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March 6, 2026

Coming-of-age adventure game Fishbowl launches for PC and PS5 this April

Fishbowl is a title that I’ve seen in many game showcases, including but not limited to the Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024 and Wholesome Snack 2025. Because of this, I am so happy to share that an early April release date has been announced for the heartfelt coming-of-age adventure game about isolation, friendship, and grief. It will be released for PC…

Indie/News

Cozy-punk record shop sim Wax Heads launches for PC and consoles this May

Curve Games and Patattie Games have announced that Wax Heads will be released this May. In the game, players head behind the counter of a struggling record shop. Here, they discover new music, connect with the local community, and help shape the store’s future. Wax Heads will launch for PC,…

Cozy clean-up sim Cleaning Up! launches for PC and consoles this April

Just Crow Things developer Unbound Creations has announced an April release date…

Anettai announces cozy puzzle game Hakoniwa Electric for PC

Hakoniwa Electric is a cute, relaxing puzzle exploration game about fixing electronics…

Stray: Short games are good, actually

July 22, 2022

Video/Video review

The game of this week has, without a doubt, been Stray. The cyberpunk adventure game about a cat in a world of robots has been winning hearts and minds over, and people haven’t stopped talking about it all week. But the game has caused one other line of discourse to…

Review: LOUD (Nintendo Switch)

July 19, 2022

Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

We rarely see indie developers tackle the rhythm genre, and for understandable reasons. It’s not a genre with mass market appeal, but it’s also one filled with established franchises backed by more budget and polish than an indie studio could muster. And with simple mechanics that aren’t easily innovated upon,…

Review: Stray (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 19, 2022

Annapurna Interactive/Indie/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 5

For the entire prelaunch hype cycle behing Stray, if you mentioned “the cat game”, people knew exactly what game you were talking about. It seemed like the perfect mix of cute & cuddly, since it was about a furrball, and a contrasting cyberpunk dystopian aesthetic, complete with funky (and also…

Interesting games on Itch.io: July 18

July 18, 2022

Art Game/Indie/itch.io

I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows you to be transgressive,…

X PLUS Games’ Bat Boy launches Kickstarter campaign for a slice of retro side-scrolling action platformers

July 14, 2022

kickstarter/News/trailer/Trailers

Hailing from Osaka, Japan, X PLUS, the indie devs of Smelter, a similar game that has also been inspired by the pixelated era of retro platformer gaming, has announced an update in the development process for Bat Boy, which is expected to release at around the January 2023 mark. The…

Review: Mothmen 1966 (Nintendo Switch)

July 14, 2022

Chorus/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

What’s the result of combining cryptids, retro graphics, and pulp fiction? Why, Mothmen 1966 of course! It is the first title in what is already being called the Pixel Pulp series, by LCB Game Studio. I feel a bit bad for those I’m close with, as I’ve been rambling about…

Review: Long Live The Queen (Nintendo Switch)

July 13, 2022

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/simulation

Take Game Of Thrones. Take Princess Maker. Mash them together (after taking the sex out of both), turn the result into a spreadsheet simulation, and you’ve got Long Live The Queen. This ultra indie game is not without its delights and offers players a decent challenge on their way to…

On the collision of the futuristic and the medieval: Fabular Q & A

July 12, 2022

Indie/Interview/Interviews

It’s not a combination that you would necessarily expect to see, but once you see it in action, it all makes sense. It’s eclectic, but very creative. Fabular: Once Upon A Spacetime combines science fiction spacecraft and battles… with the medieval in terms of the weapons you’re using. It’s the…

Interesting games on Itch.io: July 11

July 11, 2022

Indie/itch.io

Review: Corpse Factory (Nintendo Switch)

July 6, 2022

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/visual novel

Australians should make more visual novels. I don’t just say that because I make them and need to kick myself into actually finalising my latest one (it’s getting there, day by day!). It’s just that whenever an Australian produces a VN, it’s typically gold. Max’s Big Bust is a hilarious…

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