Review by Matt S. There’s something about Unholy Heights that convinces me to keep buying it. I have it on Nintendo 3DS, then I bought it on PlayStation 4, and now Nintendo Switch. So there’s clearly something about it. It might be something as simple as the combination of comfortable…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. A Kickstarter campaign for Idol Manager launched on the 28th, seeking funding to create and release an indie simulation game heavily inspired by Japanese idol culture from a small American indie developer. The project was seeking a humble $5,000 to get it over the line. Within…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When I sit back and think on the “life sim” genre – be it The Sims, Animal Kingdom, Fantasy Life, Harvest Moon or others, I always find myself musing over why people play these games. Why would anyone want to play a game about the more…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There aren’t enough railway tycoon games out there. Or tycoon simulators in general. What was once a thriving sector of the industry has slowly whittled away, and while there are some impressive looking attempts on the horizon (SEGA’s take on a hospital manager looks especially impressive),…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Kalypso has just released Railway Empire, a new simulator that puts you in control of building up a rail network. And it’s so, so good. I’ve got a review for the game coming later today, but in the meantime I’ve put together a video looking at…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I am so very conflicted right now. Atari has taken to crowdfunding (not Kickstarter, but StartEngine) to raise some money to put a RollerCoaster Tycoon game on Nintendo Switch. I don’t know about you but I can’t think of a console I’d want to play RollerCoaster…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Beholder left me cold. Given that the intent of the game is to depict a dystopian nightmare pulled right from every image we’ve ever had of socialist eastern Europe, “leaving me cold” was probably the intention, but there are games that have done this theme better,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. When it rains, it pours. We haven’t had a light hearted Theme Hospital-like simulation in many years, and now we have two announced within a few months of one another. Late last year Project Hospital caught our attention, and now SEGA and Two Point Studios have…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Of Mice And Sand is simple. It’s charming, bright, and cheerful, but it’s simple. It’s a mix of Fallout Shelter, This War of Mine or Sheltered, and the great western genre of cinema. With cute pixel mice. It’s not a mix that I would have thought…
Read MorePreview by Jim S. I love games like Rune Factory and Stardew Valley, and perhaps that’s why I am really enjoying My Time At Portia. Even at this early stage it has a similar sense of simple, bright, pleasant charm. After creating a character, you learn that you have inherited…
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