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…
horror
Retro shooters (which I’ve recently found out are now, somewhat ironically, called Boomer Shooters) and I don’t have the greatest history together. The improvements that have been made in the…
Every so often I stumble across a game that feels like it came from a previous era. Sometimes this is a conscious choice, driven by a desire to evoke the…
Oh boy, this one is something. Looking back over Amanita Designs’ games over the years it kind of seems like they were building up to this point. Their trademark style…
It always takes a little bit of time for the big releases of the year to start ramping up. No one wants to release around the holiday period as you’re…
Games that do a lot with not so much are always impressive to me. Sometimes this comes from the use of minimalistic art styles, selective use (or non-use) of dialogue…
Long time readers will know that horror and I don’t really get along. As a genre I don’t find it particularly engaging although there have been several examples which have…
This is the part of my game reviews where I usually wax philosophical about the genre, developer or some other aspect of the game I’m about to review. I’m not…
There’s a startling number of games that just fly under my radar every year. Whilst this usually comes down to falling back into my own personal crack habit of World…