There was a time when video games were primitive enough that a book could be a more vivid gameplay experience. For example, the original Wizardry came out in 1980, and though it’s rightfully remembered as a classic, it’s also not much more than the seemingly endless sequences of corridors and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are two things that are true about Shakespeare. One, more people should read, and learn to appreciate, the great bard than do. For far too many, Shakespeare starts and stops at the more “boring” end of school curriculums, and that’s a pity because learning to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nomad Games and Tin Man Games are a tale of two companies, and since I don’t have all that much to say about Fighting Fantasy Legends (you’ll see why soon enough), I may as well weave that tale instead. Tin Man Games started out, many years,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In recent years we’ve seen some impressive efforts to take the gamebook format – a popular kind of “game” that largely predates video games – and revitalise it for a modern audience. Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf was given an invigorating combat system and 3D presentation. Australia’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Tin Man Games has, for the longest time now, been producing high quality digital gamebooks for those of us that have fond memories of the 80’s and kicking back with a Fighting Fantasy or Choose Your Own Adventure and thumbing through the pages. We’ve reviewed a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. What an inspired way to evolve the humble gamebook. With The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Tin Man Games has taken its penchant for tapping into the nostalgia that us older (well, relatively) people have for growing up in the 80s, and managed to layer it with…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain relies heavily on a sense of nostalgia, which is always a dangerous place to go. If the audience is too young/never experienced the source material in any way, they might not ‘get it’ or be as invested as someone who can…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Neil Rennison is a local Aussie developer that we’ve spoken to a few times in the past, and that’s because he’s also one of the most prolific of all. If you look up his company, Tin Man Games, on the Apple App Store, for example, you’ll…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I was not the biggest fan of Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf when it originally landed on the iPad back in 2013. As I was playing it, I was constantly reminded that the game was messing with my nostalgia for the classic gamebooks that I would play…
Read MoreTin Man Games, the Melbourne-based dev that is arguably the best digital gamebook maker of this generation, has reached the goal of its current crowdfunding campaign less than 36 hours after the launch. As of writing, the Kickstarter campaign for The Warlock of Firetop Mountain has raised $26,859 AUD (the…
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