

Digitized board games have been a thing for a while now. I remember playing Monopoly on my NES and enjoying

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Picross Touch

July 6, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Free to Play, FTP, Indie, Picross, Picross Touch, Strategy

I’ve enjoyed many a different Picross games in the past. I’ve even got a few versions on my 3DS currently.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) CRYPTARK

June 29, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Alientrap, COOP, CRYPTARK, Indie, Strategy, Twin-Stick Shooter

I do love a good twin-stick shooter. It’s a bit rough to make one that I enjoy however. You can

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Life is Feudal: Forest Village

June 15, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Bitbox Ltd., City-Builder, Forest Village, Indie, Life is Feudel: Forest Village, Medieval, Mindillusion, roguelike, Sim, Simulation, Strategy

So here we have a “… blatant rip off of Banished. I can’t believe this is legal.” game that is currently

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Post Human W.A.R.

June 1, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments Indie, PLAYDIUS Ent., Plug In Digital, Post Human W.A.R., Steam Early Access, Strategy, Studio Chahut

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Post Human W.A.R. has a very cool and non-traditional (faction-wise since there are no humans) setting.

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Minion Masters

April 6, 2017October 22, 2017 Ailingforale 0 Comments BetaDwarf, Indie, Minion Masters, MOBA, PC, STEAM, Steam Early Access, Strategy

There are a ton of MOBA’s out there and I’m not currently playing any of them anymore. Why? Well that

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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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