JT Hussey

Indie games have a special place in JT's heart. Writing about indie games gives him an opportunity to unpack and examine the genuine care individuals and small groups pour into their projects. Whether its Lucas Pope turning passport verification into a fun gameplay mechanic in Papers Please, Omocat spending over 8 years hand-drawing the entirety of Omori, or Toby Fox designing the absolutely banger soundtrack of Undertale, the palpable care put into these games is worth the writing about.

Best Games Like Hollow Knight

Best Games Like Hollow Knight

Few Metroidvanias have managed to live up to the potential and promise of Hollow Knight. The bug-themed adventure’s excellent combination of world exploration, emotional storytelling, and decisive combat work to create a game like no other. Whether we were failing into the depths of Deepnest, enduring the Path of Pain, or besting a devil-turned-troupe performer, […]

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House Flipper 2 Review – In This World, It’s Clean or Be Cleaned!

I still can’t fathom why I enjoy cleaning games. Between tearing apart spaceships for scrap or washing a dirty kid’s playhouse with an industrial-strength hose, Powerwash Simulator has spawned a veritable genre around cleaning and manual labor that I will gratefully devour time and time again. Even so, the simplicity of the cleaning loops can

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Nova Hearts, Slay the Spire meets Superhero Dating Sim, Announced For January

Slay the Spire fans looking for a romantic addition to their turn-based battles can await Nova Hearts this January 17th. The 2nd game from Lighthouse Crew, the studio behind the grim tactical roguelike Othercide, RockPaperShotgun details that Nova Hearts is a turn-based battler where newly superpowered, attractive people battle each other for good, evil, and

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Ultimate Chicken Horse Adds 15 Holiday Levels for Festive Fun

Animal engineers can enjoy an early chaotic present with the addition of 15 fan-created holiday levels for Ultimate Chicken Horse. For those who haven’t had a chance to try it, Ultimate Chicken Horse is a competitive, level-builder platformer where players control several bipedal animals and compete to finish levels while sabotaging their friends with increasingly

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Omori Dev Omocat Accused of Worker Exploitation

A former Omori Dev Melon has come out to accuse Omocat, the leading dev of Omori, of unfairly withholding royalties and emotionally manipulating her employees into unhealthy working conditions. For those unfamiliar with the game, Omori is an RPG-maker, psychological horror game following a troubled exploring their dreams and nightmares, reconnecting with long-lost friends, and

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Hollow Knight Fan Pledges Daily Art Challenge Until Silksong Release

Hollow Knight Fans still holding out for Silksong’s release have taken to daily art challenges to cheer on Hornet’s addition, with one such fan seeking to combine all of Hollow Knight’s boss and charms. Chiefly, Reddit user terraria_noobie has begun the challenge of drawing daily art of combinations of Hollow Knight’s characters with the game’s

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Supernatural Roadtrip Roguelike Pacific Drive Announced for February

Pacific Drive, the upcoming road trip survival sim, has been announced for PC and PS4 this February 22nd Taking place in the retro-futuristic Olympic Exclusion Zone, Pacific Drive follows a sole survivor driving through a ruined SCP-style zone brimming with strange monsters and cryptids as they slowly build up their cars and unravel the truth

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Terraria Dev Announces Fishing Overhaul, Modding Update, and Spectator Mode

Terraria fans hoping for more content before the end of the year can enjoy a host of new additions, including visible fish, enhanced modding, and spectator mode for cheering on their teammates beyond death. Regarding fishing, the Terraria Forum’s site reveals that players should be able to see what kind of fish they’re reeling in

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