It’s October, and the time to play spooky games is upon us. I haven’t really gotten into the spirit too much this year—the rest of the year has been scary enough without […]
Review: Re:Turn–One Way Trip Is Sufficient Side-Scrolling Horror Fun
Review: Falcon Age Is Clunky Inside and Outside of VR
Some people would say that video games aren’t the best medium for invoking emotions, but nothing has made me feel connected to something as much as video games have. Brothers: A Tale […]
Review: Little Big Workshop Is a Rare, Delightful Console Management Game
I love management games. There’s something incredibly satisfying with taking a small operation, and expanding it until it gets larger. Cut out the fat, increase efficiency– you know, that sort of thing. […]
Review: Shing! Tries to Bring a Modern Touch to the Beat ‘Em Up Genre
Side-scrolling co-op beat ‘em up games have been around for decades, and it’s hard to inject something new into the genre. That’s exactly what Shing! attempted though, with a control scheme that […]
Review: Life’s Ruff in Best Friend Forever’s Rainbow Bay
The more invested in an idea you are, the harder it can be when the idea doesn’t really pan out the way you thought it would. Such is the tale of Best […]
Review: Griefhelm Is an Unworthy Nidhogg Clone
Couch multiplayer games are special. Games that don’t require hundreds of hours, and can just be played in short matches with friends locally. Couch multiplayer may be dying out, and COVID-19 isn’t […]
Review: Metamorphosis is a Kafka-Inspired Adventure
One of my favorite genres growing up was adventure games, and over the decades, I’ve played a lot of them. Most adventure games are somewhat strange, and many employ surreal imagery to […]
Preview: BattleGroup VR‘s Immersive Gameplay Plunges Players Into Pitched Battles
Virtual reality is a platform that hasn’t exactly fulfilled its promise. There’s a few reasons for this, both technical and physical—something I won’t get into detail on right now. But suffice it […]
Preview: Despite Initial Reviews Torchlight III is Not That Bad
When we sat down and watched the PC Gaming show this year, we were ready for the surprise “it’s out now!” announcements, but we weren’t quite ready for Torchlight III. I guess […]
Review: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is back on Steam, and Now on Switch—Nostalgia Not Required
The RollerCoaster Tycoon name may have been tarnished by more recent releases—I’m looking at you RollerCoaster Tycoon 4, RollerCoaster Tycoon World and RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures—but Planet Coaster seems to be the true […]
Review: House Flipper for Nintendo Switch: We’re Not Mad, Just Disappointed
One of my guilty pleasures is HGTV–more specifically, shows about flipping houses, or hunting for them. I don’t really care about the hosts necessarily, or even the circumstances surrounding the house hunt […]
Review: Fly Punch Boom! Recreates Anime-Style Fights like No Other Fighting Game
I know there are plenty of fighting games based on anime franchises. And they do a pretty good job of showing the insanity that can happen in the course of an epic […]
