For the past few weeks, I’ve been deep in a few RPGs. I went directly from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (my GOTY so far) to Trails Through Daybreak II, along with the new DLC for Sea of Stars, “Throes of the Watchmaker.”…
Admittedly, I was a little behind on playing Sea of Stars. It came out in August 2023, right around the time I was dealing with a health issue, and right before the death of my mother in October of that year. However,…
The core appeal of games like Harvest Moon has persisted in countless farming and easy-going life sims for decades. Since the release of Stardew Valley, an entire new generation of gamers has fallen in love with the slower, more casual experience of these cozy…
Back when you could click your fingers, do finger guns, and say “Daddio” without getting funny looks. Ah, the late 1950s, such a horrible time for half the population. Set deep in Americana, the island town of St Monique is a somewhat…
If you’ve ever spent time in a level editor, boy, do I have a new game for you. Into the Restless Ruins is a roguelike deckbuilder that has you create the level systematically throughout your run. This includes deciding power-up rooms, twists and turns,…
Why do we need a conventionally attractive Clive? It’s about now that I’d have made myself look stupid, assuming Pete McTighe is also Australian, which is easy to understand given his writing credits. Alongside writing the 6000th episode of Neighbours, McTighe would…
At this point, many of my friends with whom I watched the Marvel Cinematic Universe films have bailed out. A few are willing to hang in there with me, but I have often been the only one willing to believe in the…
Bonaparte is not just the thing you shout as you pull the meat from the bone of a chicken leg. It’s also Napoleon’s vain way of dedicating himself to France during the revolution most of us know about because we had history…
I won’t lie, I love Eugene McQuacklin, I’m maybe his number-one fan. Happy Broccoli Games’ Duck Detective: The Secret Salami last year left me wanting so much more. It even climbed to the second spot on my list of games of the…
A few years ago, out of curiosity more than anything, I downloaded The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion through Game Pass and almost immediately stopped. The nearly 20-year-old release is not only showing its age by this point. Comparing it to Bethesda’s “Can…