Bill Harris of “Dubious Quality” Reviews Tidalis
“This is easily the most interesting, unique gameplay mechanic I’ve ever seen in a puzzle game. It’s terrific.” Bill Harris
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Tidalis for Mac Chosen As Brothersoft Editor’s Pick
Tidalis has been chosen as an Editor’s Pick for Mac Games on the Brothersoft download site. Nice!
The Reticule: The Rise of Mac (and Linux) Gaming
Chris Evans from The Reticule recently wrote a rather interesting article about how Mac (and Linux) gaming is on the rise lately. He interviewed Doug Lombardi from Valve, as well as a number of indie developers, including Chris Park from Arcen. Particularly interesting is the discrepancy in opinions between long-term Mac-only developers (who seemed rather…
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“Having played a variety of games in different genres, I will say it has been awhile since I have found such a great PC puzzle game. Seeing me testing this game for the review, my fiance even gave this game a try, leading to us buying a second copy of the game for its multiplayer…
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Some of the first Tidalis reviews are in, and the game is getting top marks!
“Tidalis is a match-3 game that doesn’t feel tired or repetitive: I actually want to play it, which says something considering how many puzzle games I’ve reviewed. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Tidalis is one of the best puzzle game I’ve ever played. Simply put, if you like puzzle games (and…
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For those interested in Steam Community Groups, there is now an official one for Tidalis: http://steamcommunity.com/games/tidalis
Two Articles About Arcen In the Chapel Hill Herald-Sun!
There was an article just yesterday in the Chapel Hill Herald-Sun about the upcoming for-charity micro expansion that we’re doing for AI War. I didn’t even know that article was going to be coming out! Charity accesses games for children’s hospitals This is the main article that was in the Chapel Hill Herald-Sun yesterday, discussing…
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Tidalis Officially Launches — and 10% off for a week!
The day that puzzle fans have been waiting for has finally arrived! After three months in public beta, the official version of Tidalis has finally launched! The game is now out on Steam, Impulse, Direct2Drive, GamersGate, myGameIQ (who just had their own launch this week, too, by the way), MacGameStore.com, and our own site store.…
DetailsAI War and Zenith Remnant Bundle 66% Off During Steam’s Summer Sale
Today through July 4th, there’s an incredible discount on AI War: Fleet Command and AI War: The Zenith Remnant via the Steam “Perils of Summer” sale! We’re experimenting a bit by trying out a discount rate of 66%, which is unusually large for us. We recently did something similar with Direct2Drive, and now we’re trying…
DetailsResponse to “The Kotaku Review”
The Kotaku Review is a great article by Jordan Rivas, presenting what I think is a healthy way of thinking about game reviews. I’ll let you read the full article, but the basic gist is that the numeric scores are meaningless (which lots of folks have said), and that the long-form describe-everything-in-the-game-briefly is fundamentally flawed…
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