Posted in May 24, 2017 ¬ 3:56 pmh.Craig Stern
Hello friends! I’ve once again managed to eke out a few hours of uninterrupted time at home to take a look at an indie RPG sent to me by the developer; this time around, it’s the sci-fi jRPG Cosmic Star Heroine by Zeboyd Games. With FRAPS a-frappin’ and mouth a-yappin’, I experienced the first 50 […]
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Posted in March 20, 2017 ¬ 11:45 amh.Craig Stern
Well! It’s been a little bit since I last posted one of these, hasn’t it? My backlog hasn’t grown any shorter in the interim, but I figured I should get back to it. As such, I (somewhat arbitrarily) selected The Tenth Line from among those games that had been sent to me as the subject […]
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Posted in September 19, 2016 ¬ 10:26 amh.Craig Stern
Whalehammer Games provided me with a review copy of Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire, and as is my wont, I tried it out for an hour or so while recording the results. Here they are! So, what’d I think?
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Posted in August 31, 2016 ¬ 1:30 pmh.Craig Stern
Greetings, indie RPG fans! Stephen Anthony, developer of Ara Fell, was kind enough to supply me with a code to check out the finished game, and after months of scrambling for time, I went ahead and checked it out while recording the experience. Here’s the first not-quite-an-hour of the game, with my live commentary/voice acting […]
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Posted in March 24, 2016 ¬ 1:41 pmh.Craig Stern
Celestian Tales: Old North has been on my to-play list for quite some time, and I finally got around to giving the start of the game a go this past weekend. As per usual, I recorded as I went–here is the result! My thoughts:
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Posted in March 23, 2016 ¬ 9:38 amh.Craig Stern
Hey guys! You might have noticed that I managed to record and upload a couple of new episodes of IndieRPGs.com Checks Out over the weekend! First up was Balrum–you can see the first 50 minutes or so below: So, what’d I think?
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Posted in November 9, 2015 ¬ 11:34 amh.Craig Stern
Hey folks! Sean Hayden of Rad Codex was good enough to send a review copy of Voidspire Tactics my way. I was curious to see how it played, so I did what I customarily do in these situations: I sat down to play it with FRAPS a’frappin and headset mic a’ready for yappin’. Here are […]
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Posted in July 27, 2015 ¬ 4:38 pmh.Craig Stern
It took a bit longer than I wanted due to some technical hiccups, but I finally got a chance to sit down and play Antharion while recording the experience. You can see the first 40 minutes or so of the game riiiiight here, complete with commentary: So! What’d I think?
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Posted in July 8, 2015 ¬ 11:28 amh.Craig Stern
As sometimes happens here on IndieRPGs.com, indie developer Dustin Auxier was good enough to provide me with a build of his recently released game, The Enchanted Cave 2. I’ve played it a bit here and there over the past few weeks, then finally sat down to play and record the results. You can follow along […]
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Posted in May 12, 2015 ¬ 10:08 amh.Craig Stern
I bet you didn’t expect two episodes of IndieRPGs.com Checks Out within one day of each other, did you? What can I say–I like to keep you guys guessing! Today, it is my pleasure to check out the public alpha of Battle Brothers by Overhype Studios. Developer Jan Taaks was good enough to send a […]
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