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Deathfire Kickstarter Now Live

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 8, 2013

Since we’ve talked about it, and I’m personally very excited about it: The Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore Kickstarter campaign is now live. I signed up within the first few minutes, actually. But that’s me. This is the kind of game I make (oooh, terrible, the competition!). It’s the kind of game I make because I […]


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Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 28, 2013

I haven’t mentioned Guido Henkel’s new thing yet. I figured I should remedy this little problem. First of all: Who is Guido Henkel? He’s the producer of some pretty legendary titles in the computer RPG history – the original Realms of Arkania series, and Planescape: Torment.  He was also involved in the production of Fallout […]


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X Rebirth

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 12, 2013

I’ve had a soft place in my heart for the entire X series. I discovered the first one – X: Beyond the Frontier, on accident, at a *gasp* game store one afternoon, and bought it on a whim. I’d never heard about it before. But it had several things going for it: It was a […]


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Game Announcement: Battle of the Sands

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 5, 2013

As long-time readers are very familiar, I’m a big fan of Knights of the Chalice, by Heroic Fantasy Games. Often my favorite games are the ones that I dismissed and sorta ignored during development.  Then when it released, I heard what people were saying about it, played the demo, and then bought the game all […]


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Borderlands 2 Gets Really Creative with New DLC

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 29, 2013

Because I spent WAY too much time playing Borderlands 2 when it came out, I’ve tried not to rekindle the habit by buying the DLC. Although if / when they offer a cheap bundle deal on all of it, I’m sure I’ll be there and lose dozens more hours playing that game. But this one […]


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Quick Take: Bret Airborne

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 1, 2013

Mixing RPG elements with other game genres is nothing new. I mean, if you go back far enough, the genres weren’t clearly defined in the first place, and were all mixed together in weird stew that can be hard to classify. Some of the old-school RPGs of the 1980s might be called “Action-Adventure RPGs with […]


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Is it an Original Sin, or Simply Forsaken Virtue?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 8, 2013

The sale on Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon continues this week, for 50% off here and on Desura.  Just in case you were wondering, unlike Sim City or Diablo III or the rumored next-gen XBox, Frayed Knights never requires you to be online in order to play. I’m getting to the point where I’m […]


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Time’s Almost Up For Crowdfunding Some CRPGs I Hope Won’t Suck…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 4, 2013

Just ‘cuz time is getting short on some games that I actually expect to kick some serious butt in the not-too-distant-future… But as with all things Kickstarter… these things may turn out to be nothing more than a waste of money.  But entering their final hours. All of these companies have track records of releasing […]


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The Ouya – SHIPPING!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 29, 2013

I’m excited for this console. I want mine NOW. I’m a little concerned to hear about the controller issue, though I guess it was too much to hope for that it’d be perfect right out of the chute.  It’ll be kinda dumb if the ‘best’ controller for the Ouya turns out to be an XBox […]


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Namco Releases the Year’s Best Video Game Ad

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Just IMHO…


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Might! Magic! X! Legacy!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 22, 2013

It’s ALIVE!!!!! Okay. This fills me with happy. I guess they looked at what all of us indies were doing, and said, “Holy cow! Maybe there’s still gold in them dar hills!” Actually, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly the gist of what they said. Now, to be fair, I doubt that Frayed Knights: The Skull […]


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Telepath Tactics off to a Fresh (Kick) Start

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 15, 2013

Craig Stern of Sinister Design has re-launched the Kickstarter campaign for his upcoming fantasy RPG, Telepath Tactics. As you may recall, I interviewed him during the last campaign. The new and improved campaign has a more modest goal (hopefully he’ll actually blow past his original goal), TONS of funding reward levels, and is two-thirds of […]


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Lord British’s Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 8, 2013

Richard Garriott (de Cayeux) is back into Fantasy RPGing? Single-player AND online multiplayer? Deliberately reminiscent of the Ultima series (and Ultima Online)? Okay, Kickstarter, you’ve won once more. Dangit. Gotta admit – I’m a little skeptical here. As much as I loved the earlier Ultima games, things kinda fell apart in the end, and I […]


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Torment: Tides of Numenera now open for backing!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 6, 2013

Torment: Tides of Numenera is now an official Kickstarter project, as of this morning. I know. It’s a Kickstarter. If you have faith (I do), this is a gimme for RPG fans. And as of right now, almost a third of the extra-cheap limited slots for early backers are already taken, so there’s probably only […]


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Driftmoon Released!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 26, 2013

In some ways, I think my fondness for Driftmoon may lay in the fact that it’s been in development even longer than Frayed Knights. Seven frickin’ years. Or nine, depending on how you count it. Anyway – for the patient, this long-awaited game has finally been released. And it can be had right now for […]


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That Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on January 11, 2013

I was pretty amazed when I saw this teaser for the Cyberpunk 2077 game. But when I still think about it hours later, I figure it’s made an impression. Warning – if you haven’t seen it, it’s… dark. Disturbing. CD Projekt Red offers the commentary, “The teaser shows how the Psycho Squad might acquire a […]


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