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It’s a fact of life, you can’t please everybody. It’s also a fact that the job of the critic is easier than the job of the artist. Well, I’m a critic, and I wasn’t very pleased with Dread Delusion. In…

After playing OMUT in a hotel suite off-site from PAX, one could say that I was tense. That game’s oppressive palette, brutal difficulty, and grim, folkloric inspirations all combined to leave me — while excited — also a bit exhausted.…

PAX is always filled with horror titles. Something about the indie scene that PAX fosters draws in the kind of creative minds that feel the pull to create something like oneway.exe or Mouthwashing. It’s glorious. But, at times, it can…

Ever since Jacob Geller’s phenomenal video, “Gross Games about Flesh and Stuff,” I’ve been kept up with Wrong Organ, the developers of cult-hit How Fish is Made. And so, I noticed when How Fish is Made got a free expansion,…

At PAX West 2024, I had the pleasure of visiting Serenity Forge’s Booth. While each game there is special (I’ve said it before: Serenity Forge doesn’t miss), one really caught my eye: Keylocker, developed by Moonana. I’d played the demo…

Note: Since Publication, the name of the game has changed from “>one way” to “oneway.exe”. this article has been adjusted to reflect that change. oneway.exe was one of the surprise hits at PAX West 2024. A horror game with a…

Off-site from PAX West 2024, I wait in a hotel lobby for Tom from Megabit. It is not unusual for some publishers to opt to show their games to press off-site, but it feels different. I’m going to see OMUT,…

At PAX West 2024, I had the chance to meet up and have a chat with PR Manager Arya Wiryawan Wibowo and CEO Kris Antoni Hadiputra of Toge Productions, with Kris specifically also being the Creative Director of Kriegfront Tactics.…

About a year and a half ago, I wrote an article entitled “Goodbye Volcano High – Proving Visual Novels Don’t Have to Suck.” And, to date, I am very glad nobody noticed when I released it because it is one…