Gaming Reviews

Jagged Alliance 3 is… fine. If that’s all you need to know to make a decision either way, there you go. Jagged Alliance 3 is a lot like Jagged Alliance 2 (and a bit like classic XCOM, even if the…

We live in a universe of relativity and opposites: there is no shadow without light, no vacuum without matter, no long video games without — short ones? Filling a niche I’m not entirely convinced needed filling, Swiss-based SunnySide Games’ 2D…

The first Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a cult-gem and a personal favorite of mine. While imperfect, it has a glut of indie charm, some very funny moments, and a pretty clever analysis of surveillance and security. It had…

If you’re looking for a new indie game filled with crass, tongue-in-cheek humor, then Evil Wizard by Rubber Duck Games is probably a game you won’t want to miss. However, before we dive deep into the review and give you…

Even though Castle of Alchemists, a new tower-defense/action hybrid game developed by Team Machiavelli, just entered Early Access on Steam, it doesn’t really feel like it. Instead, it feels like a complete game, with plenty of polish and thought already…

If you were alive and gaming in the early 90s, you probably have at least a passing familiarity with a unique puzzle game called Lemmings. In it, you had to guide a group of lemmings through obstacles of ever-increasing complexity.…

Unwording is a narrative puzzle game from Frostwood Studios. It takes you through the mind of Tom, an ordinary office worker, who’s struggling with depression. By solving word puzzles, you help him overcome his negative thoughts and look at life…

Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of video game. The first kind of game is what all the big publishers are doing with their AAA titles these days, the “more is more” approach: a dozen types of collectible, a gigantic…

A few months ago, I was able to try out a preview build of Afterimage. As a huge Metroidvania fan I was excited to play it, and while I did ultimately have fun with it, I saw nothing particularly special…

Games that essentially create entirely new genres are not too common nowadays. There are of course exceptions, such as the FromSoftware-inspired Soulslikes, or how Metroid and Castlevania’s influence spawned Metroidvanias. Such an occurrence is far less heard of amongst smaller,…