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It takes a lot to get me to play an action roguelite these days. For starters, it’s rare that a studio even comes close to the high bar set by classics of the genre like Dead Cells or Hades. Beyond…

Fairy tales have captivated humanity for as long as people have sat around the hearthfire and told each other stories. From Cinderella’s lost slipper to the child-eating Abiyoyo, narratives of magic and monsters are ubiquitous across the world — and…

Before video games were ever a thing, would-be sim players instead delighted in crafting landscapes and towns for their model trains to roll through. There’s something inherently satisfying and soothing about creating a perfect little scene, and the best sim…

While we’ve expounded recently upon how wonderful it is that indie games are consistently raising the bar in regards to video game storytelling… some times you just want to play a game where you fight stuff or blow things up.…

The phrase “video game writing” means something different than it used to. Whereas it once was synonymous with “poorly written,” games have seen a renaissance in the narrative qualities in recent years. With games becoming more respected an artistic medium,…

Our team really enjoys RPGs. Isometric, Japanese, action; you name it, we’ve probably played it. Lucky for us, PAX had a ton of excellent role playing titles on offer, from soulslikes to Disco Elysium-likes (Crimson Herring’s Isaac Otway is hard…

While making a game is never easy, it seems safe to say that letting players shoot things and blow stuff up is a relatively simple proposition. But what about games where you don’t kill everything on sight? Creating a satisfying…