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Leonardo Faierman is a games & film critic, comic creator, podcaster, and persistent freelancer in parts both known and unknown. He's one of the cofounders of Albany Poets, Inc., cocreator of the comic bookLeo has a longstanding penchant for independent video games, where the hardscrabble magic of interactive imagination thrives.
There are two phases of contemporary independent gaming: before Super Meat Boy and after Super Meat Boy. Hotline Miami was the equivalent of the Sex Pistols' Lesser Free Trade Hall show. As a cinephile and film critic, memorable moments include: getting drunk with two Star Wars prequel actors, crying alone at a screening of Notes From The Field, and discerning Lost Highway during a sleepless night. Ask me about it.Leo's list of his favorite games of all time must include: Shadow of the Colossus, Guardian Heroes, Towerclimb, The Beginner's Guide, Final Fantasy IV, River City Ransom, Star Control 2, Overwatch, The Binding of Isaac, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, Towerfall, Bloodborne, Fight'n'Rage, Nuclear Throne, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.A love letter to Cartoon Network's formative years, #BLUD is a quirky action-adventure held back by flawed combat and a slew of bugs.A follow-up to 2019's Void Bastards, the upcoming Wild Bastards introduces new strategic ideas and a space opera narrative to the FPS roguelite.Frostpunk 2's Game Director Jakub Stokalski prepares for the game's fan reception in the wake of the sequel's new systems and transformative changes.Screen Rant speaks to 11 Bit Studios' Tomasz Kisilewicz, the lead behind this year's wonderfully bizarre sci-fi adventure The Alters.The Rogue Prince of Persia sees Dead Cells reframed as an entry in Ubisoft's franchise, but some fun platforming alone isn't enough for EA adopters.Frostpunk 2 streamlines some of its city-building to introduce expanded social mechanics, but don't let that scare you from this expansive sequel.The Alters features gameplay ideas and sci-fi concepts to spare, but its emotional core elevates the project, which comes out later this year.Harvest Hunt is an experimental FPS folk horror roguelite with a solid story and some great ideas, even if the game's two halves often fail to merge.Little Kitty, Big City is a delightful all-ages feline adventure, oozing with personality and whimsy, and over far too soon.The visually stunning No Rest for the Wicked hits Early Access with a strong first footing, but QoL updates will sweeten the deal for early adopters.TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is a bad arcade port with little to recommend, and should be left behind in 2017 rather than brought back.Rightfully, Beary Arms makes for a clunky Early Access roguelite at this stage, with gummy controls and a lack of conceptual consistency.Rise of the Ronin is an immersive open-world title that does a lot of work to value the time of its players, making for a rewarding journey.Alone in the Dark is a fun horror romp with a great cast and a visible love for the original, but the action is stiff and the puzzles are quite easy.Slave Zero X is a beautifully retraux old-school anime 2D adventure, but this unexpected followup begs for more depth and detail to its gameplay.The Thaumaturge is a boldly inventive fantasy CRPG with a unique historical setting, but it's troubled by script and gameplay issues from the start.Ubisoft's Skull and Bones has numerous design problems, but there's also a solid multiplayer ship combat game amidst the wreckage.
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