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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I loved Subnautica and Soma. They’re two very different games, but they’re both terrifying glimpses into the deep unknown. But those games were built to scare, and weren’t so much about […]
With contributions by James Brod Sometimes some flavors just taste good together. Chocolate and peanut butter is the classic example. But someone somewhere had to be the first one to put those […]
Let me get this out of the way: Roundguard is absolutely delightful. It combines two of my favorite games: the pachinko-like Peggle, and the deckbuilding roguelike Slay the Spire. It’s a twist […]
Since I first played Kid Chameleon on Sega Genesis way back in the day, I’ve had a thing for games that let you swap headgear for specific powers. In Skellboy¸ this […]
2019 was a big year for video games. It saw the release of Death Stranding, Red Dead Remption 2 got a PC port, and sleepers like Outer Wilds and Outer Worlds […]
When Doom Eternal was delayed to the same release date as the new Animal Crossing game, much discussion was had on the internet about who will be playing what that day. As […]
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 the Sniper […]
