Press emails are fun. Some are from a generic list and others saw what you said, when you have a mouth as wide as the Armillaria ostoyae, that can be trouble. To quote myself after a very long week of writing, “Previously…
It is probably strange that I’ve never played the first Coffee Talk game, whilst reviewing the second one. However, I have heard wonderful things about it, and it was one of those games that just never quite made it to my to-play…
Strayed Lights is the debut title from developer Embers. Released this April, Strayed Lights caught my eye instantly due to its’ art direction. It reminds me a lot of Ori and the Blind Forest another one of my favorite Indie titles. I…
I started following Curse of the Sea Rats around the time the developers began to do marketing for its Kickstarter campaign. I try to keep my ear to the ground for interesting projects, and the animation style and premise of Curse of…
At first glance, Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories doesn’t seem like much beyond another indie game trying to replicate the look of the original Game Boy. However, once I got my hands on it and started playing, I was instantly teleported back to…
One of my most anticipated games this year was FromSoftware’s revival of the Armored Core series. Never having played any of the studio’s other titles or previous Armored Core games, I was interested when I heard it would be a sharp departure…
Epic Games is quite successful with its collaborations with popular IP. In fact, when I was playing zero build Fortnite earlier this week, I was playing as Harley Quinn and was killed with a kinetic blade by John Cena. I mean, what…
Dead Island 2 is a sequel that many liked to jokingly say would never exist. The series has seen a memorable first game, an expansion, and many spin-offs, but the 2014-announced sequel continued to be quietly passed around through multiple development teams.…
Vanillaware is one of the few development teams that I feel consistently gets overlooked for being niche or strange. Granted, every one of their games tends to have some experimental element involved, but they all have great storylines and fantastic visual design.…
How strange it is to be here. I remember sitting in my college dorm, watching E3 conference streams with my roommates, and seeing the initial announcement trailer for Dead Island 2. It was a silly little trailer that left us all interested…