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 […]
Review: Base One Is a Compelling but Flawed Space Station Builder
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 […]
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 […]
LudoNarraCon 2021 and the 11 Featured Indies We’re Looking Forward to Most
It’s hard to believe LudoNarraCon was already a week ago. Yet, here we are, having come away from the celebration with a lot more than we started out with. As in years […]
Preview: LudoNarraCon 2021 to Bring Interesting Indies and Engaging Conversation to Steam Beginning Tomorrow
It’s been well over a year since Covid-19 went and changed just about everything. Which means it’s been over a year since in-person conventions were a thing. By now, most of my […]
Review: Clever Arena Shooter Quantum League Incorporates Unique Time Loops
The first time I watched the tutorial for Quantum League, I was a bit baffled. I’m not usually one to get confused when the plot of a time travel movie is discussed, […]
Review: Boss Rush Godstrike Delivers Twin Stick Action
There was a time when I shied away from challenge in video games. It’s not that I wanted a guaranteed win, I just didn’t want to have to lose a bunch to […]
Review: Vengeance Is Fast and Brutal in Bloodroots
At this point, the western themed revenge epic is a tale as old as modern cinema. There have certainly been a few video games that tackled the subject, but none quite like […]
Review: Precision Platformer Sir Lovelot Looks for Love in All the Wrong Places–and Finds it
The release of Super Meat Boy Forever left me wanting a new, tight platformer in the vein of Super Meat Boy. Forever’s endless runner format just didn’t really give me the same […]
Review: Lost Words: Beyond the Page Is a Unique and Affecting Adventure
There’s a few experiences I can think of that are pretty universal but also hard to accurately describe or portray. Growing up, love, loss–big subjects that are easy to get wrong, but […]
Review: Try to Take Over the World in Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Have you ever watched a James Bond film and thought, “hey, I can do that.” I don’t mean the whole international super spy part—I’m talking about the role of the megalomaniacal super-villain. […]
Preview: Alien Life Simulator Is a Strange Game
There are few games which I’ve played that I can describe as genuinely inexplicable. Without looking at any of the marketing material for Alien Life Simulator, the name suggests it to be […]
