Tales of the Rampant Coyote

Adventures in Indie Gaming!

Book Impressions: The Aeronaut’s Windlass

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 22, 2016

It took me a long time to get started on the Harry Dresden series, by Jim Butcher. Everyone was talking about it, but I thought I’d be smart and wait until the series was further along before starting. Then, you know, I wouldn’t have to wait so long to get to the next one. In retrospect, […]


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Thoughts on the Steam Controller

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 21, 2015

In conjunction with the Steam Machines and so forth, Valve has launched a new game controller specifically designed to handle PC games. I picked one up, but I haven’t spent a whole lot of time with it. That’s actually an issue a lot of people have had with it. I’ve heard from some people who […]


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Returning to the Underworld – Swords and Sorcery: Underworld Definitive Edition

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 15, 2015

Swords and Sorcery: Underworld – the Definitive Edition has just been released today on Steam. For those who remember the original – and the graphically updated “Gold” edition – this is a ground-up rewrite of the game using an engine planned for the sequel. If you played the earlier versions, this thing is… well, it is […]


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The Void: Welcome to the Future

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 13, 2015

“We played the VR game Dactyl Nightmare back in the 90’s,” I tell the girl who is helping us suit up. “It made us sick.” “That won’t happen now,” she says, and then corrects herself. “I won’t say it never happens, but it almost never happens. This is very different, and it isn’t even the […]


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Halloween Film Impressions: Haunter

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 12, 2015

We’ve been so swamped so far this month that even taking time to watch a film together has been a challenge. Typically we end up watching something on Netflix Instant Play, which is pretty decent for watching TV (a season behind), but not so great for movies. Too many of the films available for streaming […]


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Impressions: Ready Player One

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 7, 2015

Somehow, the book Ready Player One by Earnest Cline never quite made it onto my radar, though I’d heard it mentioned in passing a couple of times. A friend recommended it to me this weekend, so I had to check it out. And then I had trouble putting it down. Is it a masterwork of storytelling? […]


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Pillars of Eternity – Released, and a Quick-Take

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 27, 2015

Okay. So…. there’s this game. It was crowdfunded. Some seasoned vets of making PC RPGs from Obsidian were working on it. It was code-named “Project Eternity,” vaguely reminiscent of the “Infinity Engine” by Bioware that was used for the classic Dungeons & Dragons based RPGs, Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Icewind Dale 1 and 2, […]


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Indie Horror: Last Minute Roundup

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 31, 2014

Okay, I ran out of month to talk about all the horror / Halloween – themed indie games I wanted to talk about. Maybe next year I’ll do this again, if you enjoyed this series. To finish things off, I’m just going to briefly touch on a handful of additional games I didn’t get to […]


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Indie Horror: Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 30, 2014

Determining whether or not a game is “indie” has always been challenging, but it gets moreso every day. Take Minecraft. It started out as indie as indie could be… a game made by a lone wolf developer on his own terms, not even sold through a third party. But then it made gobs of money, […]


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Indie Horror: The Last Door

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 29, 2014

I was kinda skeptical of this one. Yes, even as a retro-gamer, I had issues with giant-pixel graphics running at VIC-20 resolutions (albeit with way more colors). But I broke down and tried The Game Kitchen’s adventure,  The Last Door: Collector’s Edition. The entire game is available free-to-play as an online Flash title, which you […]


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Indie Horror: Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 28, 2014

Honestly, I never really thought of Big Robot’s Sir, You Are Being Hunted as a horror title, but it was billed as such on GOG.COM, and I thought, “Sure, why not?” It’s a stealth / survival game, like many others of the genre, and the gameplay lends itself to the flavor. Your enemies are tweed-wearing, very […]


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Indie Horror: The Horror at MS Aurora

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 27, 2014

I like to encourage indies to take chances and experiment with game design. It’s an entirely selfish thing to ask, because it asks the developers to take risks for my potential benefit as a jaded old-school gamer who is tired of playing the same ol’, same ol’. The problem here is “risk.” There’s a reason […]


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Indie Horror: Anna / Anna Extended Edition

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 24, 2014

Anna is an adventure game that is more-or-less indie and more-or-less horror. And it’s more-or-less horrendously difficult to get all the endings (at least in the Extended Edition, which I played) without some kind of walkthrough. But that’s a whole ‘nother story. Billed as “psychological horror,” it’s an adventure where you must piece together pieces […]


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Indie Horror: The Walking Dead series

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 23, 2014

You know, if I were to only to write about indie “zombie games” – for the PC alone – I could probably write up one of these quick takes every day from now until Halloween 2015. I don’t know exactly when or how the zombie craze hit, though it does look like it is on […]


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Indie Horror: Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 21, 2014

Probably the most famous / popular of the horror-themed indie games (and a strong contender for the scariest) is Amnesia: The Dark Descent. If you haven’t heard of it, you probably don’t follow indie games, or at least you hadn’t until recently. If that’s the case, Welcome! I’m happy you dropped by! Three years ago, […]


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Indie Horror: Motte Island

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 20, 2014

Motte Island is a 2D Flash-based game that cannot be mistaken for a high-end title. However, it’s a fairly ambitious game that incorporates stealth, puzzles, mini-games, and combat into a horror-adventure game. You play a convicted murderer escaped from prison. As the game begins you are attempting to elude police and make your way back to […]


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