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Review – Burggeist
If you’re sitting there thinking, “what the hell is Burggeist,” you’re most certainly not alone. It’s clearly flown under the radar of just about everyone: it has less than 60 reviews on Steam as of now, the solo developer has under 300 followers on X, and it doesn’t even exist on OpenCritic. I’m here now to tell you why that…
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Review – Two Point Museum
It's back to Two Point County as you're put in charge of yet another institution where money has no business. Can you turn a profit in Two Point Museum? Of course you can, because it's just a matter of finding or stealing some old stuff and putting it on display.
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Review – Wyrmhall: Brush and Banter
I've never cleaned anything in my life, so Wyrmhall: Brush and Banter was certainly a learning experience. As it turns out, I'm pretty good at it, as long as you don't count the times I made a mistake and almost undid all of reality. At least there's snacks.
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Review – Tales from Off-Peak City Vol. 1
The third-ish game in Cosmo D's body of work pushes forward the pizza-centricity that the series has followed. Placing you at the corner of Yam and July, you work undercover in a pizza joint, making pies and learning the darker secrets behind the neighbourhood and the factory that dominates is skyline.
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Review – Penguin-Kun Wars (Arcade)
Grab your balls, it's time to go to war. Penguin-Kun Wars has you sliding your balls down the table as you seek to overwhelm your opponent. Its simple gameplay certainly smells like 1985, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good time.
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Review – The Norwood Suite
Cosmo D's second(ish) game is where he really starts blending game design in with artistic expression. The Norwood Suite still leans heavily on its style, but things begin to feel more like a video game as adventure elements get tied in. The result is something of a paradox: simple but complicated.
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Review – The Speed Rumbler
Capcom was perhaps the best developer of arcade games in the '80s and '90s, so it's hard to have played every single one in their catalogue. That just means there's more to discover, and if you reach deep into Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, you might find The Speed Rumbler; an absolute gem.
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Review – Off-Peak
Speaking of Cosmo D, why not take a look back at where it all started? Technically, it's not here. But I do talk about Saturn V a bit. No, this review is instead about the start of the loose Off-Peak series of games, appropriately just named Off-Peak.
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Review – Rock’n Rage
Musicians traveling through time is strangely well-trodden ground. Rock'n Rage could be called a pioneer of it. Maybe? It involves bandmates hitting mummies with their instruments. I'm not sure there's another game like it out there, so that's positive. It's just too bad the quality isn't quite there.
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Review – WWF Betrayal
The Monday Night War had just wrapped up, the WWF had reached new heights, we'd just seen some of the best wrestling games of all time hit the market, and Wayforward released one of its own. That's a great build up, it's just too bad WWF Betrayal is garbage water.