Monica Phillips

Monica is a writer, artist, YouTuber, modder, musician, and general doer of all things related to video games. She’s a trans woman with a bit of experience and love for every game genre. From her first experience with Cave Story to loving Celeste and going through the life-changing Outer Wilds, indie games have become the core thing she’s grown to love and care about when it comes to video games. They’re all about finding new games to fall in love with, new genres to dive into thoroughly, and new experiences to attach to forever.

COCOON Review – Simple, Satisfying, and Circular

Annapurna Interactive, my favorite indie publisher, has finally dropped a much anticipated new puzzle game called COCOON. It’s specifically COCOON, not Cocoon. Make sure to get that right; it’ll be on the test. This adventure takes you through recursive worlds that can be picked up and stored inside each other, making for one of the […]

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Phantom Blade: Executioners Releasing in November

Here’s an exciting new game you might not have heard of before, and it’s releasing in just two months. Phantom Blade Executioners is a spinoff of Phantom Blade Zero, and it’s a hand-drawn sidescrolling action RPG. It seems primarily focused on a massive and in-depth combat system with incredibly stunning hand-drawn visuals, like a true

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Stardew Valley 1.6 Update Content – A Sneak Peak

Earlier this year, ConcernedApe announced he was making a minor, less content-focused update for Stardew Valley, primarily to focus on adding modding support. Still, if there’s anything Terraria has taught me, indie devs get carried away with minor updates, and now Stardew 1.6 is packed with a ton of new content that will excite pretty

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Bang on Balls: Chronicles Review: A Well-Rounded Ball of a Time

Have you ever played games like Skylanders or some random licensed game where the entire objective was mindlessly hitting things and running around a world until you completed some super clear objective? I, for one, thought those types of games died with the concept of licensed games being anything other than mobile games, but Bang

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Devolver Digital To Avoid Xbox Game Pass Moving Forward

I get it, finance stuff is really boring, and you don’t want to read Devolver Digital’s recently published half-year results. Still, there’s quite a bit of interesting things buried under all the legal and technical speak, especially if you’re a fan of them. Namely, Xbox Game Pass and other subscription services are now a no-go

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Hades 2 Overtakes Hollow Knight: Silksong as Most Wishlisted Steam Game

It seems we have a new hottest anticipated indie as Hades 2 has overtaken Hollow Knight Silksong as the most wish-listed game on Steam! For the past few years, we’d had a reigning champion for what game would pop up if you searched for games on Steam by most wishlisted. Hollow Knight Silksong is not

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