We know Twilight Games for their lovely titles like Aargon Deluxe, Space Taxi 2 and Jump Jump Jelly Reactor. The studio began in Montreal, Canada back in 1999. Today, the comapany is truly international, with its members working and collaborating from different countries through the Internet. Yet, despite all those developments, it still retains its [...]

It’s that time of the year again! All right, I agree that the commencement of a new school semester may not be as festive as I’m making it sound, but there are still many reasons to be happy. Here are some excellent substitutes for homework:

We take a step away from casual games and into the indie realm with Toribash, a violent 3D fighting multiplayer game with some very involved controls. It’s a game that takes a lot of effort to master, but is also extremely rewarding once you get the hang of it.
Toribash is the creation of Singapore-based Nabi [...]

Don’t mess with Flipper. He’s got a laser, and he’s not afraid to use it. That’s the simple and yet incredibly appealing idea behind Laser Dolphin, an arcade-action game that gives you shooting, swimming and jumping activities across the oceans of 4 worlds, on a mission to save the Prime Minister from aliens, somehow. Just [...]

Lets get this out of the way right now – this is not a “casual game” in the sense of the word most of us have come to accept. No jewels are matched, no diners are dashed, no mysterious cases are… filed. Eschalon is a tile-built, turn-based RPG game in the classic sense of the [...]

Taking the casual game standard of saving “relative X” by starting a business that involves giving “thing Y” to a number of customers by way of a puzzle challenge, Balloon Express follows in the tradition of a dozen other “service games.” In this case, you get to take a balloon filled with mail and deliver [...]

All too often people make the mistake of assuming casual and indie games are all simple and showy and lacking in any depth. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard my “hardcore” gamer friends dismiss a title just for being casual. Well, Mitorah’s game, Battles of Norghan, is a swift kick to the teeth [...]

You know, every time I talk to developers and reviewers about video games, I hear the same old story: “Innovation is dead in games.” These people haven’t been looking at the top indie casual games lately. Little gems like Fizzball, Wik, and Eets come out with shocking regularity. They get a lot of hype on [...]

If you haven’t heard of this game already, it’s because you haven’t been paying attention. At the 2005 Independent Games Festival it won best overall game, best visuals, and best innovation in a game design. And it deserved all of those awards - and more besides. It’s a truly great game.

This game has been lingering on the shareware boards and independent game sites a long time. It maintains it’s presence with a loveable sort of naiveté and fresh design that you just can’t help but like a little bit, even if the whole premise of the game is patently ludicrous.