Carter Dotson

I'm Carter Dotson! I'm a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, by way of San Antonio, TX. I'm still not used to that whole 'winter' thing. I've had a lifelong passion for gaming, especially on-the-go gaming of all forms, and a special place in my heart for games by small developers. I care way too much about baseball, too.

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October 10, 2014
Papercade: The Shoebox Diorama Story-Game Creator App
By Carter Dotson
Papercade is an interesting idea from the folks at Holo Labs. Described as “scrapgaming,” this is a sort of game creation tool sandbox that looks like a diorama made for a school project. This lets the user create scenarios by …
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October 10, 2014
Entwined Challenge Review: A Brief Tango
By Carter Dotson
Entwined Challenge is the latest in a series of curious releases from Sony Computer Entertainment. Here’s yet another game in the vein of CounterSpy, that serves as a smaller chunk of one of their full titles, yet exists on its …
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October 7, 2014
Adventure Xpress Review: A Familiar Quest
By Carter Dotson
Adult Swim and PikPok have made a match-3 RPG, Adventure Xpress. The genre was once clever and unique, but when so many games have taken the Puzzle Quest formula and iterated and expanded on it for themselves, a new one …
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October 6, 2014
Pokémon TCG Online Review: All in the Cards
By Carter Dotson
Pokémon TCG Online is kind of like Hearthstone, in that both are PC collectible card games that have been brought to the iPad. But, honestly, that’s where the comparisons end. Where Blizzard’s card game is a fantastic example of how to make a …
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October 3, 2014
Thor: Now a Woman, Coming to Marvel Puzzle Quest
By Carter Dotson
Marvel Puzzle Quest is about to celebrate its first anniversary, and to kick off the festivities, the team at D3 Publisher and Demiurge Studios is announcing that they will be the first game to feature Thor: Goddess of Thunder. For …
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October 2, 2014
Robots Need Love Too Review: Progressive with Progression Issues
By Carter Dotson
Robots Need Love Too is perhaps the perfect metaphor for the way that gaming has changed over the last few years. The game is created by Elephant Mouse, a studio formerly known as Villain. Villain made the game Archetype, a …
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October 1, 2014
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King Wants to Put a Zelda-like on Your iPhone
By Carter Dotson
Do you want to see a Zelda inspired game with gorgeous 2D pixel art come to fruition? Well, Castle Pixel has launched a Kickstarter for exactly that. They’re seeking funding for Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King, and it’s planned to come …
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October 1, 2014
Mutiny! Is a Multiplayer Party Game with a Mobile Twist
By Carter Dotson
Mutiny!, an upcoming party game by Hidden Armada, is not a mobile game. But if this Kickstarter project has its way, mobile could play a huge part, and in a very cool way. Mutiny! is a desktop game where 16 total …

Carter Dotson

Papercade: The Shoebox Diorama Story-Game Creator App

Entwined Challenge Review: A Brief Tango

Adventure Xpress Review: A Familiar Quest

Pokémon TCG Online Review: All in the Cards

Thor: Now a Woman, Coming to Marvel Puzzle Quest

Robots Need Love Too Review: Progressive with Progression Issues

Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King Wants to Put a Zelda-like on Your iPhone

Mutiny! Is a Multiplayer Party Game with a Mobile Twist

New Genre-defining Action-Healer, 3 Healers Fables The History of Three Influential Figureheads Without Combat

Embroidered Dark Medieval Title Scarlet Deer Inn Announces Its PC Release Date

Single-Player 3D Action RPG Stupid Never Dies Drops on Steam in Fall 2026

AndaSeat Launches Kaiser 4 Minions Edition