I am an admitted fan of full motion video in gaming. There’s something about breaking that fourth wall of platforming and pixel art with real people that’s always been awe inspiring to me. Lately we’ve been seeing a resurgence in…
River City Girls is becoming a popular franchise, with its initial first release being a critical success and a sequel on the way, but the characters of Misako and Kyoko have been around for a lot longer than that. Originally…
Serenity Force is a developer whose catalog varies wildly but generally sticks to a single guiding principle: change the way you think. With Land of Screens we get a direct call to put down our phones for a bit…
Speedrunning video games is an art form, and while not everyone wants to spend the time practicing the same game over and over under time pressure, it’s easy to aspire to, and fun to watch. Aeon Drive is a 2D…
You can throw a stone at any digital gaming marketplace and find a dozen indie games that play with expectations or tell fascinating stories of love and loss. Fire Tonight attempts to spin a death-defying tale of two hipster 20-somethings…
I played Darksiders 3 when it was released on Playstation 4 back in 2018. I am a big fan of the series and was excited to play a new member of the horsemen and explore that world once again. What…
New developer The Mighty Yell is breaking out the 90’s nostalgia with The Big Con, a stylistic feel good game drenched in neon. In it, you play as Ali, a teen with an attitude and a talking hallucination of a…
Death’s Door wasn’t originally on my radar. I had heard murmurings about the new indie Zelda-like title from famed indie publisher Devolver Digital but nothing really stuck out to me. In fact, I’m very glad I didn’t miss out on…
It is very very easy to see what makes Very Very Valet special. Following in the footsteps of predecessors like Overcooked, Stretchers and Moving Out, it uses a well worn formula but expands it to new areas. In this…
The Playstation Vita has been an abandoned console since its discontinuance in 2019. But while Sony may have jumped ship, a slow trickle of smaller titles have been attempting CPR to a console on life support. One of the more…
Dungeon Defenders is a long running tower defense action RPG that’s found a dedicated following since its initial release in 2010. With four games under their belt, Chromatic Games (formerly Trendy Entertainment) is using its newest title, Dungeon Defenders Awakened…
Rarely has there been such a passive gameplay experience with as prolific a story as Loop Hero, the newest indie gem from Four Quarters and Devolver Digital. In Loop Hero, you’ll play as a hero tasked with rebuilding and restoring…
Deck building games and roguelikes are all the rage nowadays, and along with titles like Slay the Spire and Nowhere Prophets comes a new twist on the genre. Fights in Tight Spaces brought to you by Ground Shatter Ltd., brings…
Gloam Collective wears its influence on their sleeve with their new Early Access title Bravery Network Online; a Pokemon-esque turned based RPG with a style and flair that surpasses the inspiration. Bravery Network Online boasts an art style reminiscent of…
Originally released on Apple Arcade back in 2020, Nuts: A Surveillance Mystery is now being released on the Nintendo Switch. Nuts presents a walking simulator premise with light puzzle solving to tell a compelling and mysterious tale of wildlife conservation.…
Popular PC/mobile game Astrologaster recently made a journey to Nintendo Switch, and as it turns out it’s right at home there. Developed by Nyamyam games back in 2019, now you can experience the narrative driven adventure on your home console.…
I like to consider myself a party game aficionado. Pre-Nintendo Switch, I would bring a laptop and four XBOX controllers to people’s houses to play Stick Fight or Overcooked. Now in the age of Covid, those days are less frequent…
If you’ve ever wanted to get a taste of cult life without the pesky problems that come along with actually being in a cult, you’re in luck, because there’s a sim for that. In Cultist Simulator, you’ll play as a…
There are a dozen no name voxel indies on Steam today and it can be hard to parse the wheat from the chaff, so I’m here to tell you about Clone Drone in the Danger Zone. This game pairs a…
Videogames are a medium for interactive storytelling. Some games expand artistic boundaries by telling smaller, more intimate vignettes–personal stories that aim for the heart and are not made to be a franchise. That’s the world that When the Past…
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