Review: Tohu’s Weird Whimsical World Is a Mysterious Delight
Point and click adventure games seem to be having somewhat of a renaissance lately. If you’re someone who grew up on them and enjoyed the subtle humor and head scratching […]
Review: Encodya Squanders its Gorgeous Setting
I’ve played a lot of point and click adventure games in my day. In fact, there was a time when my favorite game was a point and click adventure. I […]
Review: Memoranda is a Typical Point-and-Click Adventure with a Story That Gets Weird
Point-and-click adventure games have been around since the early days of video games. The simpler nature of the point-and-click gameplay means those games generally require less technology. That simplicity also […]
Review: Shakes on a Plane Doesn’t Quite Land
Times are strange. At least, that’s the case in Shakes on a Plane, where aliens obsessed with culinary competition reality shows have been “chopped” and, not to be beaten, decided […]
Review: Super Meat Boy Forever Isn’t Exactly the Sequel I Was Hoping For
The original Super Meat Boy holds a special place in my heart. It’s the game that made me think again about platformers: their controls, their difficulty. I used to see […]
Preview: Escape a Strange World as a Castaway in Olija
Olija is an adventure game that gives me strong Out of the World/Another World vibes, but manages to be so completely different. In Olija you play as Captain Faraday, stranded […]
Review: Pocket Fighter Fatal Fury: First Contact Enjoys New Life on Switch
I’ve been on a massive Neo Geo kick lately. The old SNK Neo Geo fighting games were always so advanced for their time, with such high fidelity pixel graphics, they […]
Review: Apple Arcade’s Gem of a Matching Game, Grindstone Finds a Natural Home on the Switch
Launched with Apple Arcade in September 2019, Grindstone made its way to the Nintendo Switch this month. As one of the subscription service’s biggest original titles, the game is finally […]
Review: Call of the Sea Has Phenomenal Graphics, Somewhat Easy Puzzles
I’m usually the first to say that puzzle games are completely dependent on the person playing them. Some people can get through a puzzle game in half the time it […]
Review: When the Past Was Around Is a Point and Click Love Story Full of Folk Whimsy
Videogames are a medium for interactive storytelling. Some games expand artistic boundaries by telling smaller, more intimate vignettes–personal stories that aim for the heart and are not made to […]
Review: Monster Sanctuary Brings Back Memories but Lacks Punch
Monster Sanctuary is a new retro RPG that brings the 16-bit nostalgia of the glory days to a modern console generation. It takes bits and bobs of the SNES classics […]
Review: Calico‘s Marshmallow World Delights but Deflates Due to Clunky Controls
I have a lot of good memories growing up of time spent with My Little Ponies and Barbies and Strawberry Shortcake dolls. It wasn’t necessarily about the dolls, all soft […]