I’m continuing with my series of visiting local indie developers around Pennsylvania and the East Coast! This trip took me just outside of Philadelphia, to Woodbury, New Jersey, where I visited with indie development house Island[…]
Thanks to the folks at Island Officials in New Jersey, the IGDA will be offering special edition starter decks of their upcoming game, Famous Missions, for attendees to play throughout the week! In Famous Missions,[…]
At the far end of Broad Street, in a back room inside an unassuming board game shop, three indie video game developers are producing games for the likes of Nintendo, Sony and Apple. Read[…]
Officials cut a third ribbon in front of the new location of Tiki Tiki Board Games, which is also the home of Island Officials video game development studio, at 232 S. Broad St. Read full[…]
Woodbury’s Mayor Bill Volk and Councilmembers along with representatives from Main Street Woodbury, Woodbury’s Merchant’s Association and the Greater Woodbury Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the grand opening ribbon cutting will take place in front[…]
You roll the dice. Three spaces. Which puts your metal Monopoly dog on ritzy Park Place, and since you already own Boardwalk – the other most-pricey property on the board – you’re probably about to[…]
Orion’s Odyssey is one of Kickstarter’s latest success heading exclusively to a Nintendo platform. To find out more about the game, and the developer behind it, we’ve interviewed Ryan Morrison, the CEO from Island Officials….[…]
After peddling video games at retail stores for years, two Gloucester County developers decided they belonged behind the scenes, not the counter. So five years ago, Ryan Morrison of Woodbury Heights co-founded a video game[…]
Our buddy Nate shot this great studio tour, let us know what you think! See video on YouTube
Check out a brand new issue of IGM! This issue features the review of the gorgeous XBox Live Summer of Arcade game, Dust: An Elysian Tale. There’s also a large feature and interview with Indie[…]
Before the computer age, colorful boards — accompanied by spinners or dice and pawns or pieces — ruled game time. It was these seemingly ancient board games that inspired Ryan Morrison and Ryan Harbinson to[…]
When returning home for the summer the last thing I expected to find was a local indie game studio just waiting to be profiled. See the video….
What follows are presidential files sealed since Lincoln’s day, unearthed for your viewing pleasure… Read full article…
The game itself is really entertaining. Just looking through the various weapons and enemies is great, and the fact that there are two levels ongoing makes for some interesting strategy. Read full article…
Here is the story of Pixel Lincoln: The Deckbuilding Game, which started out as a card game, then became a video game, and will now be a card game all over again. How did all[…]
The semi-finalists have been announced and among their number are not one, but two Philly based developers. SmugBee Games and Island Officials both have remade versions of Pong in the running and they both look[…]
A big CONGRATULATIONS to all of our finalists in the Pong® Indie Developer Challenge! We are excited to review the submissions of all our finalists. Each of the submissions selected combines innovation, creativity, fun and[…]
We may never get to play 8-Bitham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter due to the fact that it’s not actually a thing, but that doesn’t mean we have to go without some kick-ass Abraham Lincoln action. Pixel[…]
It’s been a great year for Kickstarter campaigns, and while much of the attention has been on point-and-click adventure games, there are some other videogame-related projects that are worth following as well. Pixel Lincoln: The[…]
Since the game presents the easy puzzles first, kids learn how to manipulate the pieces and gain confidence before tackling the harder puzzles. The game doesn’t offer any hints when you are stuck, so it’s[…]
