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Breaking Down Accessibility: Text and Localization

Prior to last week’s entry, it has been a while since I added to the “Breaking Down Accessibility” series. I’ve been taking my time trying to think about what important accessibility topics don’t really get discussed. In recent months, it has occurred…

Breaking Down Accessibility: Bloom, Brightness, and Motion Blur

Over the past year, I have noticed a trend in games that brought me to an interesting accessibility concern. Whether your game is pushing for realistic or intense graphics like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor or you’re focusing on colorful, stylistic, or cel-shaded…

Gerda: A Flame in Winter Gets New DLC

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is easily one of my favorite games from 2022. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the World War II-Era narrative game nearly as much as I did. To my surprise, the developers at Bird Island (formerly PortaPlay) and…

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5) Review

Like many other people, I grew up with Star Wars. My grandfather was a huge fan of the original trilogy, and he was a toy collector, so he often bought a lot of the Star Wars toys (buying extras for me). I…

Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse Announced

I love a good Metroidvania. I also happen to love witches and witch-related media. Luckily, Tokyo-based indie developer Pocket Pair Inc has announced a brand-new game for Steam that seems to satisfy both of those cravings. Never Grave: The Witch and The…

Firmament Now Available on Steam

If someone had told me that in 2023 the developers of classic puzzle adventures Myst and Riven would be releasing a new game, I wouldn’t have believed you. I didn’t even know that Indie developer Cyan was still around, but here we…

A Little to the Left Celebrates 500,000 Sales

One of my favorite puzzle games from 2022 was A Little to the Left. While it had some issues with certain puzzles being a little hard to understand, the general idea was absolutely solid. Now, with their new DLC about to be…

To the Rescue! Gets Switch Release Date

Since it was announced at a Wholesome Games showcase, I’ve been interested in To the Rescue! A Dog Shelter Management game from developer Little Rock Games and publisher Freedom Games. While it was released on Steam in November of 2021, I’ve been…

Diablo IV’s Ashava World Boss Had Serious Issues

Like many other people, over the weekend I worked on Diablo IV’s Server Slam, wanting to test out how they had changed the classes after the previous beta test. This time, I was focused on getting the Cry of Ashava Mount Trophy,…

Process of Elimination (Switch) Review

Visual Novels tend to fall into two categories for me. There are Visual Novels that grab my attention and grip ahold of me from beginning to end, and then there are Visual Novels that just aren’t interesting enough to satisfy me. Process…