I think there’s a severe lack of fun action role-playing games (ARPGs) lately, especially those that go away from the sword and sorcery theme for something a little bit more futuristic. The […]
Review: Neon Lights and Gunfights in The Ascent
Review: Observer: System Redux Has Come Full Circle
Observer (sometimes >observer_) has had an interesting journey. Releasing back in 2017 as a follow-up to developer Bloober Team’s acclaimed Layers of Fear, Observer felt like a heavy hitter. It had a […]
Necromunda: Hired Gun –Praise the Emperor, for It Is Good
In the past 20 years, there have been only two Warhammer 40k-based FPS: Fire Warrior and Space Hulk: Deathwing. Want to know what these games have in common? They’re bad (Deathwing to […]
Review: Run and Gun Mighty Goose Is Mighty Good
Remember Untitled Goose Game? I’m sure you do—it was sort of a phenomenon. Now imagine if the goose from that game was an intergalactic bounty hunter with a Samus (from Metroid) style […]
Review: A Return to Form for Tower Defense Action RPG Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
Dungeon Defenders is a long running tower defense action RPG that’s found a dedicated following since its initial release in 2010. With four games under their belt, Chromatic Games (formerly Trendy Entertainment) […]
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: Black Desert: Prestige Edition Has So Much Potential With So Many Issues
Hardware limitations are nothing new to video games. Most games will have minor to significant concessions from the developers’ vision just to get their game to run correctly. Black Desert is a […]
Review: Bounty Battle Is an Ambitious Fighting Game
Team-ups, crossovers, and other collaborations between franchises are fun. It’s a pretty common phenomenon in fighting games, where crossover can almost be its own subgenre. It’s always fun to play out “what […]
Review: Hotshot Racing Is a Fun Throwback to Arcade Racing
Most of my life I remember going to the local taco place, and in their dining room in a back corner, there was a Virtua Racer cabinet—or a game that looks […]
Review: Night Call Has a Cool Style, but Eventually Overstays its Welcome
What indie games often lack in production value, they can make up for in style. Night Call, is a perfect example of this. The dialogue is communicated only via text and the visuals […]
Review: Summer in Mara is an Escape into Paradise
These have been some dark days. 2020 has been, for a lot of us, a pretty crappy year. I think that’s why games like Animal Crossing have been so popular. People just […]
Review: Desperados III Is a Wild West Stealth Tactical Dream
I never played the Desperados series before. I had certainly heard of it, but this almost twenty year old series was just outside the games I usually played–which is too bad, because […]
