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Superliminal (Switch) Review

I have always loved puzzle games and they’re great for your brain. They increase memory, they improve your problem-solving skills, in addition to uplifting your mood, and other benefits. Puzzle games are quite popular right now, but I have yet to find…

Lilly Looking Through (PC) Review

Lilly Looking Through, by Geeta Games, can above all else be described as charming. It’s a fairly straightforward point-and-click puzzle adventure, allowing for easy entry and a comfortable, pleasant gameplay experience. As you play Lilly Looking Through, you control the titular protagonist,…

Enter The Gungeon & God’s Trigger Free On Epic

Well, that was a week and a bit, wasn’t it? Though it was an editorial, on Friday I covered Epic and Apple’s catfight. Monday, I spoke about The Inner World being added to the newly rebranded Prime Gaming, and Zoë covered The Sims 4 finally getting darker skin tones to…

Is the Toy to Life Fad Over?

The toy to life craze swept through gaming in the mid-2010s. When the amiibo figures launched alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, I remember finding a figure for the Wii Fitness Trainer and literally buying it without hesitation. Why? Everyone was collecting…

Doctor Who Series 3 “The Shakespeare Code”

This week I watched the love story that included Dobby and the killer pensioners, not because I’m that far ahead with watching and drafting notes for these reviews, because I wanted to. I wanted to because I often think of that episode…

It’s Time to Forget Baseball’s Unwritten Rules

Every major sport is infamous for something. Soccer (or futbol) is known for its players dramatically diving. Hockey is known for its rambunctious fights and physicality. American Football has its fair share of grit. “America’s Pastime” is associated with baseball, a sport…

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind (XBO) – Review

If Dark Souls is an infinitely deep ocean of gameplay to some, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind is a puddle of tears over penis envy. It is laughably small in a games industry that takes the 15-hour experience of The Last of Us and stretches that out to double…

Is Microsoft Flight Simulator Actually a Video Game?

There are a lot of simulator games on the market nowadays and many of them feature realistic experiences. Virtually, you can perform surgery, drive a train, farm a homestead, and so much more. Some, like Stardew Valley, are clearly more gaming than realistic…

Women and Queerness in Horror: Grace

Content warnings: This article contains spoilers for Grace (2009), as well as discussion of pregnancy, miscarriages, childbirth, and stillbirth. Watching Good Manners last week turned me on (no, not like that) to a subset of queer horror movies that (until now) completely…

Batman Dev Rocksteady Outed For Harassment Inaction

Warning: The following article contains mild descriptions of workplace harassment. Reader’s discretion is advised. As a kid, you didn’t think of the places or the conditions games are made under. Much like when you’re an adult and it comes to clothes or…