Listmas 2023: (Mostly) Relaxing Games for Nature Lovers

Sometimes, I just want to play something relaxing.  And one thing I find especially relaxing is nature.  With its soft, green grass.  The murmur of running water.  The fresh air and the cool breeze.  And all the little critters that accompany it.  And that is why I’ve decided for our Wildcard Week to list a…

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…

YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #185

Up this week: Seasons After Fall (PS4, 2017) – in this unique puzzle-platformer, we must have our wits about us to guide a fox that must save his forest. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (PS4, 2019) – line up for some side-scrolling action as Yooka and Laylee help members of the “Beetallion” and save the…

Seasons After Fall is Beautiful, Yet Boring

There seems to be a plethora of games out there where you play as an animal (usually a fox, but sometimes a wolf) exploring forests and other natural environments.  Seriously, it should be a genre all its own.  Fe, The First Tree, Spirit of the North, and Lost Ember are all examples of this, and…

YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #184

Up this week: Seasons After Fall (PS4, 2017) – in this unique puzzle-platformer, we must have our wits about us to guide a fox that must save his forest. [NEW!] Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (PS4, 2019) – line up for some side-scrolling action as Yooka and Laylee help members of the “Beetallion” and save…