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One thing indie games do so wonderfully is to take a concept and explore it freely. When you’re dealing with multi-million dollar titles, risks can be tough to justify but a small team can double down on something with almost wild abandon. That’s how we get focused and brilliant games like Balatro, Celeste, Shovel Knight, […]
Sometimes the simplest concepts work the best. Balatro’s expansion on familiar poker hands, for example, has quickly become a frontrunner for the 2024 game of the year. Videogames thrive on taking a concept you know, and twisting it into something else. Buckshot Roulette is no different. What presents as a dingy take on Russian roulette quickly […]