Take away the spaceships, magic swords, and all portents of destiny, and the most epic of adventures boil down to getting from point A to point B. This hero’s journey has been […]
Review: Jalopy–Mileage May Vary
Review: Roguelike Shooter Synthetik Delivers Robot Carnage
Back in 1982, Larry DeMar and Eugene Jarvis made a game called Robotron, a coin-op arcade game where the player zaps endless waves of machines bent on the annihilation of mankind. I bring […]
Review: Surviving Mars is a Near-Future Vision of Space Age Colonization
Developer Haemimont is best known for the last few Tropico games—a series of city building and construction management games where you would take the role of a dictator overseeing a small island […]
Review: Earthworms is a Surreal Adventure Game That Borders on Absurd
Earthworms by developer All Those Moments is a surreal and often absurd point and click adventure game. Longtime fans of the genre will likely find the gameplay familiar, with a few bits of […]
Review: Q.U.B.E. 2 Punctuates Physics Based Puzzles with Sci-Fi Thrills
Q.U.B.E. 2 is Toxic Games follow up to 2011’s Q.U.B.E., a physics-based puzzle game by that’s long drawn comparisons to a less punctuated but more popular title, Valve’s Orange Box hit, Portal. In Q.U.B.E. 2, , there’s […]
Review: Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is Bloody, Spectacular, and Rewarding
Let’s face it: the Warhammer IP is hit and miss. There are good Warhammer games, and incredibly bad ones. Luckily, developer Fatshark has managed another good entry into the vast Warhammer canon. […]
Review: H1Z1–Drop In, Arm Up, Go Nuts
H1Z1, developed and published by the Daybreak Game Company, is a free-to-play battle-royale title with an emphasis on mixing it up with 99 other players on an lonely island full of firearms. […]
Review: Rad Rodgers is a Retro-Styled Platformer Stuck in its Teens
Rad Rodgers started its life as a Kickstarter game, hoping to fulfill a nostalgic itch while simultaneously eschewing kid friendliness with promises of gore, foul language, and adult themes. Rad Rodger manages […]
Review: Dandara–Nonlinear Fantasy Adventure with a Unique Perspective
Developed by Long Hat House, a two-man studio running shop in Brazil, Dandara seems to ask the question, “What if Metroid was fantasy instead of science fiction?” Scoring finalist in three different competitions […]
Review: Hellmut: The Badass from Hell–Transform, Fight, Die in this Stylish Roguelike
I’d like to make a confession: I’ve only played two games in the increasingly popular roguelike genre, FTL: Faster Than Light and Enter the Gungeon. While fun, they reminded me too much of […]
Review: Head Into the Breach to Save Humanity in this Challenging Masterwork
Into the Breach is the second game from small indie developer Subset Games, popular for their debut title FTL: Faster Than Light. Known for its pixel art style, roguelike elements, and simple […]
Review: The Secret of Mana Remake is Terrible–Go Play the Original Instead
Secret of Mana was originally released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System way back in 1993. Developer Square Enix has decided to release a remake of this beloved with 3D polygonal characters, […]
