Review by Matthew C. Did you ever play the original Karateka? A Bastard’s Tale feels like a modern take on that concept, albeit with a medieval European setting rather than Japanese. Both games are side-scrolling beat-’em-ups in a sense, but with a focus on slow, methodical one-on-one combat instead of…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Heavy Metal was one of my favourite music genres growing up as an angst-ridden teenager. As time went on and I gained a family, my angst slowly disappeared and with it my love for heavy metal music. Occasionally, some sort of media will come along and…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. It’s been a while since I last played a full live action game. That was Hysteria Project as a PlayStation mini on the PSP back in 2010 it too was a horror game. For whatever reason developers like to experiment with live action in horror –…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. With some pretty humble beginnings at the root of Event[0], it is really impressive just how far this one time experiment from Ocelot Society has come. It could have been one of those games that was ‘a good idea’ but lacked execution, but in fact Event[0]…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Family trauma is a tough demon to tackle in a video game, but indie outfit Hailstorm Games touched upon it liberally in its 2014 sidescrolling horror game, Claire. With a heavy dose of surrealism and Freudian psychoanalysis thrown into the mix, Claire was a very focused…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. To everyone out there, have you played Dear Esther? I would assume most of you have – the prolific surrealist piece developed by The Chinese Room is still a free download on PC’s and almost necessitates a name drop in every “Games as Art” conversation. Perhaps…
Read MoreReview by Matthew C. The boom in indie development has seen a wonderful surge in puzzle platformers over the last few years. It makes sense, when you think about it: this is a genre that’s low on development needs (relatively speaking), but with an incredibly high ceiling for creativity and…
Read MoreReview by Hamza A. Like how G.K. Chesterton once said of R.L. Stevenson, “he seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins”, I too can say precisely the same of Devolver Digital. Except the only difference would be replacing the…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. One Way Trip is like videogames’ answer to the stoner road trip movie – those classic films like Up in Smoke, Harold and Kumar, and Dude, Where’s My Car?. If you take that to mean that One Way Trip is a bizarre, nonsensical trip that could…
Read MoreBlog by Lindsay M. I’ve been steadily making my way through Severed as September moves forward. It’s not uncommon to find me (when I should be sleeping) with my iPad in one hand while the other furiously slashes at the screen. I was stoked when Severed was released on iOS…
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