I’m not a very competitive gamer. Most esports titles are fun to watch others play or play for laughs a few nights with a few friends, but for the most part, I’m […]
Review: Forgotten Fields Is Best in Quiet Moments
Review: Retro Machina Features a Bleak but Somewhat Boring Adventure
Video games have a way of capturing feelings that aren’t as easily duplicated in other mediums—at least not in the same way. There’s no other type of media that can represent bleak […]
Review: Whimsical Kakatte Koi Yo! Is an Unconventional Fighting Game
(Check out our interview with Chicago Developer BackSlash Games, published late last year.) “Kakatte Koi” is a Japanese phrase that is an answer to a challenge—basically “bring it on” with “yo!” being […]
Preview: Sherwood Extreme Features Robin Hood Crossbow Parkour–Seriously
Video games are great because they enable some pretty inexplicably wacky things that you really just don’t see anywhere else. I never thought I’d type “Robin Hood crossbow parkour,” but Sherwood Extreme […]
Review: Find Answers in the Icy Waters of Subnautica: Below Zero
When Subnautica released into 1.0 in 2018, I was obsessed. I think my wife genuinely worried about my health and wellbeing. It was definitely one of my favorite games that year—I even […]
Preview: Conquer the Outdoors in Open Country This Summer
Hunting games aren’t exactly everyone’s cup of tea. I can understand why, since a hunting game that has too much emphasis on realism can be extremely boring, while having too little realism […]
Preview: Mind Scanners Is an Intriguing Retro Style Dystopian Nightmare
Mind Scanners is the kind of dystopia I fear most, where free speech, thought and creativity are squashed, and where dreams and passions go to die. In Mind Scanners, you’ll find yourself […]
Review: Base One Is a Compelling but Flawed Space Station Builder
I always wanted to play a really good base management and/or building game with a focus on space stations. There have been a few I’ve played over the years, and even a […]
Preview: Compelling Hand Drawn Out of Line Is Delightfully Surreal
I’m a huge fan of games like Inside—side-scrollers that mix puzzles with a little bit of platforming, where the entire adventure is underpinned by a cryptic story that is told mostly through […]
Review: Deiland: Pocket Planet Is Tedious and Poorly Paced
2020 was hard, and 2021 has been only marginally better. To cope with the dumpster fire back when this all began, I often turned to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. My island was […]
Review: Buildings Have Feelings Too! Is Charming, Not Fun
Okay, So I’ve been sitting on this game for a couple of weeks now. After playing what looked like a charming game with talking, anthropomorphized buildings, I didn’t think I’ve be giving […]
Preview: Defend Your Home in Ambitious Almighty: Kill Your Gods
Seeing trailers for Almighty: Kill Your Gods gave me an initial impression of something like Monster Hunter, with home base customization. But that doesn’t justice to the amount of ambition developer Runwild […]
