Gaming Reviews

DISCLOSURE: This review was written before finishing the main story of STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Graves was given 1 week to play and review the title, and managed to play approximately 30 hours (of the developer-estimated 40+ required to…

Julien Eveillé’s Threshold is, for lack of a better word, minimal. It features a single, small location, a small cast, basic gameplay mechanics, and only about an hour and a half of content. In that way, and perhaps only in…

Horror is a mask. Good horror, anyway. It is the thing that lies on top of true fear; it is the lens through which we communicate that fear; it is the object through which we can resolve meaning out of…

Editor’s Note: The review code used for Spiral was sent alongside a small package containing several thematic goodies, including a sticker pack, some postcards, and a “letter from Bernard.” We believe ourselves to be objective enough to not have our…

As a licensed and certified Cat Lady, I’m always on the lookout for games that feature our feline friends in some form. Usually that involves my character adopting or caring for a cat, like in The Sims or Stardew Valley.…

You might remember a few days ago, when I published my impressions of Fowl Damage’s demo (and used, essentially, the same quip in the title as this review). In it, I praised the demo for executing perfectly on a simple…

Guayota is an indie puzzle game, the first release from Team Delusion. It began as a final project for a master’s degree in 2019, and after a long delay, the game is finally making its way to Microsoft Windows and…

Creatures of Ava, published by 11bit Studios and developed by Inverge Studios, is a game of inspiration. I don’t just mean that the developers who made it were inspired to create its beautiful world, or that it is the kind…

Growing up, some of my favorite games to play were the Super Mario Bros. games. They were challenging but rewarding platformers, and their simple story and relatively short levels made them easy to just pick up and play. When I…

Sometimes, the most exciting games are the ones you didn’t even know you were waiting for. And while I certainly didn’t have it on my wish list, “first-person Hotline Miami with a focus on kicking doors and enemies” turned out…