Speed Dating for Ghosts is a game about finding love, and finding the tender, human idiosyncrasies in stories told to you by grotesque blobs of ectoplasm. Kyo is a soaking, nervous ghost scared of other ghosts. Spooky Peter, on the other hand, is damn proud…
Valentine’s Day, the most sacred day of love ever conceived of by greeting card companies. What better time to reflect on all the ways that love can really screw you over. Here are a few examples of games where love makes everything worse. Spoiler warning…
With all the consumerism surrounding Valentine’s Day, it’s easy to lose sight of what the day’s supposed to be about. I grew up Catholic. As such, I learned that Valentine’s Day is all about Saint Valentinus, a 3rd century martyr who was best known for…
It’s Spring and love is in the air, or at least it would be if the NPC’s in My Time at Portia would just let me love them. Instead, they have thwarted every one of my romantic advances. Whether this is due to actual game…
Online gaming has brought an additional layer of replayability, excitement, and overall enjoyment to many titles. This feature can breathe new life into a game to the point where it’s often hard to imagine it standing on its own legs absent online play. Frozenbyte’s Nine…
Diversity has always been a pivotal issue and conversation point in the gaming world and given the nature of games themselves, there should without a doubt, be room for everyone. In this interview we chat with London Gaymers, to find out their origin story, how…
Picross is “is a very fun and addicting puzzle game,” at least according to Picross Touch creator Jon Gallant. What is Picross Touch? Well, it’s Picross. That’s all there is to say about that. The Numbers, Mason There’s a lot going on here in Picross…
At its worst the visual novel genre can be overwritten and tedious. The Endless Journey manages to avoid this by incorporating elements of the point ‘n’ click adventure genre. Unfortunately, the elements it borrows are some of that genre’s worst. The Endless Journey is the…
Night in the Woods doesn’t break new ground, but it knows the well-traveled path. It tells a familiar story with its unique voice, a story that could only exist as a video game.
The Red Strings Club came out a couple of weeks ago. After playing it (and replaying it) we got in touch with Jordi de Paco from Deconstructeam, who was generous enough to give us a bit of his time to answer a few questions. Here…
JetHack is a game about soaring through the air and hacking corporate billboards. If you haven’t run off to download it already – well, why not? It’s fast paced and funny and neon and anti-capitalist. Hopping across rooftops and taking down adverts is extremely fun….
The frantic planet mashing action of Planet Bash has been honed to a razor’s edge, making it the perfect time for new players to jump in. Released on Steam September 8 of last year, the game has steadily improved thanks to updates by developer Killerkun…
2018 is already off to a great start for indie games, and one of the biggest reasons is A Case of Distrust. Developed by The Wandering Ben, A Case of Distrust is a hardboiled, murder mystery noir visual novel. But this isn’t your waifu’s visual…
The newly announced Lost Land Metanoia is only about 20 percent complete, according to solo-developer Gen Afanasev of Pointerix Studios, but he’s trying to make the abstract puzzle-adventure game worth the wait. Short and Emotional Metanoia is a Greek word meaning to change one’s way…
Fresnel does a wonderful job of capturing the fragmented, half-remembered nature of dreams. Every scattered vignette begins abruptly, introducing a space with its own rules, imagery, and feeling. A lighthouse in a storm; cabinets stuffed full of wine bottles that spill out at your touch;…
After eight years, developer Data Realms has finally released the followup to their cult classic Cortex Command. Their new questionable physics adventure, Planetoid Pioneers launches today, complete with the team’s proprietary Crush2D physics engine tools. Planetoid Pioneers tells the harrowing tale of a team of geriatric…