Tower defense games are a bit of a stigma to some. Unless you can stand out from the crowd, you’re doing what’s already been done before. But when a tower defense game […]
Review: Innovative Tower DefenseRip Them Off Fails to be Fun
Review: Co-Op Unrailed! Is Hilarious, Difficult
I love co-op games. Playing with my wife or friends is great, and made even greater if we’re working together to achieve the same goal. And we’ll play all sorts of cooperative […]
Preview: Colony Builder Ragnorium Takes a Familiar Concept and Adds a Sci-Fi Veneer
A few years ago everyone was excited for Banished—a colony building game where you had to see a group of people create a home for themselves in harsh wilderness. The goal was, […]
Interview: VGA Gallery’s Brice Puls and Eleanor Schichtel on Going Virtual, Future Plans and VGA Zine
The last time we saw the gang from VGA Gallery, things were a lot different. It was January 2020 and we were crowding the VGA Gallery’s small space on Bloomingdale Ave excited […]
Preview: Drift 21 Is Part Racing Game, Part Garage Sim
If you’re playing a modern racing game, you should expect some sort of drift mechanic to come into play. In a more serious racing sim, then it might be possible for a […]
Review: Windbound Sails Past a Sea of Troubles with Style and Spirit
Taking on too much all at once is usually a bad idea. That said, it doesn’t usually stop creators. This can lead to a great triumph, a catastrophe, or, in some cases, […]
Review: The Suicide of Rachel Foster Is a Mysterious if Mixed Bag
Editor’s note: This review contains some story spoilers. Contributing author: Mariel Bokor Sometimes, a story has all the right pieces, but still somehow manages to miss the mark. The Suicide of Rachel […]
Review: Spinch Is a Visual Delight
We’re huge advocates of video games as art—we cover video game art galleries, and have advocated many times for games to be recognized as the art form they are. And while there […]
Review: The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos Is an Unexpectedly Good Comedy RPG
For the last year or so I’ve been getting into tabletop gaming. When I first started out, I had a weird notion of what it was about—super serious people pretending to be […]
Review: Prequel Dungeon Crawler Vaporum: Lockdown Is a Solid Follow-Up
As I found myself getting deeper into tabletop role-playing games, I started to understand the draw behind grid-based dungeon crawlers. Those dungeon crawlers were ever-present growing up, and it wasn’t until decades […]
Review: MX vs ATV All Out Is a Solid Entry in Rainbow’s Racing Series
MX vs ATV All Out is a game with a legacy behind it. In fact, Rainbow, who with THQ Nordic was responsible for all out claims they were the original off road […]
Review: Rhythm Shooter Hybrid BPM: Bullets Per Minute Succeeds at Merging Metal and Mayhem
I think when I first got my hands on BPM: Bullets Per Minute, I said the mash-up of first person shooter and rhythm game was the best thing since chocolate met peanut […]
