

And, of course, I would have been incredibly wrong with early pioneers such as Bastion and The Dark Descent making waves with both small time and mainstream critics alike.

Beginning with Frictional Games’ The Dark Descent and following on to The Chinese Room’s A Machine for Pigs.īack around the time of Amnesia’s release in 2010, I would have perhaps scoffed at the idea of a burgeoning indie scene for gaming being right around the corner. So, with this in mind, over the next two weeks, I’ll be digging into Amnesia – a renowned indie survival horror series. However, this also brings about a time of quiet in the gaming world with very few new releases until later in the first quarter of the year subsequently allowing me the chance to catch up on games that I have continuously put off time and time again. Pastimes such as reading books, watching TV shows and movies – the list is almost endless.

With Christmas and New Years now seemingly far in our rear vision mirrors with 2016 well under way, I used this opportunity to catch up on many things that fall by the wayside over time.
