Review: Defeat Oppressive Deities in Flawed but Interesting Gods Will Fall
There are a few epic tropes that have stuck with me over the years, and one of them is that of a people who decide to rebel against, and destroy […]
Antal is video game advocate, retro game collector, and video game historian. He is also a small streamer, occasional podcast guest, and writer.
There are a few epic tropes that have stuck with me over the years, and one of them is that of a people who decide to rebel against, and destroy […]
It’s not uncommon to see video games compared to other games in reviews. It’s not something I’m necessarily against, because sometimes it’s easier to say “it’s like Super Mario Bros.” […]
As much as I enjoy virtual reality, it’s still very much in its infancy. Many games feel like tech demos, with few games being fully fleshed out experiences. Some types […]
I’ve played a lot of point and click adventure games in my day. In fact, there was a time when my favorite game was a point and click adventure. I […]
So I wrote about Everspace 2 during its prototype phase, way back in May of last year. What I got to play then was a solid framework for an action […]
The original Super Meat Boy holds a special place in my heart. It’s the game that made me think again about platformers: their controls, their difficulty. I used to see […]
Olija is an adventure game that gives me strong Out of the World/Another World vibes, but manages to be so completely different. In Olija you play as Captain Faraday, stranded […]
I’ve been on a massive Neo Geo kick lately. The old SNK Neo Geo fighting games were always so advanced for their time, with such high fidelity pixel graphics, they […]
So long 2020—you were a terrible year for a lot of reasons, but a surprisingly good year for video games. Sure, there was the big letdown that was Cyberpunk 2077. […]
I’m usually the first to say that puzzle games are completely dependent on the person playing them. Some people can get through a puzzle game in half the time it […]
I’ve been playing Worms for a long time—at least since the original, with most of my playtime being with Worms 2 and Worms Armageddon. I loved the turn-based strategic gameplay, […]
I’ve played a few adventure games based on literary works in my time—heck, at least one of them was this year with Metamorphosis, a first person adventure game based on […]