Review: Tunic Is a Beautiful Mix of Minimalism and Nostalgia
I’ve been following Tunic for some time now. I first saw it years ago at a local Chicago event, and the Zelda-like game where players control a cute little fox […]
Antal is video game advocate, retro game collector, and video game historian. He is also a small streamer, occasional podcast guest, and writer.
Review: The First Two Episodes of a New Television Adaptation of Halo Are Going to Disappoint Fans
The moment I heard Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” instead of Martin O’Donnell’s iconic Halo score, I knew something wasn’t right. Gamers have been waiting for a live action […]
Review: Short Form Iron Lung Masters the Unseen With Brilliant Atmosphere
There’s just something about low fidelity horror games that scare me more often than games using cutting edge graphics. Perhaps the fuzzy, low poly graphics force my brain to fill […]
Review: Lackluster Gameplay Ruins Aztech Forgotten Gods’ Great Premise
It’s hard to write this review. I really wanted to like Aztech Forgotten Gods: It’s got style, it’s got great ideas—and it’s developed by a Mexican indie game studio that […]
Review: Set Sail in a Serene FAR: Changing Tides
When I had the chance to review FAR: Lone Sails before its release, I thought for sure it was going to be a huge deal. To me, it was similar […]
Review: Roguelike RPG Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes Is Fun, but It’s Not a Good Pinball Game
Sometimes the best or most exciting games I’ve played were mash-ups of genres. Surprisingly, when I heard about Zombie Rollerz and its mash-up of pinball and roguelike, I wasn’t very […]
Review: Elex II Delivers on Its Jet Pack Promise, Little Else
2022 is really shaping up to be a great year for video games. Games like Elden Ring and Horizon: Forbidden West look like early game of the year contenders, and […]
Preview: With Its Latest Update Session: Skate Sim Feels Like a Whole New Game
While I skateboarded a bit when I was younger, I never really did much more than balance on the board. The most I learned about skateboarding was through video games. […]
Review: Shadow Warrior 3 Is a Competent Shooter that Struggles With Its Series’ Past Identity
There was a retro style shooter revival in in the ‘10s, and it started before Doom 2016 with games like Shadow Warrior 2013. I was never a huge fan […]
Review: Escape Simulator Is a Fantastic Puzzle Game Bolstered by an Active Community
There have been escape room style puzzle games around for a while now—hell, I’d even argue games like Myst have escape room type elements. But what these style of games […]
This War of Mine, Which Portrays the Civilian Cost of War, Will Donate all Proceeds from Sales to the Ukrainian Red Cross
If you, like the rest of the world, are watching in horror as Russia invades sovereign Ukraine then you must also know that Ukrainian civilians are going to be hurting […]
Review: Martha Is Dead Has a Messy Narrative Interspersed With Gratuitous Gore
When I hear “psychological horror” in relation to video games, I can’t help but recoil a bit. Often psychological horror games will try to clumsily tackle important subjects while […]