Blazing Chrome keeps a certain Konami shooter’s spirit alive with style
If it looks like Contra, plays like Contra, and smells like Contra, it’s probably Contra, right? Well…
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Review: Back for more with Streets of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare
Mr. X Nightmare brings a host of new fun options to Streets of Rage 4.
Review: Flesh Made Fear pays homage to but is not an overbearing copy of Resident Evil
Tainted Pact Games takes a straight to the point, expectedly campy, and entertaining go at classic survival horror with Flesh Made Fear.
Small Radios Big Televisions Review – On escapism
Escapism is one of fiction’s most potent uses. When times are tough we use it to get away from the world and our struggles, to forget our unfortunate circumstances for a while. Few of us may do so consciously — I’d hazard a guess and say we rationalize reading books, watching movies, or playing videogames…
Review: Crisol: Theater of Idols is a slow but compelling horror experience
Vermila Studio’s first game is a distinctively Spanish fusion of elements.
A Case of Distrust feels like a detective novel in videogame form
After so many years of text adventures languishing in relative obscurity, it’s great to see them start getting more attention thanks to works like 80 Days, Subsurface Circular, and more. Most of the recent examples excelled because of how they used the form in new and fascinating ways to help tell their stories, something that…
Review: You’ll want to get lost in Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a very familiar but still an absolute joy to play.
Review: Arcadian Atlas deploys tactical nostalgia
While it pays homage to tactical RPG classics of the ‘90s, Arcadian Atlas does little that is new.
Shovel Knight Review
Shovel Knight, in the simplest of terms, is the ultimate Capcom NES game that never was. If you go further defining it, though, it’s much more than a mere retro-styled indie game. Yacht Club Games has lovingly created Shovel Knight to play like an NES game, sure, but their care went well beyond just emulating…
Prey is a hodgepodge of ideas that ends up being a bland experience
Prey is a mixed, flawed experience that overreaches for success by borrowing elements from many successful games. Considering its troubled development, that started out years ago as a sequel to an entirely different franchise from 3D Realms that was also called Prey, it’s no surprise that this new and completely unrelated release struggles so much…