Growing up, I missed the whole pocket monster craze by a few years. I was just slightly older than the kids getting into it, even though I was still a kid myself. […]
Preview: Coromon Has Its Own Spin on the Pocket Monster Genre
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Review: Seed of Life Looks Good, but Doesn’t Reach Its Potential
I’m not angry with Seed of Life, just disappointed. There are plenty of reason to be frustrated, if not angry, however—especially with a game that does nothing right. I rarely say that […]
Review: Encased Is an Homage to Classic Fallout That Struggles to Find Its Own Identity
I need to preface this review by saying Encased isn’t a bad game—but it’s a strange game. It’s not strange in the sense that it’s a pretty standard isometric CRPG (short for […]
Review: A Great Metroidvania, Axiom Verge 2 Subverts Conventions
I came to Axiom Verge late, only playing the first game in series just a year or so ago. I knew it was considered one of the best retro-inspired modern metroidvanias, and […]
Review: Residual Is a Survival Game That Takes a Few Too Many Missteps
At first glance, Residual looks a little like Starbound—and that’s not too far off. Residual is a sidescrolling survival game. Your ship has crash landed on a procedurally generated world, and you […]
Review: Dice Legacy Is an Occasionally Fun, Somewhat Unwieldy Experiment
I’m always extolling the virtues of video games, especially when they take risks or even blend genres. Dice Legacy takes a few genres that you’re probably familiar with, smashes them together, and […]
Review: Fun and Challenging theHunter: Call of the Wild Opens Up Hunting in the Southwest with Rancho del Arroyo
Hunting games have always been a hard sell for me. They have the tendency to lean too heavily towards realism at the expense of fun, or too much towards arcade-like at the […]
Preview: Tandem: A Tale of Shadows Mixes Perspectives for Clever Puzzle Platforming
I had a chance to check out the dark and whimsical Tandem: A Tale of Shadows before, and this puzzle platformer just keeps getting more interesting. With a style that’s a mixture […]
Review: Monster Harvest Combines Genres at the Expense of Both
I love it when games blend genres. It’s something that’s pretty common in other media, but for video games I feel it can have a more transformative effect than it can in […]
Review: WRC 10 Is Now My Go-To Rally Game
One of the side effects of playing a lot of video games for review is finding new genres I never thought I’d like before. Rally racing is definitely something I never thought […]
Review: Button City Is Incredibly Cute With a Wholesome Story, Painful Mechanics
I’m extremely partial to wholesome games—games that you can wrap yourself in like a blanket of good feelings. Animal Crossing is one that immediately comes to mind, and perhaps its surge in […]
Preview: Blending Modern and Retro Dread Templar Is a Killer First Person Shooter
There has been an ongoing resurgence of retro style first person shooters—and as someone who has played first person shooters since Wolfenstein 3D and the original Doom I know a good retro […]
