For a couple of weeks now, I’ve been on the hunt for a video game that can make life a little easier for me and the person I’m seeing. We’re a full continent away from each other, and the great 2020 plague…
Way back in the PlayStation era, my dad turned me on to a game called Harvest Moon. I fell in love with this cute little game that was really just a farming simulator with a story tacked on. Over the years, I…
For the first time, the Legend of Heroes franchise has made its way to the Nintendo Switch. We now know that Trails of Cold Steel IV will be coming to Switch in 2021, however, none of the previous games in the franchise…
Warning: This article contains discussions of death, suicide, funerals, and transphobia. I recently played through A Mortician’s Tale, by Laundry Bear Games, purchased through the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality on itch.io. Though the bundle is now closed, the game is…
Here’s a hypothetical question for us to ponder together, folks: what would you get if you crossed Subset Games’ 2012 title FTL: Faster Than Light with Curve Digital and Runner Duck’s 2017 joint venture, Bomber Crew? Well, thankfully, we no longer have…
I have been a fan of Nihon Falcom’s work for a while. Both the Ys franchise and the Legend of Heroes franchises are favorites of mine. Falcom has a way of infusing lore and depth into all of their stories, even things…
When I first saw the trailer for Skully, I immediately thought it looked adorable, and was thrilled to have a press build of the first two chapters at my fingertips shortly after. My first instinct was absolutely correct: it is adorable. It’s…
We haven’t had a complete and original installment in the Baldur’s Gate series since the early 2000s, but under the watchful eye of Divinity series developer Larian Studios, it looks like we could be getting our hands on Baldur’s Gate III before…
Warning: This article contains images of zombie gore. Here’s the thing: I hate zombies. You’re probably thinking, “Well, no one likes zombies.” and you’re probably right about that. However, nothing quite evokes the particular sensation of skin-crawling, throat-closing, gag-reflex disgust in me…
Being bad at a video game has never felt so good. I’m not kidding here. I’ve played Crypt Of The NecroDancer, the 2015 rogue-like rhythm game from Brace Yourself Games, for 8 hours according to my Steam library. In that time, I…