Competitive real-time strategy gaming is beyond me. I grew up playing real-time strategy, but in a realm where winning is determined by actions per minute on a highly competitive stage, I don’t […]
Preview: Co-Op RTS Dwarfheim Has Potential
Preview: Horror Co-Op GTFO Is Atmospheric, Difficult
It’s spooktober, and everyone’s doing the scary thing. I’ve been having a hard time getting into the spirit of the holiday—which is too bad, because Halloween has always been my favorite. What’s […]
Preview: Dwarf Management Game Hammerting Wants You to Dive Deep
“The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep” is a line that’s always stood out to me from The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. That single line has stuck […]
Preview: Per Aspera Aims to Put Players Among the Stars
I would be shocked if since humanity’s first moments space hasn’t awed each of us at least once. Even the most serious-minded individuals, necks craned toward a night sky must pause and […]
Preview: Comedy Shopkeeping Game Craftlands Workshoppe Is Fun, Has Potential
The idea of being a shopkeeper in a role-playing video game has always intrigued me. Collect or craft items for adventurers to purchase while you run and upgrade your own shop sounds […]
Preview: Take Control of a Space Agency in Mars Horizon and Change History
I love games about space—from combat heavy space sims to games that try to recreate real-life space exploration. Science fiction is great, but when a game manages to be about space and […]
Preview: Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Is Gonna Be Great
I played Crash Bandicoot on PlayStation when it originally released, but it’s one of the games of that generation that never clicked. I think I was obsessed with more action-oriented games like […]
Preview: Alchemist Adventure Is a Rare Type of RPG
Too many role-playing games take themselves seriously. There’s the strange, tongue-in-cheek moments from the first two Fallout games, and the Bard’s Tale series is known for its humor. But it’s rare to […]
Preview: St. Louis’ PixelPop Festival Features Fantastic Indie Games You Shouldn’t Miss
Summer’s fading, there’s still a pandemic out there, and if you’re like most, you’re probably wondering what you’re going to do with yourself when it’s less warm and sunny and more rainy […]
Preview: Even Without Visual Cues The Vale: Shadow of the Crown Doesn’t Lack Vision
Video games are always innovating—that’s one of the things that make playing a variety of games fun. Sometimes you’ll have those games that are variations on a popular theme, but then other […]
Preview: Eastern Exorcist is Difficult, Beautiful
It’s hard to overstate how great it is to play a game with satisfying controls. Tight, fluid combat should be the standard, but so many games get it wrong across the spectrum, […]
Preview: We Got Our Hands on BPM: Bullets Per Minute
I love a good first person shooter—and I’ve played hundreds of them. I also love rhythm games, with Beat Saber still on my regular line-up and probably a thousand hours spent strumming […]
