Previously released on the Wii U and a host of other consoles in 2014, SnowCastle Games’ Earthlock: Festival of Magic is a love letter to the classical JRPGs of the 32-bit era which now makes its way to the Switch and PC (Steam). While not exactly a Japanese Role-playing Game per se, as it was…
If you have somehow let The Banner Saga pass by without giving it a play on PC in 2014, the first two entries in the series are now making its way to the Switch in preparation to the third and final volume’s release later this year. If the first game’s port quality is any indication,…
Are you the sort of person who easily gets anxious playing videogames? Do you hate to keep tabs on a lot of moving parts at all times while doing so? If your answer to both of these questions is yes, then Polish dev 11 bit Studio’s Frostpunk might have a thing or two to tell…
A Robot Named Fight is a self-described “Metroguelite” — a Metroid-inspired roguelike with some light elements of persistent progression. It’s run-based, meaning the lay of the level changes every playthrough. On paper, that sounds like a solid idea. Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work. Mechanically, it’s good. The game wears its Metroid inspiration on its sleeve,…
Time travel can either be a very easy or very difficult thing to pull off well in videogames. For puzzle games, it’s simply a matter of using time manipulation in clever ways. For games that use it as a narrative device more than a mechanical one, it’s a little trickier. Reliving past events and retreading…
It’s a safe bet that if you own a mobile device, you probably played a racing game on it. With touch controls, keeping a tiny car on the road is a tough thing to pull off while gripping a portable device, but Brazilian developer Aquiris managed to make an extremely fun game out of that…
If videogames could be graded simply based on a list of features, Far Cry 5 would easily be one of the best games out there. As with its predecessors, its map is pretty big, there’s a ton of things to do and the story is as goofy as ever, but unfortunately, none of these things…
The sequel to Pillars of Eternity starts out as about as epic as a sequel can: it’s the aftermath of the events of the previous game, and the player character is on the brink of death after their ship got attacked at sea by the demonic god who you supposedly offed. Having had a little…
Blizzard has just announced that Mercy’s getting a new cosmetic skin called Pink Mercy. Unlike other skins, though, you can buy this one directly through the Blizzard store, and 100% of what you pay will go to and benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). This promotion starts today and will last until May 21st,…
I don’t quite recall when I first started dealing with depression. I’ve lived with it so long it feels like it’s been there from day one. Having dealt with it for so long means I’ve mostly got things under control now, but there are times when it’s really overbearing, when it feels like everything is…
