Sometimes stories don’t have the same impact without the ability to choose what happens next. As much as you might connect with a character in film, for instance, you can’t […]

Crying Suns keeps getting compared to FTL: Faster Than Light—and for good reason. In both games you control a lone ship against impossible odds, using your wits and relying on […]

I first encountered What the Golf? at this year’s Bitbash 2019. I instantly loved it. What I got to play was a sampling that brought me through various aspects of […]

As you walk the halls of the Museum of Dubious Splendors, you’ll find yourself immersed in an impossibly lush world of color, awash in gorgeous sunlight. You’ll hear serene instrumentals […]

Sniper Elite, the series known for its grisly x-ray bullet effects, is making the transition to Nintendo Switch. I should admit right away: I’ve always had a soft spot for […]

  Borderlands has always been a shared experience for me. I don’t think I’ve ever played a Borderlands game solo. They’ve been strictly co-op experiences—I started with Borderlands splitscreen on […]

Roguelikes, on average, tend to be super-serious. You have exceptions, of course. Same thing with post-apocalyptic games: they are normally super-serious, with the color palettes usually consisting of earth tones—with […]

Game reviewing sometimes leads to lots of comparisons between games. It’s hard not to compare when a developer takes unique ideas and/or gameplay mechanics from a popular game and incorporates […]

I love puzzle games—they’re like the distillation of game mechanics, eschewing most of the fat and filler of other games. It’s just you, playing against the various challenges. The proper […]

When The Blair Witch Project came out in 1999 it was a phenomenon, spawning a huge cut following and practically inventing a new type of horror film—the found footage horror. […]

Way back in the day, somewhere on the internet, I came across a list of things that made someone “badass.” It was filled with mostly ridiculous, hyper-masculine achievements—stuff like “fought […]

Gears of War is a series famous for its roided-out protagonists, and infamous for its extreme violence. Gears 5 is definitely a high for the series, with an expansive campaign, […]