Gaming Reviews

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ByDanielD
OnJuly 27, 2021

The Forgotten City Review – Roman Through Time

Let’s be honest — the bar for writing in video games is low. Like, really low. While narrative focused titles certainly try harder than Mortal Kombat does, most games not named Disco Elysium just don’t have good writing. Voice acting…

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ByDanielD
OnJuly 20, 2021
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Death’s Door Review – The Bird-en of Souls

It’s no secret I’m obsessed with Dark Souls, and I can’t help comparing every action RPG I play to FromSoft’s influential series. After doing this for years, I’ve finally figured out why I love Miyazaki’s games so much. For a…

ByDanielD
OnJuly 13, 2021

Radio Viscera Review – Party Like It’s 1999

When judging a game, or any piece of media, I’ve often struggled with whether or not the way in which it was created matters. If someone shows me a regular old 3 bedroom house, I’m not going to start gushing…

ByDanielD
OnJuly 8, 2021

Boomerang X Review – You Boome-rang?

Someone over at Devolver must really like first-person platformers. Hot on the heels of whip-swinging temple runner Phantom Abyss comes developer DANG’s Boomerang X, another game in which the player must frenetically fling themselves around the level in order to…

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ByDanielD
OnJune 28, 2021

Going Medieval Review: A Colony Sim for the (Middle) Ages

Colony Sims are interesting in that they tend to straddle the line between RTS, puzzle game, and The Sims. I’ve been playing Colony games since SimAnt — which might be the first (ant) Colony Sim — and I’ve always appreciated…

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ByDanielD
OnMay 27, 2021

Iron Harvest: Operation Eagle Review – Now With More Foreign Intervention

Despite being a huge RTS fan, I managed to miss Iron Harvest. I played a bit of the beta, but for one reason or another I never managed to get around to checking out the full release. So, when the…

ByDanielD
OnMay 17, 2021

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis | EIP – Game Review

Turns out being under siege is only fun sometimes I’m always torn on what to think when a game set in a stressful, uncomfortable situation makes me feel stressed and uncomfortable. It feels like the game is succeeding, but it…

ByDanielD
OnMarch 22, 2021

Sanity of Morris | EIP – Game Review

Sanity of Morris impressed me as soon as I launched it. Behind the ‘Press Any Key’ text of the main menu I could see the interior of a car, streetlights whizzing past in a steady, mesmerizing fashion. When I moved…

ByZach Holmes
OnMarch 8, 2021

Monster Energy Supercross 4 | EIP – Game Review

Getting into the new Supercross Career Goals Milestone is back at it again with their yearly release of another Supercross videogame. This year’s 2021 Supercross release is Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 4. The game has a few…

ByZach Holmes
OnDecember 18, 2020

Orwell’s Animal Farm Game – Review

Getting into George Orwell’s 1945 Story Back in 1945, George Orwell published a novella called Animal Farm. The story takes place on a farm where the animals are fed up with their farm owner and want to rebel against him,…