Review by Lindsay M. At the ripe old age of 32, I’m already as close to a crazy cat lady as you can get. We don’t have kids — but we do have three cats. It was only supposed to be two but then I found a needy stray and……
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. The Red Strings Club is a new narrative-driven adventure game, with an old-school aesthetic and lots of cyberpunk influences. The difference is that where most games use cyberpunk as a pathway to yet more action, The Red Strings Club does things very, very differently. In this…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. One Piece: Unlimited World Red’s Deluxe Edition is the latest port of an original Nintendo 3DS game from back in 2013. While One Piece has the easy ability to take its manga roots and transfer itself over to the video game medium, with characters and gameplay…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yonder is an antidote to the endless sex, violence, and other “mature themes” that have become so commonplace in videogames that we’ve stopped noticing them at all. And I’m not talking about just the extreme examples here; it takes a game with absolutely no conflict at…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As someone who doesn’t really like doing the online multiplayer thing – particularly with narrative and atmosphere-heavy experiences (people just can’t commit to the roleplay, damnit), I say this: Star Trek: Bridge Crew is utterly brilliant. Ubisoft has done something truly special here; it has managed…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. It’s easy to talk about RiME in terms of the pieces that make it up: its art style, vaguely reminiscent of Ico and Journey; its Uncharted-like climbing sections; its puzzles, that call to mind Tomb Raider and The Legend of Zelda. But to do so would…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I’m surprised at how few “walking simulators” there are for PlayStation VR, given how perfect the platform is for that sort of game. Atmospheric, narrative-rich first-person adventure games are what VR was made for. So why are they still so rare? Luckily, Fated: The Silent Oath…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. A beastly creature captures a pretty girl and hides her in a forgotten-looking castle. You’ve likely heard a story with this plot before, and if not look no further than Disney’s current remake of its ’80s hit (and my personal favourite) Beauty and the Beast. Or,…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I have a confession to make: I’ve never played the original Psychonauts. I’m a big fan of the work of Tim Schafer and Double Fine based on their more recent endeavours, but Psychonauts is a game that never really crossed my radar until recently, and I…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. To be honest, there’s not much more I can say about the games Danganronpa 1 and 2 that I haven’t already covered in my reviews. They’re visual novels, and I find them to be utterly brilliant. Bringing the two games together into a single package on…
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