Review: Strife: Veteran Edition Is a Perfect Fit for Switch
I love retro games, especially those I might have missed when I was a kid. Strife fits the bill—developed in 1996, it was released at the height of my obsession […]
Review: The Last Blade—Beyond the Destiny Is the Right Kind of Blast From the Past
The Neo Geo Pocket Color was a system I missed out on when I was younger. I didn’t really play games on handhelds back then—but I missed out on […]
Review: Black Desert: Prestige Edition Has So Much Potential With So Many Issues
Hardware limitations are nothing new to video games. Most games will have minor to significant concessions from the developers’ vision just to get their game to run correctly. Black Desert […]
Review:Bugsnax Is a Heartfelt, Fun, and Tasty Treat
Bugsnax was an obvious standout during the PlayStation 5 reveal event. I don’t think I’ve ever been so simultaneously horrified and intrigued about a video game. I don’t know if […]
Interview: Organizing the Organization: How Chicago Inspired SomaSim to Create City of Gangsters
1920s Chicago is an era that invokes a lot of immediate images and has inspired even more movies, books and games. It’s got so much imagery attached to it, too–the […]
Review: Strobophagia Lacks Substance
I love trippy, experimental games. Strangeness doesn’t deter me from enjoying a good game, and is even a refreshing change of pace from the mainstream. Video game art exhibits and […]
Review:Mobius Front ‘83 Taps Into the Cold War Era, Fails to Be Fun
There are some reviews that are just hard for me to write. When so many pieces of a game comes this close to being great, but when they’re all put […]
Review: Neo Noir Chicken Police Is a Delight
It’s New Year’s Eve, and you’re a washed-up detective. You’re 121 days until retirement—but it feels like an eternity slowly ticking away. When you step into your office, you’re met […]
Review: Iratus: Lord of the Dead and Wrath of the Necromancer
Sometimes, it’s good to be the bad guy. I think my first experience with playing as “the big bad” was 1997’s Dungeon Keeper. In it, you play as an evil […]
Preview: Co-Op RTS Dwarfheim Has Potential
Competitive real-time strategy gaming is beyond me. I grew up playing real-time strategy, but in a realm where winning is determined by actions per minute on a highly competitive stage, […]
Review: Amazon Luna Has a Secret Weapon
With the new console generation quickly approaching, cloud gaming isn’t the biggest attention-getter. That’s why, perhaps, I’m not seeing a ton of coverage on Amazon Luna and its accompanying controller. […]
Review: Hide and Seek in Vibrant Witch It
Hide and seek is something we’re all familiar with—it’s probably one of the games everyone plays at least once in their childhood. Witch It doesn’t need much explanation in that […]