A WORK IN PROGRESS

This article was written for  Yatta Magazine  and  Yatta Media  and published on  J uly 16th 2012. If there is one thing I have learned, it’s that you can always be surprised by a game. The Real Texas is just one of those games and also an example of why I love indie games. The game is, as stated on the website ‘ an action adventure game that plays like a mashup of Zelda: Link to the Past and Ultima VI. ’ and does it. However, does the The Real Texas live up to this statement? The Real Texas, created by  Calvin French , really does stand out from the sea of indie games for many good reason. From the unique, artistic blocky style which gives the game a warm and somewhat cute feel, to the well written and exquisitely planned out adventure. The game just has that enjoyable feeling to it. The adventure you undertake is a long and mysterious one with twists and turns at every point. This is where I was first surprised. When I heard about this game from twitter user  @S

This article was written for Yatta Magazine and Yatta Media and published on June 26th 2012 . Polarfox is a free desktop application for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that lets you beautify, save and multi-post images to social networks, blogs and clouds. If there was ever a product summary that made sense, it was Polarfox App. Just as it says on the label, this wonderful desktop application lets you take any image you so wish to edit and share with stunning results across the board. At the core, Polarfox App is a simple program with simple ideas. You have two sets of editing options open to you. You can edit the image itself right away with changes such as hue and saturation. But where the app really stands out is the use of the many available filters it has to offer. If you wanted me to sum this up in a few words I would say that “Polarfox App does for desktops, what Instagram does for mobile, but better”. However, summing up Polarfox App in a nutshell isn’t fair. So