Up this week: The Last Campfire (PS4, 2020) – in this pretty game, you play as a lost ember, solving puzzles, and helping those who have turned forlorn as you seek a way home. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (PS4, 2019) – line up for some side-scrolling action as Yooka and Laylee help members of…
Tag: puzzle games
Maquette Has a Release Date!
Maquette was first-announced almost a year ago now, and I honestly kind of forgot about it for awhile. With the usual packed release schedule and the general craziness of 2020, I suppose it was rather easy for a quirky indie game to get lost in the hustle of it all. All that said though, Annapurna…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #186
Up this week: The Last Campfire (PS4, 2020) – in this pretty game, you play as a lost ember, solving puzzles, and helping those who have turned forlorn as you seek a way home. Seasons After Fall (PS4, 2017) – in this unique puzzle-platformer, we must have our wits about us to guide a fox…
The Talos Principle Proves that I Still Have A Lot to Learn
In Jim’s Henson’s movie Labyrinth, there’s a scene where the protagonist (who is stuck in said labyrinth) is told that a solid rock wall contains an opening. After visually inspecting the wall and believing that if it looks like a wall, it is a wall (onscreen, it does look like a solid wall), she’s told…
First (and Second) Impressions of The Talos Principle
After putting in a solid dozen or so hours into The Talos Principle, I can safely say that I remain both delighted and intimidated by puzzle games of this sort. I’m not sure what this might say about my gaming tendencies generally, only that my recent years in gaming have shown that I’m super cautious…
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition Now Available for Switch Owners
If, as a Nintendo owner, you ever wanted to get your hands on the classic PC puzzle game, Myst, then today’s your day! (Well, okay, maybe you played its original port to the DS or 3DS way back when, but still.) Though it’s pre-orders have been up for about a week, today, Nintendo Switch fans…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #149
Up this week: Super Mario World (SNES, 1990) – join as we play through this classic game where Mario must save Princess Toadstool and Dinosaur Land from Bowser’s clutches! Cuphead (Switch, 2019) – let’s help get Cuphead out of trouble on Inkwell Isles with in this award-winning and masterfully styled run and gun game Nostalgic…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #148
Up this week: Super Mario World (SNES, 1990) – join as we play through this classic game where Mario must save Princess Toadstool and Dinosaur Land from Bowser’s clutches! Cuphead (Switch, 2019) – let’s help get Cuphead out of trouble on Inkwell Isles with in this award-winning and masterfully styled run and gun game Nostalgic…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #147
Up this week: The Room (Switch, 2018) – time to take on some otherworldly puzzling in this interesting tale of a Victorian scientist that was originally released for iOS. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch, 2020) – it’s time to call a new island home in this fifth and latest entry in the Animal Crossing series….
Euclidian Lands: Chess Meets Rubik’s Cube
As I continue my ever-vigilant quest to research new and unique indie games, my attention fell upon a particularly interesting game for Apple iOS. Being an avid Windows-user, this is not something I’d be able to play myself, but for anyone who does own an Apple device and enjoys puzzle games, then you might want…
VIRTUAL BASTION 