Review: Hidden Through Time is Silly and Charming
There’s a genre of video games that it seems like most people usually ignore: the hidden object game. I mean, they’re everywhere. I’ve seen the one based on the Castle […]
Review: Once a Fan Recreation, Black Mesa Manages to Transcend its Source
I remember when Half-Life came out. I convinced my mom to buy it for me “for Christmas” around its release in November. I couldn’t possibly wait a whole month to […]
Game Over–C2E2 Day 3 Game Retrospective
It’s all over folks, C2E2 2020 is done and gone, leaving us only with fond memories. It feels like C2E2 gets bigger every year–their game presence certainly has. There was […]
Critical Role, the Future of Games and more–C2E2 Day 2 Game Retrospective
Update: A previous version of this article mistakenly listed Shail Mehta’s project incorrectly. It has been changed to Gameboard-1–and you can find information on their Kickstarter page and website. Day […]
C2E2 Means Games – A C2E2 Day 1 Game Retrospective
You might be coming to C2E2 to get autographs from your favorite stars, or to check out some of the merchandise, panels, or to meet your favorite comic artists, but […]
Preview: Gorgeous Resolutiion is all About Exploring Body Horror Landscapes, Finding Answers in a Strange Future
I love pixel-art, I love exploration, and if something has the description of “Zelda-esque” I almost immediately go for it. When I got the chance to play a press demo […]
Preview: Lo-Fi World of Horror is a Brilliant Blend of Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft
The best horror isn’t about gore, shock, or jump scares—it’s a manipulation that gets into your mind, and unsettles you down to your core. The best horror will stick with […]
Review: Corruption 2029 is a Great Stealth Meets Turn-Based Hybrid
The developer Bearded Ladies made a name for themselves with their hit Mutant Year Zero. When they announced, only a short few weeks ago, that Corruption 2029 would be arriving […]
Review: Mosaic is Striking, Surreal, Boring
We’re all stuck on this planet together, hurtling through space, grinding away daily at thankless jobs until our inevitable demise. This sort of existential dread has become old hat for […]
Review: Wargroove Gets a Whole new Campaign in Free Double Trouble DLC
I didn’t get a chance to play Wargroove when it originally released. I always thought that was too bad, since it reminded me of a westernized Fire Emblem and […]
Review: Local Multiplayer Party Game Thief Town is a Good Fit for Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch is a great system for party games. You can bring up the eShop without seeing bunches of them. So what then makes a Nintendo Switch party game […]
Review: Zombie Army 4: Dead War is Over the Top Zombie Shooting Fun–Bring Friends.
When I was younger, and I was first cutting my teeth on shooters, the two most acceptable enemy types were Nazis and zombies. It wasn’t controversial back then to […]