I’m a point and click adventure game expert, and I’ve been a huge fan of these puzzle-laced narrative adventures since I was a kid. Back then, gameplay storytelling was done […]
I’ve always been a fan of when YouTubers and streamers find old memory cards from retro consoles, and pick up saved games where the previous owner left off. It’s a […]
I’m a sucker for metroidvanias, and I’ve been a fan since Super Metroid way back on the SNES, so it’s nice to see the genre still around and kicking. While […]
There’s a part of me that associates video games with platformers and shooters, despite the fact that I spent a chunk of my childhood playing narrative-heavy games like OPUS: Prism […]
Also seen on CultureCombine.com. As much as video games have tightened up as safe, corporate products over the years, it’s still awesome to see developers taking chances and swinging for […]
When Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator came across my desk at CultureCombine, I wondered: how the hell do you simulate that? Developer To-Go Games took the premise of being a park […]
Originally released along with Season 1 of the Playdate, Ratcheteer has been sitting on my device, mostly unplayed, for the last couple of years. You can’t blame me. Despite the Playdate […]
Planet of Lana was a game that flew a little under the radar when it released in 2023. It’s part of a platforming adventure game subgenre that was made popular (and […]
I’m an absolute sucker for old school survival horror, and based on my time with the Steam Next Fest demo for Senara: The Sacrament, that’s exactly what developer Influsion Inc. […]
At this point, I’ve played more roguelike deckbuilders than I can remember. That’s not a bad thing, because when they’re good they can offer some of the most satisfying gameplay. […]
We are, seemingly, in the middle of a climbing game renaissance. Following the meditative flow of Jusant in 2023 and the high-stakes co-op of 2025’s Peak, Cairn arrives to offer yet another […]
The extraction shooter is a niche genre of first person shooters that seems to be gaining popularity with the hardcore shooter community. Even so, there hasn’t been one to break […]