I’ve never really been big into simulation games. My only two experiences happened many years ago when I was in school, and neither went well. I once played a game where you ran your own zoo, except instead of normal animals like zebras and lions, you kept dinosaurs. Being in elementary school and not yet…
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Tandem: A Tale of Shadows: Demo Review
Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is a surreal puzzle-platformer whose concept would have been more interesting if I hadn’t already seen it before. You switch between two characters, a girl named Emma and a teddy bear named Fenton, who are looking for the missing Thomas Kane, the son of a famous magician. Viewing her from…
Unravel: A Unique and Heartfelt Trip Down Memory Lane
Unravel is a puzzle-platformer where you play as a little creature named Yarny who can use his yarn to traverse beautiful, photo-realistic environments as we explore an old lady’s memories. The whole mechanics of the game are extremely unique, with Yarny being able to make rope bridges and trampolines and lasso his yarn onto objects…
Gravity Rush Makes Me Feel Like a Gravity-Defying Superhero
I’ve played plenty of games where your main character can fly or glide to a limited degree. I had often thought that it would be pretty cool to play a game where you can fly to your heart’s content. And that game, dear readers, is Gravity Rush, where you play as a girl named Kat…
Kao the Kangaroo: A Fun, But Unpolished, Adventure
Kao the Kangaroo from 2022 is the reboot to a series that began in 2000, with the original starring a kangaroo whose family is captured by hunters. I know absolutely nothing about these games (save for what I just looked up on Wikipedia), but I was drawn to the newest entry because I’m always interested…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder-ful!
Our pal Mario, the humble plumber that he is, sure gets around, doesn’t he? He’s been to countless iterations of the Mushroom Kingdom, far away galaxies, and the big city. He’s been deemed a savior, a collector, a friend, and even a foe. After forty years of going here, there, and everywhere imaginable, where else…
Lila’s Sky Ark: Demo Review
Lila’s Sky Ark is an open-world game (with exploration similar to old-school Zelda games) with simple, but vibrant pixel graphics where you’re tasked with saving Lila’s “psychedelic” world from the Conductor’s minions. During my roughly 40 minutes with the demo, I met some quirky characters, like Lila’s robot dad, Doctor Father Sir, a pessimistic monkey,…
Three Siblings Unite in Greak: Memories of Azur
Greak: Memories of Azur tells the story of three Courine siblings who are split up and must reunite after their land has been ravaged by the Urlag invasion. This 2D Metroidvania-style game features hand-drawn environments, an epic soundtrack with some strong fantasy vibes, and three playable characters, the youngest sibling, Greak, the middle sibling and…
Fractured Minds: Short, but Deep
Fractured Minds is a short (as in 20-30 minutes long) game exploring life with mental illness. Impressively enough, the game was developed by one person, Emily Mitchell, who was just 17 at the time and was inspired by her own struggle with anxiety. The game is divided into six chapters, each of which involve simple…
Iron Lung: Exploring an Ocean of Blood in a Rusty Submarine
Seeing as I tend to avoid horror games that feature lots of gore and ghosts and the like, I’ve discovered that many of the remaining spooky options available to me prey on my thalassophobia AKA the fear of the ocean. One of the worst things about the ocean is its sheer size, meaning just about…
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