FUNDED!

Funding Open. This project closes on Monday, 22nd February 2022 6:00 pm GMT.

  • £30k = Every backer will get a FREE digital art suite

    £35k = Hardcover backers will get a FREE bookmark (design to be revealed)

    £40k = Every backer will get access to digital Volume 001-003 via our Members Club for FREE

    £45k = Hardcover backers will get a FREE set of stickers (designs to be revealed)

    £50k TBC

    £60K TBC

 
  • 220+ Pages (Softcover & Hardcover)

  • Limited Run (Final numbers to be announced after campaign, never reprinted)

  • Individually Numbered

  • 245 x 200 mm

  • Custom OBI Strip & Branding

  • Perfect Bound

  • Litho Print

  • 130 gsm Premium Silk Matt Paper Stock

  • A premium gaming journal delivering thought-provoking stories, insightful features and carefully curated art from industry talent.

    We're back again to bring you Volume 003 of our acclaimed gaming journal, which is our BIGGEST to date with over 210 pages in both our softcover and hardcover editions, containing more than 50 retrospectives, articles and interviews.

    Roughly 50% of 003 is dedicated to (unofficially) exploring Sega's short-lived final home console, the Dreamcast, with articles spanning the games, peripherals, launches and even chipset of the iconic device. We've roped in the likes of John Linneman and Audi Sorlie from Digital Foundry, Tom Charnock from The Dreamcast Junkyard, Alex Aniel, Chris Scullion and Adam Koralik (among many others) to explore this topic. We even convinced former Official Dreamcast Magazine USA editor-in-chief Simon Cox and staff writer turned writer/director Jörg Tittel (The Last Worker) to chat to their favourite Dreamcast developers (and friends) Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Frédérick Raynal.

    Alongside this, we have our usual selection of articles and interviews from across the gaming spectrum, from exploring the darker side of Pikmin to a series retrospective of the Darksiders games, and much more besides. We also have a beautiful Sable art gallery and not one but TWO interviews with the developer, plumbing the depths of the standout 2021 indie hit.

    All of this is accompanied by bespoke artwork and incredible digital spreads created by insanely talented folk from around the world. Stephen Graham, Sam McKenzie, Erin Vest, Bani-chan, Casper Pham, Riotbones, Big Sky Castle, Kinky Sketch and Nat King are joined by many others, including Gregorios Kythreotis and Ma-Ko who have created our bedazzling covers.

  • Phoebe Paradise

    Riotbones

    Ma-Ko

    Stephen Graham

    Jasmyn Arnold (Bottling Sunshine)

    Terry (T3rikuro)

    Beetlerots

    Sam McKenzie

    Bani-chan

    Isobel Kelly

    Angelo Furfaro

    Big Sky Castle

    Ramón Perales Cano

    Enoch Duncan

    Nuri Durr

    Erin Vest

    Oceane Muller

    Casper Pham

    Valeria Araya

    Mateus Roberts

    John R Green

  • Chris Scullion // Dan Driver // Rico Norwood // Jamie Fox // Audi Sorlie // Lewis Cox // Rory Norris // Shy Thompson // Richard Elsey // James Brown // Rebecca Hills-Duty (Skyblaze) // Faith Johnson (Retro Faith) // John Linneman // Paul Cecchini // Jörg Tittel// Luke Hinton // Dominic Cichocki // Simon Cox // Lor Gislason // Linden Garcia // Alex Aniel // Adam Koralik // Tom Charnock // Trent Moore // Tara A. Devlin // Callum Self // Brendan Hamley // Grace Benfell // Khee Hoon Chan // Aaron Potter // Michael Leopold Weber // Jamie Sharp // Lara Jackson // Laurie Eggleston // Rowen Cameron // Maria @Eurothug4000 // Ethan Hunt // Nate Ellingsworth // Ewan Wilson // Shaun Hughes // James M. Bentley // Benjamin Hayhoe // Andrew J. Dickinson

  • Mizuguchi Tetsuya // Suehiro Hidetaka // Jake Kazdal // Edmund McMillen // Frédérick Raynal // Jan Willem Nijman // Shinichi Kameoka // Stephen Brown (Brownmonster Games) // Amy & Andy Madin (Onion Soup Interactive) // Mat Dickie // Naphtali "Veselekov" Faulkner // Paul Helman // Gregorios Kythreotis

    The Developers of

    Gris

    Backbone

    Genesis Noir

    Disco Elysium

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    Hardcover-Only 'DC Indie' [versus] Booster Pack

    Folded A3 Poster by Stephen Graham

    3x A5 Art Prints

    Exclusive 'Visual Memories' Digital EP by RyoX*

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    Your Name In The Journal*

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What’s Included With The Premium Edition ?

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    [lock-on] Volume 003 (Hardcover) (Featured Below)

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    Exclusive [versus] Starter Deck for 003

    Hardcover-Only 'DC Indie' [versus] Booster Pack (Featured Below)

    Folded A3 Poster by Stephen Graham

    3x A5 Art Prints (Featured Below)

    Exclusive 'Visual Memories' Digital EP by RyoX*

    Digital Art Suite*

    Your Name In The Journal*

    Members Club Access*

    [lock-on] Volume 003 (Digital)*

    *Please note you MUST JOIN the Members Club after checkout to receive digital goods when they become available.

Premium edition comes with a digital EP by synthwave artist RyoX, most known for his 'Shenwave' interpretations of music from the Shenmue series.

RyoX is creating a bespoke album of synthwave mixes inspired by Dreamcast games featured in Volume 003. These five tracks take inspiration from music in:

Shenmue // Resident Evil CODE: Veronica // Skies Of Arcadia // Space Channel 5 // Sonic Adventure

[Versus] Season 2

  • Cards are ONLY available during pre-order campaign.

    We created a brand new collectable card game called [versus]. Inspired by Triple Triad, but with much more strategy, our card game utilises characters from various indie games and companies, as well as some unique ones.

    We work with devs to bring these cards exclusively to our backers, so these are approved by the creators and contain links to their websites or store pages. This way, if you discover a game via [versus] that tickles your fancy you can go and support them right away!

    This time we have a starter deck of 22 cards, along with 2 hardcover-only exclusives.

    We'll be revealing a new card (or two) every day of the campaign, so check back here to see which cards you'll be getting with your physical pledge!

  • PREMIUM EDITION - Hardcover-Only 'DC Indie' [versus] Booster Pack

    -Shima

    -Intrepid Izzy