Apr

3

TAR pt. 15: Half a dozen sprites

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Happy Easter, folks! April the first has been and gone and I had an idea for a great joke to transform the site with… but it’ll keep ’til next year, I guess What definitely won’t keep that long are the last of the Assemblee reviews, so here’s another batch of four to liven [...]

Mar

20

TAR pt. 14: The sacred district

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There are only 17 Assemblee games to go! No more half measures – let’s make a push for the finish with these six new contenders! Coming up in today’s exciting episode…

Space Smuggler
SpriteGears
Super Treasure Ball Gasm
The Birth of Selthar
The Girl and the Shadow
The Journey

For such a massive batch as this I’ll see you after the jump! [...]

Mar

13

TAR pt. 13b: The year 200X

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Another mini-TAR today with just two more contenders entering the ring. Let’s see if they’re any good…

Space Penguin by harima555
Your cute ‘n’ cuddly space penguin has run out of food on his home planet, so he jets off in search of supplies on another world. The only slight complication is that he only [...]

Mar

9

TAR pt. 13a: Punching vegetables

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You might pretend to tolerate it but no-one really likes the number thirteen. I personally shun it wherever physically possible. Thus, today we have part 13a of this epic TAR saga featuring a humble two games. Better to do half a post rather than none at all, eh?

SonnenmördeR by Jph Wacheski
Need more shmup [...]

Mar

7

TAR pt. 12: I am surprised

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Cripes! We’re onto the third page of Assemblee goodness! I wonder what occurs therein?

(yes, the Shine screenshot is from the TIGSource listing page… I couldn’t make one better )
Seasons of Change by Perrin
For the love of Ra… 74MB download?! This’d better be good! Unfortunately I wouldn’t say it’s entirely worth it, though [...]

Mar

5

TAR pt. 11: Evil caveman

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Hokay, let’s get this show rolling again. My most appreciative thanks for bearing with me during the past two weeks of slacking and panicking (roughly in that order). It’s TAR time once more!

Ranger by menki
Jump into the boots of a ranger and do rangerly things like plant trees, harvest the fruit they grow [...]

Feb

12

TAR pt. 10: Item GET!

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Snarf. I sense the pace is slowing! But still we press on towards the light at the end of the tunnel…

Other Observations by PDF
Roguelike lovers rejoice – here’s the one entry you should play if nothing else in the competition has caught your eye! This is a smoothly executed adventure that aims to [...]

Feb

7

TAR pt. 9: Hero to billions

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Aside from being a little under the weather this weekend, due to my internet provider being so fantastically naff I actually had to type this post up twice. Pfeh. But you don’t want to know about any of that – let’s get on with the lushness of today’s four Assemblees, three of [...]

Feb

1

TAR pt. 8: Shadow game

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Since there are only a couple of days left until the Assemblee voting closes there’s one particular entry I really think you should play. I wouldn’t have reached it within vote-time had I not skipped ahead a little – that’s my excuse, anyway! Anyhow, it’s time to venture into the…
Realm of the Mad God by [...]

Feb

1

Resurrect your dead RPGs!

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A site I recently came across through one of  Terry Cavanagh’s tweets is  RPGDX, a community dedicated to indie RPGs. Do not be deceived by its apparent lack of daily updates, for there is more going on here than first meets the eye!
Upon their forums, interestingly enough, is a maybe-perhaps competition that may – perhaps! [...]

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