On the 2026 Steam Lunar New Year Sale
The Lunar New Year is now upon us, and so is a minor Steam sale event to accompany it. I want to emphasize that this really is a small, rather niche sale, but there are still some good deals to be had…
Author: David Sanders
David Sanders is, at his core, a man who's just trying to get through his game backlog before the heat death of the universe, and yet can't seem to stop adding to said game backlog. He greatly enjoys many different varieties of games, particularly several notable RPGs and turn-based strategy titles. When he's not helping to build or plan computers for friends, he can usually be found gaming on his personal machine or listening to an audiobook to unwind.
Undertaker (PC) Demo Preview
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Death Valley, weighing in at three hundred twenty-eight pounds — Oh fiddlesticks, I’m reading the wrong script! Let me start over. What I meant to say is that…
Antivirus Survivors 2003 Pro (PC) Demo Preview
Do you enjoy games in the Vampire Survivors-like genre? Are you nostalgic for the good old days of Windows XP, long before artificial “intelligence” involuntarily infested just about every aspect of our daily lives? Did you, like me, have basically unrestricted and…
David’s Retro Rewind: Assassin’s Creed
It’s time to turn the clocks way back again, folks – in more ways than one this time. I recently played through the original Assassin’s Creed for the first time, so I thought I’d use the Retro Rewind banner as a means…
February 2026’s Humble Choice Bundle is Live
Did it feel to anyone else like January went on for ten million years rather than thirty-one days? Well, regardless, we’ve made it to the first Wednesday of February, which means a new Humble Choice bundle is available (as of yesterday). If…
I Hate This Place (PC) Review
My subject today is a game whose title echoes a sentiment I’ve found myself repeating quite often for various reasons I won’t get into. It’s a stealth-focused, survival horror crafting game entitled I Hate This Place, developed by Rock Square Thunder and…
The Spirit Lift (PC) Review
Before I knew anything about The Spirit Lift beyond its title, I was planning to open this review with a pun about an elevator that’s only usable by ghosts. As it turns out, that’s (almost) exactly what The Spirit Lift is about.…
Blightstone (PC) Early Access Review
Under my reviewing microscope today is Blightstone, a tactical, turn-based strategy Rogue-like from developer Unfinished Pixel and publisher Kepler Ghost. The plot of Blightstone is set in motion when a powerful demon overlord called Korghul unearths the titular Blightstone, a relic steeped…
David’s Backlog Busting: Baba is You (PC) Preview
Under the Backlog Busting microscope today, I’ve got Baba Is You, a really clever puzzle game developed and published by Hempuli Oy. In Baba Is You, you play as the titular Baba, a sheep (I think) who has to navigate through puzzles…
January 2026’s Humble Choice Bundle is Here
What a year it’s been, eh, folks? Wait, what do you mean we’re still only in the first half of January? The Phenixx Gaming team’s annual holiday break is over, so I need to get back to my usual routine. I might…