What are “non-places”? They’re the spaces we filter through so often that we pay them no mind. Bus stops, parking lots, lobbies, and so on. Places we spent a fair amount of time passing through, but never pay any attention to. Transitory spaces where our minds wander or we distract ourselves with our phones while…
9 Years of Shadows manages to stick out among its brethren thanks to some creative solutions to combat and a gorgeous world to bring back color to.
The episodic model seems to the be steadily becoming the standard for point-and-click adventure games. Ever since Telltale Games practically mastered the craft, all sorts of adventure game makers have been aping the model to varying degrees of success. It’s a tough structure to pull off. One of the latest games to take a crack…
Old is new and now Evil Genius is back with a bang.
Scarlet Nexus’ stylish combat and gorgeous presentation more than make up for the game’s convoluted and gibberish-filled story.
Despite rough edges and a steep learning curve, the tactical series returns in force with Jagged Alliance 3.
If you were looking for a solid adventure which nicely expands the singular world of Lamplight City, Rosewater delivers.
It’s easy to point out clichés in any sort of media. Videogames are no different. Putting ghosts and a murder mystery is what Murdered: Soul Suspect is all about. Taking place in Salem, Murdered stars detective Ronan O’Connor. Unluckily for Ronan, things aren’t looking up for him. He was just killed. While death is usually…
Loco Motive is a beautiful homage to old school LucasArts adventure games and a pretty good one at that!
I always know it’s been a good year for videogames when I have trouble building these lists. During the two weeks or so I spent writing this, I couldn’t settle on what games I wanted to include. At one moment I might include one game over another, only to put it back on later because…
