Review by Mikhail M. Kerbal Space Program is one of the few Early Access games that I bought on Steam to actually release and impress me throughout the development cycle. I was elated at the thought of it coming to PlayStation 4, as it would help more people to experience…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I know I’m prone to hyperbole, but I think ABZÛ is actually the most gorgeous game I’ve ever played. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given that it’s the brainchild of Matt Nava, the art director for Journey and Flower, but he’s outdone himself yet again.…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. On the surface, Bird of Light is a cute, light-hearted, fun little game that seems to draw its inspiration from Old MacDonald, but don’t be fooled by the cutesy farmyard presentation—it made me think of Animal Farm more than anything else. Bird of Light tells the…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Space can be a beautiful yet frightening place. After waking up to see that the space station Northstar IV has been destroyed, Alex Oshima must piece together what happened and survive long enough to make it back to earth. So… kinda like a video game take…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. There are a couple of things you should know about me: I love Metroidvanias, I love cats, and I love games with women as heroes. As a Metroidvania with an anthropomorphic cat lady hero, Hunter’s Legacy felt like a game made for yours truly, so it’s…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. So, I got to review two cyberpunk games in one week. As a fan of cyberpunk, I’m happy with that. And, as a cyberpunk fan I was very happy with The Technomancer, which, for all the negative press it has been getting, is actually a really…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. A Legend of Zelda fangame to a T, SpiritSphere is a small local multiplayer title developed by one man studio Eendhoorn Games (on a tablet!) which remixes old school NES adventure game sensibilities with all the craziness of air hockey. In SpiritSphere, the goal is to…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. It has been a good year for serious game about serious political topics. We’ve had titles such as 1979 Revolution focus on retelling a historical event that is rarely discussed without propaganda – that of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Another example is NORTH – a…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. There’s been a welcome surge in first-person adventure games in recent years, but there are still pockets of the community that write these off a “walking simulators” and argue semantics about whether or not they actually qualify as games. Most such games are content to just…
Read MoreInterview by Lindsay M. Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian readers, and all those Canadian at heart. To celebrate, we’ve got a great interview with a developer from Canada’s capital: Paige Marincak, the creator and developer of Gataela, a four-part RPG with Victorian Steampunk flare. Marincak is a University…
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