Escape Academy Review
Escape Room games have been a hot trend for a while now, with entire franchises like Rusty Lake and mc2games being built upon the principle that you need to solve the puzzles and get out of the room/…
July 13, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Voodoo Detective Review
Welcome to New Ginen - a vibrant island town filled with tourist traps, snooty rich people, and a rich but forgotten culture overshadowed by visitor attractions. You play as the titular Voodoo…
July 11, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Outriders Worldslayer Review
Outriders Worldslayer provides plenty of new material for players to enjoy. In addition to several quality of life features, and new changes to difficulty levels, this premium expansion includes new…
July 9, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Redout 2 Review
The futuristic arcade racer is dead. Nintendo brought the genre to the popular consciousness with the launch of the SNES and strangled it through neglect over the coming decades. Other developers…
July 9, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Kao The Kangaroo Review
Remasters, remakes, and reboots have seen a substantial uptick in recent years; further, no other genre has enjoyed this love like 3D platformers. What's been the most fascinating about this revival…
July 5, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Fobia: St. Dinfna Hotel Review
Fobia: St. Dinfna Hotel is easily one of the more frustrating games I've played in a while, though not for a lack of quality or excessive difficulty. Instead, the game left me wishing its developer…
July 1, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Review
Despite spending a good amount of time with Monster Hunter Rise, I still have a hard time deciding whether I enjoy this style of Monster Hunter more than the more methodical gameplay of older entries…
June 29, 2022 | 02:41 EDT
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga Review
Strategy RPGs are a fascinating sub-genre that I truly wish are more popular than they are. The likes of Fire Emblem have certainly attributed much to the style and presentation, but for every…
June 27, 2022 | 01:00 EDT
Neon White Review
When visualizing "Heaven," this ethereal realm of the afterlife comes in many different shapes and forms. It depends on the person, but some see it as a land full of clouds, cherubs, and pearly gates…
June 27, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle Review
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is another huge expansion to the successful MMORPG. The islands found in the expansion are ambitious, the story is rooted in politics, and there is plenty of lore…
June 27, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Silt Review
Silt (noun): "fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor." Freshmen developer Spiral Circus landed on a perfectly-…
June 23, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Zorro: The Chronicles Review
American fiction owes a debt to early pulp characters like Zorro. Originally penned by Johnston McCulley in 1919, Zorro is about a Spanish-American vigilante taking on Mexican officials in Pueblo,…
June 21, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Review
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is, against all odds, an eternal franchise. Each generation will have its batch of mutated warriors taking on ninjas throughout New York City that reflects their unique…
June 15, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
The Quarry Review
Near the end of Supermassive Games’ new title The Quarry, I found myself feeling something I’d seldom felt from any of their more recent offerings: Gratification. A monster was stalking one of…
June 15, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Card Shark Review
Card Shark has all of the elements for a delightful quasi-historical romp through eighteenth-century France. Going from table to table, fleecing the aristocracy with sly tricks and aces up the sleeve…
June 1, 2022 | 04:29 EDT
Dwerve Review
I’ve never been a huge fan of tower defense games, and if I’m being honest, I don’t know anyone who is particularly devoted to the genre. There are certainly some games in the genre I’ve enjoyed in…
June 1, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Paratopic Review
Imagine if David Lynch or David Cronenberg began their artistic pursuits as game developers during the mid-90s instead of filmmakers in the 60s. That's the immediate connection I felt when…
May 31, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Evil Dead: The Game Review
No one screamed louder than me when watching The Game Awards a few years ago when a trailer for Evil Dead: The Game from Saber Interactive was announced for next-gen consoles. I’ve been an Evil Dead…
May 26, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Out There: Oceans of Time Review
Out There: Oceans of Time is a hard game to talk about, as it is equal parts ambitious and limited. The game, marketed as the successor to the indie award-winning Out There, attempts to blend…
May 25, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Sniper Elite 5 Review
Sniper Elite is a series that has been going on for an absolutely shocking amount of time. Five mainline games have been released in the series since 2005, which is a lot of games for a series…
May 25, 2022 | 07:00 EDT
Citizen Sleeper Review
Given the exciting, bombastic noise of many sci-fi games today, Citizen Sleeper contrasts this by exploring equally meaningful ideas through smaller stakes. After their well-received first title, In…
May 19, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Dolmen Review
Have you ever watched a cookery show or a concert and thought "hey, I could do that"? If so, there are two potential reasons for that: one, you genuinely could do that; two, the presenter or musician…
May 19, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Eternal Threads Review
Narrative-focused games can be a bit of an acquired taste. After all, video games are primarily an interactive medium, so there’s no shame in not being into games that treat interactivity as a…
May 18, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong Review
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is a deeply uneven game. It is full of solid mechanics and creative setpieces, with some ambitious storytelling on display. But a lot of that complexity can feel…
May 18, 2022 | 09:51 EDT
Bugsnax: Isle of Bigsnax Review
The Bugsnax: Isle of Bigsnax DLC is a relatively short yet delightful expansion on everything that made the base game so much fun. If you're looking to get to know your fellow Grumpuses a little…
May 14, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising Review
Rising from the ashes of Suikoden, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes managed to get backed by over 46,000 people on Kickstarter back in 2020. With this huge support came a clear indication that…
May 10, 2022 | 03:58 EDT
The Wheel of Time Review
The Wheel of Time is one of the seminal western fantasy novel series and is much-loved the world over. While it took a long time before we got a screen adaptation, for better or for worse, it was…
May 9, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Review
“Become a Real Paleontologist,” the first sentence of Dinosaur Fossil Hunter’s Steam page audaciously claims, as though one might immediately receive the requisite qualifications and interest in the…
May 5, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Dragon Caffi Review
Who wants to be a catgirl apprentice baker helping out in the world and discovering delicious new recipes? After playing Dragon Caffi, I do! The plot of Dragon Caffi is fairly simple, as protagonist…
May 5, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Trek To Yomi Review
As an audiovisual experience, Trek To Yomi is a delight to the senses. It blends together the cinematography of classic Kurosawa films and surreal dreamlike imagery into some truly impressive set…
May 5, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Loot River Review
Whether it's a roguelike or a roguelite, their games are similar: Get as far as you can. The difference between the two is that the latter is more lenient in terms of giving you shortcuts and more…
May 4, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Trigon: Space Story Review
Despite what mankind has achieved in terms of science, space still remains the final frontier. We may be still quite a ways from manned deep-space expeditions but we'll still keep fantasizing about…
May 2, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
We'll Always Have Paris Review
"Today, she remembers. Today, she looks at the man who loves her, and feels familiarity and safety." This is one of the first few lines of We'll Always Have Paris, thrusting you right into the heart…
April 28, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
Kaiju Wars Review
Kaiju have always been a bit of a niche thing outside of Japan. Back in the 90s, it was pretty tough to find releases of old Japanese monster movies outside of bootleg VHS tapes and the occasional…
April 28, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Teardown Review
Destruction-based games are brilliant. When I say that, I don’t necessarily mean the quality of the campaign, I mean the sheer potential and fun they offer. Red Faction: Guerrilla sticks in my mind…
April 25, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
The Serpent Rogue Review
The Serpent Rogue is a unique game that meshes potion crafting with combat and world exploration, giving you numerous options on how to tackle foes and explore new areas. With a bit of puzzling,…
April 25, 2022 | 08:00 EDT
Trolley Problem, Inc. Review
If you have a passing knowledge of philosophy or justice, you've most likely heard of the trolley problem. You're on a runaway trolley on a collision course with five helpless people. There's a lever…
April 21, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Lila's Sky Ark Review
Ever since humans looked up at the sky and wished they could fly, they've wondered what it would be like to live among the clouds. Although current science tells us that this is impossible, that…
April 21, 2022 | 12:05 EDT
Cat Cafe Manager Review
While some games offer a retreat to a farmhouse or a deserted island, Cat Cafe Manager has you escape the life of a city slicker to become a (you guessed it) cat cafe manager. Believe it or not, this…
April 19, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Babylon's Fall Review
There are few Japanese developers as fascinating as Platinum Games. "Fascinating" is the choice word for the disparate spread of their quality instead of their consistency. One moment they're…
April 19, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Revita Review
The gaming sphere is truly an incredible one that is loaded with so many experiences. Unfortunately, this can be a bit of a double-edged sword. With so much out there, how can you possibly hope to…
April 19, 2022 | 06:17 EDT
NORCO Review
Any story that reaches for the fantastical has the added difficulty of balancing the unbelievable with our own understood reality. After all, we have to relate to it in some way, right? NORCO does an…
April 15, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Solasta: Crown of the Magister - Lost Valley Review
Solasta: Crown of the Magister has grown a lot since its original release when I first played it, scoring it a 7/10. Since then the team at Tactical Adventures has crafted a whole new campaign for…
April 14, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
In Nightmare Review
Horror is a genre often defined by tropes. Be it the unwillingness to play into them or the ability to entirely subvert them - it's a genre more aware of its past than most. Given you have a much…
April 12, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Forgive Me Father Review
There's so much untapped potential when taking from H.P. Lovecraft's sources, but I find that they rarely achieve the desired result. Such is the case with Forgive Me Father, an aptly named boomer…
April 6, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Review
LEGO games are best described as mumble-filled, abridged retellings of our favorite film properties. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is no different in that regard - it's the latest installment in…
April 4, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness Review
In between big-budget isometric RPGs like Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Divinity: Original Sin 2, we often forget that the CRPG revival started by Pillars of Eternity has a ton of games that…
April 4, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
35MM Review
“He said the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death.” ‒ Cormac McCarthy, The Road If I told you 35MM took place in a post-apocalyptic…
April 2, 2022 | 11:30 EDT