PAX West 2024 was fantastic this year, featuring the highest ratio of fantastic indie games that I’ve seen anywhere in quite some time. And, as always, publisher Serenity Forge was out in spades, showcasing gems like Keylocker, Roman Sands RE:Build,…

There aren’t a lot of games that I’d primarily describe as “lush”, but Outrider Mako is one of them. At PAX West 2024, I had the chance to play the game, thanks to publisher PLAYISM, and the entire time I…

Listen. I’m late to the party on this one, I know. There are already countless articles online from PAX West 2024, talking about how UNYIELDER is a boss-rush, roguelike version of DOOM Eternal. And, really, there is only so much…

I’ve been keeping an eye on indie darling developer Arbitrary Metric since I first found Paratopic, back in 2018. That game’s bizarro world, disconnected plot, low-fi aesthetic, and incredible commitment to its glacial pace made for one of the most…

Horror games, as a genre, are always looking back. Not only are horror games uniquely likely to herald back to their predecessors and influences, but, in the indie scene, there are a lot of games that intentionally try to replicate…

I have a confession to make: I don’t really watch anime. Sure, I’ve seen some staples that appeared on American TV in the 2000s, like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh (But not Naruto), I watched a lot of Studio Ghibli over the…