DanielD

DanielD

Unabashed FromSoftware fanboy still learning to take his time with games (and everything else, really). The time he doesn't spend on games is spent on music, books, or occasionally going outside.
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The Best Indie Sim Games at PAX East 2023

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…

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Everspace 2 Review – A Space Action Triumph

My feelings on Everspace 2 crystalized for me about three or four hours into the game. It was somewhere in the Ceto system — the game’s opening sector — and I was fast traveling in supralight to a main story…

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The Best Indie Action Games at PAX East 2023

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.…

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The Best Narrative Games at PAX East 2023

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,…

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The Best RPGs at PAX East 2023

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…

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Dead by Daylight PTB Patch 6.7.0 Live Now

Dead by Daylight PTB Patch 6.7.0 Live Now The changes and improvements from the recent March Developer Update are available today on the Public Test Beta, and include some fairly significant modifications to the game. Among them are the removal…

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Terra Nil Review – Good Green Fun

Following current ecological developments can be pretty depressing. The garbage patch in the Pacific, disappearing pollinators, the huge blob of seaweed approaching the coast of Florida — it’s looking rough for the flora and fauna on planet Earth, and it’s…