Expectations are a burden. Try as I might to keep myself aside from envisioning what a game might be like before I buy it I can’t seem but help to…
Games
The last decade+ I’ve been doing these reviews for has allowed me to watch many developers hone their craft over the years. Most of them get better with age, refining…
I’ve long since abandoned looking through Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms for games that I want to fund. Part of it is burnout on the whole concept, with many of…
Long time Early Access titles always have a…je ne sais quoi about them. For me it feels like putting on someone else’s well worn shoes: you know that they’ve served…
Annapurna has cemented themselves as a publisher of games with a strong narrative focus, often putting forward titles that make the definition of “game” all the more blurry. Their track…
I’ve never really found myself attracted to deck builder style games which seems antithetical to my real life history with TCGs. I still remember getting my first deck of Magic…
In the continuing vein of “I can’t believe I missed this” style of posts I’ve been writing lately Trine 5 stands out as one that really shouldn’t be in the…
Growing up in the bush meant us kids had to find…less traditional ways of keeping ourselves entertained than our friends living out in the big smoke. Some of these are…
Games are a hit based business and the formula to get there has become ever more complex as gamers demands get broader. Where once it was enough to through a…
This review almost didn’t get written. You see I’ve been on the wrong side of history numerous times with games that are almost universally loved. The first of these was…