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Chapter 2 of Bladesong is out now

Cue the Game of Thrones theme being played on repeat for umpteen hours now. Earlier this year, I did a preview on Sun and Serpent’s wonderful creative and management crafting RPG, Bladesong, and I won’t mince words – I adore it. I…

40v40 Tactical Shooter ’83 gets Early Access Release Date

There are a lot of squad-based tactical shooters about right now, not just Arma, though that’s the obvious one; there are a whole host of them. Announced back in 2019 in the fallout of some developers breaking off from Tripwire Interactive following…

The Caribou Trail Gets New Trailer and Release Date

The sun saw fit to rise once more on this mortal coil we call Earth, so of course, there was a showcase that was about as advertised as a nun farting in a lift (“elevator” for you Americans). Revealed only several weeks…

The Stone of Madness is free on Epic

Monday, the game sequel to the ending of The Incredibles got an update. Tuesday, Combolands is from the designer of Terra Nil, Metro 2039 is influenced by the Russian invasion, as the original writer is wanted by Russia, and of all weeks…

Ugly Betty “Secretaries’ Day” – Review

Nothing like having the gays throw you down the stairs, it makes the homewrecking smell fresh. Directed by Victor Nelli Jr, this is the first of Nelli’s run with Ugly Betty, but the show won’t be his last time working with America…

Terra Nil Designer Reveals Deckbuilder/City Builder, Combolands

City builders are a difficult genre to put a new spin on, given the nature of the gameplay as is. However, Free Lives and Clockwork Acorn’s 2023 release, Terra Nil, put a spin on that genre by being an ecosystem rebuilder, and…

Prop Sumo is free on Epic

Monday, for the creative-minded among us, Mini Worlds Dioramas is a wonderful little creative thing. Tuesday, rougher than a badger’s ring piece, Killware: Under Review was announced. Wednesday, Must Be Feng Shui is a weird little puzzle game that was announced. Humble…

Ugly Betty “Petra-Gate” – Review

At least this isn’t in the UK, or we’d be talking about the pornography police checking IDs. Directed by Paul Lazarus, this was Lazarus’ only outing after and before directing some dreck: Friends, Baywatch, Murder, She Wrote, and Pretty Little Liars. However, Lazarus…

Mini Worlds Dioramas is out now

I do love a diorama-building type of game: SUMMERHOUSE, Outside the Blocks, Tiny Glade, and things like that. It seems, flying under the radar, there is a new and seemingly expansive offering in that realm of the cozy, sandbox design, city-building sphere.…

Amazon Luna Games with Prime – April 2026

It seems the only fool this April is me, and maybe Steve Clark for thinking Gunn and Kelly were good options. I’ve given up caring what we’re calling this anymore, but if you want to suffer from cloud gaming this month, it…