Here’s the thing about Walking Simulators: they’re great, but they tend to be a one-and-done sort of deal. After you absorb the story and walk everywhere the game wants you to walk, the desire for another lap is rarely there when the credits roll. This is why it’s so important that you unlock all the […]
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We all have that place in the world that we call our happy place. The one place in the world that when we drift off into a daydream, we end up picturing. Whether that be standing on the sand as the waves roll in before us, or lying in a countryside meadow as a kaleidoscope
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Alright, I might be a little late to this party, but Starfield was pretty awful, right? I’ve been a fan of Bethesda games ever since my first foray into Morrowind many moons ago, but there’s just no denying that Starfield was a prime example of developers being so entrenched in the idea of asking if
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If you’re a developer who is making a video game, unless you are a maniacal and sadistic type, you probably want potential players of your game to see everything that your game has to offer and, at the very least, finish the game to the point that the credits roll. Completing a game tends to
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There are games out there that have an innate ability to suck you into an addictive and repetitive gameplay loop that could theoretically have you playing forever, and these are games that I am deeply fearful of, but also adore. Stardew Valley’s ‘One more day’ loop had me up into the wee hours. Slay the
Balatro Review – This Ain’t Texas, Ain’t No Hold’Em Read More »
If we look back through the annals of gaming’s history, it, for the most part, has been dominated by games produced by AAA gaming studios. Back when games were primarily sold on shop floors, and the digital age of gaming was a farfetched pipe dream, there was no such thing as an indie game. However,
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For those of you who don’t follow my every move, which will be all of you, I’ve been playing Hollow Knight. A game that I played for a few hours and then bounced off many years ago because, for the most part, I hate metroidvanias. There have been exceptions to this rule, like Carrion, Yoku’s
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I have a confession to make. I prepared for this review a little too well. Let me explain. Just a few weeks back, I decided to play Control, a game that embraces the science fiction offshoot known as ‘New Weird.’ A genre that is about as self-indulgent and ostentatious as they come, but when done
Pacific Drive Review – A Survival Gaming Anomaly Read More »
When we think of big gaming moments, we tend to think of the big hitters. Things like Bioshock’s Would You Kindly. Metal Gear Solid’s Psycho Mantis boss battle, or stepping out of Vault 101 for the first time in Fallout 3. These are all seared into my brain, don’t get me wrong, but I often
The 50 Most Iconic Indie Gaming Moments of All Time Read More »
Christian Whitehead is perhaps the best example of a fangame creator to a full-on game developer pipeline, starting with a Sonic the Hedgehog fangame, then making ports of Sonic games officially, then creating a brand new Sonic game, and now onto a wholly original game with his own studio, this game being Penny’s Big Breakaway.
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