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3 weeks ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
With gaming, there are moments when something catches your eye and feels like it might be extraordinary. In those instances, you have the choice: will you try out the game and see if you like the experience, or will you leave it be and let the game pass you by? At PAX East 2025, I encountered one of these moments. Prior to PAX East, One More Games reached out and asked us to check out their upcoming game, Swapmeat.
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3 weeks ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
At PAX East 2025, we had the chance to meet with Aitvar Studio and got an exclusive interview about their upcoming game, LUSTRA: Lachea’s Tale.
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3 weeks ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
When you think of tabletop card games, what comes to mind? Most likely, the first card games that came to your mind are Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and maybe Disney’s Lorcana. Yesterday, we shared with you an upcoming tabletop game from Riot Games called Riftbound: The League of Legends TCG. The day after the meeting with Riot Games, we met with No Loading Games to preview their tabletop version of a popular digital card game.
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1 month ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
When it comes to gaming, you have one of three options on how to listen to the game’s audio. The first option is to just have the audio come out of a speaker and be heard by potentially anyone. The second option is to put on headphones and not be able to hear what’s going on around you in your gaming area; in a day where swatting is still sadly a thing, this can be problematic and potentially deadly.
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1 month ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
When you think of Indie Games, what comes to mind? Since the pandemic, gamers’ thoughts around Indie games have drastically changed for the better. Before the pandemic, Indie Games were often considered lesser titles that weren’t as good as their AAA counterparts. Now, this isn’t because the games were worse, but rather there was less marketing and word of mouth regarding these games.
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1 month ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
Have you ever said to yourself, “man this job sucks; it’s literally sucking the life out of me.”? Have you ever felt that your coworkers were soulless drones who sold their souls for their job? Final question: Have you ever wanted to fight your coworkers or take down your boss for their incompetence or laziness?
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1 month ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
At PAX East 2025, we met with Gylee Games to preview their upcoming game, Ra Ra Boom. Whether you were looking for the booth specifically or just walking around the area, you could appreciate its colorful arcade vibes. With two arcade cabinets set for 4-player co-op on each side of the booth, the team welcomed guests to try out the game solo or with their friends and take down the mechanized menaces.
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1 month ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
Over the last two years, trading cards have become a hot commodity; they’ve become so hot that finding certain ones has become next to impossible. The trading card seemed to have first started to catch fire with the Pokémon Sword and Shield: Evolving Skies – Moonbreon (Umbreon VMAX Alt Art) hunt, then became even hotter with the Magic: The Gathering One Ring chase.
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1 month ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if we had flying cars? Would the world be safer? Would the air be cleaner? These are just some of the questions that come to mind when thinking about the possibility of what if. At PAX East 2025, we met with the President of Seismic Squirrel, Jay Zylstra, to discuss his studio’s upcoming game, Aether & Iron and get our first hands-on with the promising new narrative RPG.
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1 month ago | 
nichegamer.com | Matt Kowalski
Are you a fan of creating chaos amongst your group of friends while completing semi-trivial tasks? Do you like to kill waves of enemies while trying to protect one another or an objective? Do you have fun while playing games like Overcooked or Gears of War? If you answered yes to any of these three questions, then you are in luck because we have a game for you. Last year, we shared with you an upcoming game called Pizza Bandit from Joftsoft. If you missed last year’s interview, you can read it here.
