Reviews

There has been a recent trend emerging in the world of indie gaming. I have seen a slew of indie developers release Halloween-themed games about as far away from Halloween as possible where the calendar is concerned. Then to add the rotten cherry on top of this metaphorical cake, the games always seem to have […]

ArcRunner is a roguelike shooter skinned with cyberpunk-style graphics. On the first launch, the player learns that they are nothing more than a personality file onboard the ship’s computer system called the arc, supposedly one of the many wonders of the new universe. After this, you will be met by Chip, an Artificial Intelligence in

Have you ever been in a position where you were at a loss with regard to what game you should play next, and you decide to let the name of a certain game act as the tractor beam that sucks you in. I’m one of those pretentious gamers that are damn near impossible to impress,

Have A Nice Death, developed by the big brains over at Magic Design Studios and produced by Gearbox Games, is not a game I would typically play. It’s a roguelike. I hate roguelikes. I suck at timing and threading through enemy attacks with spontaneous precision. However, Have A Nice Death is a gorgeous-looking game. That’s

RPG Maker games occupy a special place in my heart. From Undertale to Oneshot, these graphically minimalistic games with boundless creativity forever turn me into a crying mess or put me in a narrative stranglehold to know what happens next. Enter Mr. Saitou, a wacky RPG maker title following an accountant thrown into a wacky

The game featured in this Storyteller review is a puzzle game. It gives players a prompt and requires them to build a storyboard until the desired solution has been reached. It starts you with a simple tutorial before the puzzles gradually get more complex and require more time to think about, applying previous knowledge and

Sun, sand, sea, and what feels like an eternity to enjoy it; that’s what we all dream of, right? It’s why we work tirelessly for our paychecks so we can live a jet-set lifestyle. It’s why we break our backs often doing things out of obligation when we would rather be playing video games. Then

Fishing minigames have been a staple of adventure and survival games for decades. Whether fishing in Stardew Valley or Final Fantasy XIV, I love casting my line into the unknown because I never know what I will find. In a way, fishing presses the same buttons in my brain as gatcha games, where every cast

While the Roguelike genre may have taken off with games such as Dead Cells or Enter the Gungeon, a newer and mildly more balanced genre is the Roguelite, basically, just a game where you can get upgrades and consistently make your character stronger while still delving into new and random levels every time you play.

Right at the top of this article, there is one thing I need to come clean about – I have an undying love and passion for Dead Cells and the world of Castlevania. While I may have been only a twinkle in my father’s eye when the original games were released, I have poured over