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  • Sparklite's title screen, showing young Ada, the protagonist, a red haired girl, and her friends.
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    Turn On Your “Sparklite”

    It’s hard out there for indie games. How do you get any exposure when triple A titles get all the coverage? What’s more, how do you stand out in a sea of other indie games? Not all games are created equal, and when a game is released with just a quick trailer and some screen […] More

  • The title screen for Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair shows Yooka, Laylee, Mister B, and Queen Bee
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    Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

    When Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair released last month, I was more than a little surprised how little notice it got. Where the original Yooka-Laylee was a loving, if sometimes too accurate, re-creation of the N64 classic Banjo-Kazooie and near-classic Banjo-Tooie, Impossible Lair is Playtonic’s attempt to revisit their Rare days designing Donkey Kong Country […] More