Review: Pocket-Sized Bleak Sword DX Is Stylish, Difficult
I’m a sucker for a good soulslike game, but you have to wade through a lot of bad titles to find the gems. Despite having its origins as a mobile […]
Review: Return to Grace Has a Great Premise but No Payoff
I’m a sucker for games that have the player character exploring abandoned sci-fi facilities and derelict spacecraft. I love to piece together a mystery, and Return to Grace promised a […]
Review: System Shock Is a Brilliant Remake
GLaDOS is perhaps the most famous rogue AI in video games, but long before I played Portal I was facing off against an antagonist an AI that absolutely terrifies me […]
Review: The Entropy Center Has You Saving the World by Solving Puzzles
It’s so easy to compare one video game to another when writing reviews. While that’s something I try to avoid, it’s hard, especially when a game does little to hide […]
Review: The Last Hero of Nostalgaia Is a Soulslike that Tries Something New: Humor
The soulslike genre is often very bleak, and stuffy. Most soulslike games deal with a post-apocalyptic society, and there really isn’t’ much humor to be found there—despite The Last Hero […]
Preview: Darktide’s Closed Beta Leaves Us Wanting More
I’m a huge Warhammer: Vermintide 2 fan. It’s a game I’ve played almost weekly since its Early Access release. While my group and I have cooled on it a bit […]
Review: At Its Best, Lego Bricktales Is as Fun as Playing with Real Legos
Like many kids I spent countless hours playing with Legos—and then smashing them apart in various crash tests, or just to see them explode spectacularly. Despite there being a lot […]
Preview: Running Man Meets X-COM In Homicidal All-Stars
There have only been a few games based around murderous game shows, which is surprising to me because it feels like a setting that would fit any number of video […]
Review: I Took a Chance on Let’s Sing ABBA and I Thank Them for the Music
ABBA is back with a new album after a 40 year hiatus, and what better way to celebrate than being the sophomore offering in the Let’s Sing Presents series of […]
Review: Moonscars Is a Stylish Side Scrolling Soulslike
It feels like you can’t open up Steam without being greeted by a new soulslike. With the runaway success of From Software’s gritty, cryptic action role-playing games, it’s not surprising […]
Review: Rollerdrome Lives Up to the Hype
So I heard about Rollerdrome mostly through word-of-mouth after it came freestylin’ in, guns in hand. It boasts a unique combination of gameplay mechanics with a visual style special enough […]
Review: Tyrant’s Blessing Takes Cues From Into the Breach But Just Isn’t Much Fun
When I first heard about Tyrant’s Blessing it was being heavily compared to tactical turn-based strategy game Into the Breach. Well, that was all it took to get my attention, […]