Episode 1 of Life Is Strange: Before the Storm was a blast – thanks to Steph Gingrich’s DM skills, giving Callamastia (Chloe) and Elamon (Mikey) a tough fight against the final boss: Duurgaron, a massive minotaur with fire immunity. That D&D fight wouldn’t be possible if…
When 6 Eyes Studio began developing their new tactical JRPG, they wanted to recreate some of their favorite classic games. To that end, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark contains all the trappings of the JRPGs they grew up with. While the majority of these features were…
1921 Paris is a connotatively loaded setting for the Kickstarter funded Jennifer Wilde. Societal disillusionment and post-modernism inspired many artistic expats in Paris. This game, however, draws from that well but distills it into a more light-hearted point-and-click adventure and mystery game. The protagonist, Jennifer Chevalier,…
Kholat is a hell of a game, for better or worse. It tries to do a lot of things, but it doesn’t juggle it all particularly well. Part of that has to do with its roots as a “traditional” walking simulator. There isn’t much to…
After a fairly dismal Kickstarter attempt in November 2015 there was more bad news for the developers of Sociable Soccer when its October 12th launch on Steam Early Access suffered a last minute-delay. However that turned out to only be a temporary setback as the…
It’s October again, and thus it’s the season of spooky things. It only makes sense to play the scariest games out there to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Even better, I know of a new title that does a mostly great job of being extra spooky….
Dungeon crawling is stressful work. A team of warriors assembles and explores an unmapped labyrinth where any dark corridor could be their last. So many lives are lost just from players stumbling upon a random monster at a tactical disadvantage. Hyakki Castle Developers, Asakusa Studios…
What is horror? A miserable pile of secrets? Baby don’t hurt me? How’d girl get pregnant? For 25 years I’ve walked or crawled on Earth, and in all that time, I never once learned the answer to that question. Donald Trump’s presidency has given me…
Studios of all sizes have released droves of innovative titles this year. Well into its twilight it continues to bring us notable games and has even relieved gaming’s long-running RTS drought. In addition to the updated StarCraft: Brood War and Halo Wars 2, the indie…
Playa Games and King Art Games have teamed up to determine once and for all if gamers actually hate fun with their newest endeavor, Shakes & Fidget – The Adventure. Their extremely on the nose Kickstarter campaign cuts right to the chase in asking, nay…
Renowned Explorers: International Society is such a great game that we decided to write about it twice. It’s a roguelike that turns the genre on it’s head a little bit. Rather than using permadeath and random generation as a tool to beat the player into…
1979 Revolution: Black Friday might be one of the ambitious games ever made, certainly the riskiest. It’s a game about the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and is the culmination of decades of hatred towards the United States and a Shah (King) who strove to turn Iran…
I don’t often play rhythm games. I used to play the drums before my carpal tunnel got in the way, so you’d think these would click with me more, but aside from mini-games, they don’t. However, I was a bit surprised at how difficult it…
Video game pilots drew the short straw. True, its a job only a select few can handle, requiring dexterity, bravery, and uncanny spatial awareness. And they’re the types who enjoy the thrill of facing impossible odds, anyway. However, flying through heavy war zones and mind…
Out for PC/Steam and Playstation 4, GNOG feels like a pop-up book with an AR component. Players select a module (heads of the theme you’re looking like, reminding me of Might Max/Polly Pocket) that opens up like a pop-up storybook with achievement flags. You click and pull…
The spooky season is finally upon us mandating that we dive in to all the horror genre has to offer. What better way to partake in some scary than an immersive asymmetric survival horror game? Behaviour Interactive kicked things off back in June 2016 with…