Gaming Reviews

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,…

Most of the time, I have a very clear idea of how I feel about a game, and the score I’m going to give it, by the time I start writing a review. Yet here I am, ready to write,…

My feelings on Everspace 2 crystalized for me about three or four hours into the game. It was somewhere in the Ceto system — the game’s opening sector — and I was fast traveling in supralight to a main story…

Road 96: Mile 0 is a narrative-focused prequel to Road 96. Taking a radically different direction than the original game, which saw you hitchhiking across the procedurally-generated landscape of Petria in order to reach the border in hopes of escaping,…

As a fan of RPGs and action games, I always enjoy when a game has a deep story or combat system. However, sometimes it’s nice to just have a game that you can pick up and play, without having to…

I’ve always enjoyed the idea of taking on the Seven Deadly Sins in a video game. Struggling against the faults of human nature adds a meaningful twist to a game, especially when it’s in a genre that sometimes focuses on…

Following current ecological developments can be pretty depressing. The garbage patch in the Pacific, disappearing pollinators, the huge blob of seaweed approaching the coast of Florida — it’s looking rough for the flora and fauna on planet Earth, and it’s…

Tchia came right when I needed it. When I got the review code to play it, there was a lot going on. With tasks piling up and family troubles at the same time, it is safe to say that stress…