Tag: video games

Ace Attorney – It’s Good to be Back!

High on my 2024 “most anticipated” list was Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, a compilation released on the Switch in January. My first foray into the Ace Attorney series occurred seven years ago with the original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy, which was old news by then. Still, I had a great time with the…

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Two Point Campus: A Great, But Unstable, Sim for Newcomers

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…

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Dysmantle First Impressions

Somewhere, somehow, the game Dysmantle and I crossed paths at the end of 2023. I want to say that it it popped up as a suggested “casual” survival game on various lists, one that folks called underrated, but also…cozy? I swear that term showed up more than in descriptions I saw, “cozy.” Really? A survival…

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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…

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A Question of Character(s)

I love a good character creator. I love spending time (more than some, less than others) making characters for adventures either new or familiar. What I think about most is who this person is going to be. In brand new games, my characters tend to start out as blank slates. Once I have some experience…

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