SNKRX: anatomy of a sleeper hit by Simon Carless on 06/30/21 06:34:00 pm The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]
We’ve mentioned it once or twice in the newsletter, but it’s time for a deeper dive into SNKRX, the
“arcade shooter roguelite where you control a snake of heroes that automatically attack nearby enemies.”
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Curating the Art of Noise
Eighteen years after founding Dada Drumming, Greg Babbitt is still trafficking in the raucous avant garde music that’s always appealed to the label’s most important listener: himself.
By PATRICK HIGGINS
Babbitt: “Different music hits people in different ways. You can’t explain it. It’s like meeting your wife for the first time and it hitting you like a wave. You just know. It’s definitely not for everybody. It’s like food. Some things are an acquired taste.”
Courtesy Greg Babbitt
When thinking of towns with reputations as epicenters for wild, experimental, and fiercely underground artistic movements, it’s likely the usual suspects cross your mind. New York, London, Paris, L.A., or Berlin, perhaps. Yet, unlikely as it may seem, nestled within the dusty, decidedly un-
Death by defenestration. Updated on 7 May 2021
Gunpoint and Heat Signature developer Tom Francis has shown off fresh gameplay of Tactical Breach Wizards.
The turn-based tactics game revolves around wizards who wear modern-day tactical gear. Breaching and clearing rooms of enemies is the bulk of the gameplay, but there s an upgrade your wizards mechanic and a conspiracy plot to fuss over, too.
The video below sees Francis narrate seven minutes of new gameplay. I think Tactical Breach Wizards looks pretty good! There is some decent combo potential here, and, this being a Tom Francis game, plenty of defenestration.
Francis just launched a closed beta for Tactical Breach Wizards. You can request access on Steam.
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100 Great PC Games You Should Play Before You Die
The must-plays every PC gamer should know Credit: Iron Gate Studio
Searching for classic PC games that will keep you coming back for more has never been so easy. But before we launch into the 100 games that we consider must-plays, here are a few things to consider:
This isn t a ranked list of the 100 best PC games. This is a list of 100 PC games we consider must-plays. There
is a difference.
With a handful of exceptions, we tried to avoid including multiple entries of the same franchise on this list. In most cases, we opted for the installment we consider the best or most significant. This was done in order to try and ensure a more diverse list that covers more than just the obvious stuff and doesn t lose ten entries to the collective merits of the wider Half Life franchise.
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