I’m going to be honest, Essays on Empathy is precisely the kind of game that I would purchase, and then inevitably let languish in my Steam library because I’m never “in the mood”. Such has been my tendency of late when it comes to art games; there are dozens that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Developed by Deconstructeam (what a name) and Devolver Digital, Essays on Empathy looks like exactly the kind of narrative-driven experience that I want to support. Releasing on PC next month (May 18), Essays on Empathy is a compilation of ten short stories about life. As per…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. We’ve seen a surge of horror-themed multiplayer games, in which one person plays as the monster, and the others scramble to avoid becoming its prey. Friday the 13th, Dead by Daylight, Dusk, Predator and others have all tried their hand at the tricky balance between monster…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Carrion is visceral. I’m actually tempted to leave my review at that, because that describes the game’s core motif and aesthetic, its principle appeal, and it’s the perfect word to describe whether the game is right for you or not. Carrion is exquisitely violent, evocatively malevolent,…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Devolver Digital’s latest creative indie thing is Carrion, and it’s quite the viscerally stylish little game, with some intense violence and excellent level design. One thing that is also interesting about the game is the way that it’s presented: marketing and PR materials keep calling it…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. “There’s a bit of being a foreigner in Japan in Olija. The idea of being in a different country where you lose your comfort level. Walking around and living among people that I just didn’t know back then.” Olija is an upcoming action-adventure platformer inspired by…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Devolver Digital and developer, Flying Wild Hog, have announced the third in the Shadow Warrior series, which Flying Wild Hog picked up and rebooted back in 2014. This announcement came with a trailer that is… well, classic Shadow Warrior stuff. Shadow Warrior is irreverent, to put…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s been a while coming. Serious Sam 4 was announced way (way) back in 2018, and it’s been a bit quiet on that game’s front ever since. I’m a bit of a fan of Serious Sam – it’s self-aware, and knows how utterly juvenile the shooter…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Announced last week, Sludge Life is yet another in the unending parade of quirky, different games that we’re seeing published by Devolver Digital this year. This one is coming to PC and Nintendo Switch, and is a very silly (by design) open world graffiti-tagging game that…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. The talented development team behind Minit really hit onto something special with that low-fi, high-concept little game about iterative progress. Now they’re back, in partnership with Devolver Digital, to announce something very different: Disc Room, a hardcore action game that’s all about surviving brutally sharp, rapidly…
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