Howdy, I'm Dari, an aspiring game developer and game journalist. I run a review focused joint called Indie Hell Zone that's mainly focused on indie games, but here I'm willing to be all over the place.
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As the year closes out, I want to look back on a game that’s helped define the year for me. It’s a game that came out of nowhere but became an explosive hit. It’s a game that’s slotted its way into where…
The Onion King has been fiddling around with magic that must not be touched. The bread has risen… the Unbread! Horrible undead pieces of moldy bread are haunting the kingdom… at least, that’s what he says. It’s largely an informed problem that…
Apex Legends has been a surprise hit of 2019, mixing hero shooters and battle royales for an experience that’s hooked more than 70 million players. As the decade closes out, one may wonder, how much higher can Apex Legends go? Well, what’s…
The Game Awards sure is a big thing that happened, full of awards and announcements for upcoming things. One of the acts/commercials during the event was for Apex Legends, where the voice actor for Mirage (the game’s ditzy trickster) did a live…
Degica Games is a Tokyo-based publisher that’s mainly known for being the international publisher of the RPG Maker line of game engines as well as various CAVE shmups like Mushihimesama. Besides bringing Japanese games and engines abroad and publishing some western games…
Back in August, Nintendo put out a video showcase highlighting some indie games that were coming to the Nintendo Switch. As the year starts to close out, Nintendo has decided to put out another video to show what kinda indie games we…
Zeboyd Games is a two-person indie studio, consisting of Robert Boyd and William Stiernberg, that’s mainly been dedicated to making RPGs. One of their earliest games was 2010’s Cthulhu Saves the World, a parody RPG where you play as Cthulhu, who’s forced…
Super Mario Maker 2 has had a few updates since it released back in October. Past updates gave creators a bigger level limit and introduced a much anticipated online multiplayer with friends, among other smaller fixes. Yesterday, Nintendo put out a big…
Nier is a relatively new Square Enix franchise that really hit big with the 2017 release of Nier: Automata. A spin-off of Yoko Taro’s lesser-known Drakengard series, the Nier series brings a tragic fever dream through post-apocalyptic worlds that really captures the…
Dragalia Lost is a Cygames gacha game published under Nintendo that recently enjoyed its one-year anniversary. Shortly before the anniversary properly started, the dev team revealed details on what’s coming in the future and one of the announcements is a bizarre crossover…