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Review – Dead Format
I'm a sucker for film-inspired live-action sequences in games, and Dead Format has them in spades. Building a horror game around various movie aesthetics sounds like a boffo idea, but when you add a vulture into the mix, that changes things.
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Review – Dog Witch
Appropriately, Dog Witch is about a dog that is also a witch. You face off against a wizard, which is just the more socially acceptable magic user. It's time to show them that withholding treats from a good boy is absolutely unacceptable.
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Review – Fast & Furious: Arcade Edition
I know nothing about movies that are both Fast and Furious, but I do know a thing or two about arcade games. They eat money. They mostly live in movie theatres these days. They eat money. But here's a port of one that eats money upfront!
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Review – Absolum
Before I completely gush about Absolum for approximately 3000 words (grab the popcorn for this one), we’ve got to set the stage by talking about 2020’s Streets of Rage 4. Developed by Lizardcube, Guard Crush, and Dotemu, the revival of Sega’s classic beat-’em-up series rode an impeccably fine line of casual arcade fun and technical depth. The result was a…
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Review – Hotel Barcelona
There's a lot to love about Suda51 and Swery. For example, No More Heroes and Deadly Premonition. So, what happens when you put them together? What happens when you form a game designer supergroup? Hotel Barcelona, apparently! Unfortunately.
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Review – Butter Side Down
Do you love operating systems? You bet, you do! Do you enjoy using operating systems while working for a soul-sucking corporation? You bet, you do! I don't remember what point I was trying to make, so here's Butter Side Down, instead.
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Review – Easy Delivery Co.
I love snow. Not a huge fan of winter because it gets really dark really early, but that’s the tradeoff for snow. I love how snow hides things. Heavy snow hides the horizon. Fresh fallen snow hides the sounds of the city. Deep snow is perfect for temporarily hiding bodies. When a winter storm kicks up, I wish it would…
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Review – No, I’m not a Human
People aren’t my favourite people. Every person brings unnecessary complications into my life, and I’m too empathetic to just focus on myself. So, I’m not the most social person, and neither is the protagonist of No, I’m not a Human. But while I still make connections with others, because that’s life, and you gotta, the protagonist of No, I’m not…
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Review – Caput Mortum
Caput Mortum is a shortform horror adventure title. In it, you descend into a tower's basement, mingle with homunculi, and solve lots of puzzles. Also, you have one arm, and you're going to get a lot of use out of it.
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Review – Tiny Bookshop
Christopher Morley was already a known quantity in the literary world when his debut novel, Parnassus on Wheels, was published in 1917. A poet, a journalist, an editor; he had an affinity for the written word and a deep appreciation for books and booksellers. That appreciation can be seen on every page of Parnassus, a charming story of a book…
