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The Expanse: A Telltale Series Episode II (PS5) Review

Telltale more than proved that they were back in high fashion as The Expanse: A Telltale Series‘ Episode One was released two weeks ago. After a brief wait, it’s time to see if the quality has been retained. In the past, I’ve tended…

Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed Director’s Cut (Switch) Review

There’s a fun challenge to games that feature a variety of endings a player can earn. The key for those motivated by more than simply reaching completionist status is the fun factor of the game. XSEED is a favorite developer of mine,…

The Expanse: A Telltale Series Episode I (PS5) Review

Telltale and I go way back: back to when I got my first gaming PC more than a decade ago. One of the first five games I purchased was The Walking Dead Season One. Up to that point, I didn’t care what…

Noob – The Factionless (Switch) Review

2023 seems to be shaping up to be a year where I am consistently surprised by the Indie gaming scene. Sometimes, attempts to bring popular international properties into the gaming space don’t go well, such as the Asterix and Obelix games. However,…

Turbo Overkill (PC) Review

When you can start a review by saying the game made you feel like the phrase “[expletive] you, the horse you rode in on, and all that came with you!” I think it might be giving the carrot before the stick. I…

SNW “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach” – Review

This is the first Strange New Worlds episode with two returning writers, Bill Wolkoff of “Ghosts of Illyria,” and Robin Wasserman with “Spock Amok.” The two are joined by Arrowverse director Andi Armaganian, who also did some work with Discovery, but those are seasons 4…

Dave the Diver (PC) Review

Sometimes a game will sneak up on the Indie gaming scene and take it by storm. Vampire Survivors was the last one back in 2022, but recently Dave the Diver has been all over my social media feeds and my Steam front…

Sclash (PC) Review

When I first saw the trailer for Sclash, I was given a warning by one of my co-workers that this game was intended to be extremely difficult. The exact quote that my co-worker gave was from the store page stating “Sclash is…

Viewfinder (PS5) Review

Since the release of Portal, there have been a lot of First-Person Puzzle games that have been released to various levels of success. Games like Manifold Garden, The Entropy Centre, The Turing Test, Superliminal, and other similar games have all tried to…

Lakeburg Legacies (PC) Review

When the premise of Lakeburg Legacies was introduced, I knew I had to get my hands on it. While strategy games tend to be an involved timesink, I was willing to give my full attention to one where the foundation of success relied on…