I’m no stranger to the Samurai Shodown series—it’s one of those fighting franchises that helped shape all of the fighting games that came after it. Its remake in 2019 showed […]

I’m a huge fan of turn-based role-playing games and turn-based tactics. I’m always happy to play something in that genre, especially if it takes an unusual twist. With a name […]

There are few games which I’ve played that I can describe as genuinely inexplicable. Without looking at any of the marketing material for Alien Life Simulator, the name suggests it […]

Retro is definitely an approach to take when it comes to game development. Often, retro implies pixel art and a genre popularized in yesteryear, most likely platforming. It’s rare to […]

I think most people my age played Drug Wars on their TI-83 calculators in high school in study hall. If you ever wanted a game to capture that feeling of […]

Developed by Consumer Softproducts, “The Authority on Life”, Cruelty Squad is hard to describe without including words like weird, nightmare, depressing, or grotesque. It’s like H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński […]

Damn, 30XX is a great idea—I’m sorry I missed out on 20XX when it originally released. I’m already a huge fan of the classic Mega Man game formula: choose the […]

There was a time in my life where all I would play was first person shooters and the occasional real-time strategy game. The concept of a game that mixed first-person […]

I’m a sucker for soulslike games. That’s why, when I had the opportunity to review Shattered—Tale of the Forgotten King, I was excited to give this visually striking game a […]

If you ever liked Where’s Waldo? as a kid, but haven’t yet explored the hidden objects genre of video games, you’re missing out. Imagine if your Waldo books could’ve come […]

Virtual reality hasn’t quite reached its full potential. There are all sorts of experiences out there to try, but if you’re like me, action packed games with fast movement are […]

I’m a newcomer to the Stronghold series. It turns 20 this year, so I’m a little surprised I’ve spent little to no time with the franchise. Still, I’ve always been […]