Author : Steve Gill
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For nearly 30 years I’ve been enthralled by the magic and escapism of video games. From the highly-pixelated 2D graphics and simple but addictive gaming concepts of the 8-bit era to the sophisticated multiplayer 3D worlds of the modern gaming system, I’ve always loved gaming. These days I'm a massive fan of indie games, but I still find time to play classic Amiga and PC games via emulation and read about video game history.
This week’s Indie Freebies are The Man From Fugue State, a Spaghetti Western-themed point-and-click adventure; Fugitive Shift, a stealth puzzle game; and MURDERSHIFTERS, a cutesy...
Indie Freebies: The Morgue and Among the Sheep
by Steve Gill
This week’s Indie Freebies are The Morgue, a playable demo for a survival horror game currently on Kickstarter, and Among the Sheep, a 2D adventure game inspired...
Indie Freebies: The Murder Express and Others
by Steve Gill
This week’s highlighted “Indie Freebies” are noirish whodunnit The Murder Express, painting explorer SURREALISTa, and low-res space flight simulator Norman’s Sky. If you’ve ever fancied...
Indie Freebies: Among Thorns and Others
by Steve Gill
This week’s highlighted Indie Freebies are: Among Thorns, a short cyberpunk point-and-click adventure from Matt Frith; In the Zone, a top-down zombie shooter from the...
Indie Freebie of the Week: Dead Man’s Journey
by Steve Gill
This week I’ve been taking a look at two short but very different Indie Freebies, jump-scare darkness fest Dead Man’s Journey and retro-style FPS Bitsturbed....
Indie Freebie of the Week: The Games of Eight Bit Skyline
by Steve Gill
This week I’d like to introduce you to four short Indie Freebies from Eight Bit Skyline, a Norwegian game designer who also goes under the...
Indie Freebie of the Week: I’m Alright
by Steve Gill
This week’s featured Indie Freebie is 2D platformer I’m Alright. I can’t really explain why, but I was drawn to this game by its curious...
Sam’s Journey – upcoming C64 homebrew platformer
by Steve Gill
Fans of old-school arcade platformers might want to check out Sam’s Journey, an upcoming Commodore 64 game from retro developer Knights of Bytes. Drawing inspiration...
Kickstarter campaign to launch printed 8-bit magazine
by Steve Gill
If you love tinkering with vintage computers and miss the magazine formats of yesteryear, then you might be interested in John Kavanagh’s Kickstarter campaign. An...
Find redemption with Thimbleweed Park for $25
by Steve Gill
Do you feel bad about pirating Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island when you were a kid? I know I do, although I’m pretty sure I...
Sensible Software 1989-1999 – Book Review and Retrospective
by Steve Gill
Like most Amiga enthusiasts, Sensible Software hold a very special place in my heart. Cannon Fodder, a master class in level design that seethes with...
New 2D Racing Game for the Amiga
by Steve Gill
Amiga Racer is a new 2D racing game that strongly invokes the spirit of the Lotus Turbo Challenge trilogy of the early 1990s. It’s an...

