Review: Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town for Switch Is a Somewhat Shaky Adventure
I wasn’t raised on the LucasArts point and click adventures or their ilk. The genre sort of missed me as a kid. It feels like this is a shame, as […]
Review: Solid Roguelike Deckbuilder Roguebook Doesn’t Stray Far From Convention
Magic: The Gathering is perhaps the granddaddy of all deckbuilders. It’s pretty high praise, then, when a video game that took inspiration from that card game actually got recognized by […]
Preview: UnMetal Is a Hilarious Homage to Metal Gear
At first glance, UnMetal looks like an homage to 2D isometric classic NES game Metal Gear, and its early stealth-based gameplay which would become a staple for the series. While […]
Preview: Tandem: A Tale of Shadows Is a Dark Puzzle Platformer
When a puzzle platformer is properly executed, it’s one of the best types of games. It’s especially sublime when a developer takes tried and true mechanics, and alters them or […]
Review: Lacuna Is a Brilliant but Brutal Noir Thriller
Ever since I first attempted to figure out who stole the Seoul from South Korea, I’ve been an aspiring sleuth. I’m a sucker for good detective stories, in film and […]
Review: Lumberhill Is Occasionally Brilliant, but Frustrating
I’m always a sucker for co-op games. Something about working with another person or a group of people to overcome obstacles to complete a shared goal is some of the […]
Review: Wave Break Is a Unique Synthwave Skateboating Game
Imagine if you took the gameplay from Tony Hawk Pro Skater, mixed in the tiniest dash of Wave Race 64, and finished it all off with a synthwave veneer—that would […]
Review: Castle Flipper Greatly Improveth the Flipper Formula
It’s been a little bit since I flipped. I was an early fan of the idea of a house flipping game, and excited at the prospect, only to be presented […]
Necromunda: Hired Gun –Praise the Emperor, for It Is Good
In the past 20 years, there have been only two Warhammer 40k-based FPS: Fire Warrior and Space Hulk: Deathwing. Want to know what these games have in common? They’re bad […]
Review: The Outdoors of Open Country Aren’t So Great
When I first saw Open Country, I thought the concept of a hunting game that’s actually a survival game was great. In one of my favorite games, The Long Dark, […]
Review: Edge of Eternity Mixes Melodrama and Mediocrity
There are a few games I’ve run into while writing reviews that end up being a massive block to my productivity cycle. It’s either the game is broken, doesn’t work […]
Preview: The Hand of Merlin Is a Mash-Up of Arthurian Legend and Lovecraftian Horror
Lovecraftian Horror is not often associated with medieval, and I don’t think I remember a time where it’s been associated with Arthurian legend. But Hand of Merlin introduces a multiverse […]