Review by Matt S. In the lead up to the release of the PlayStation VR, I hadn’t even considered how well the format might work for strategy games. Having now played Tethered, I realise that yes, of course VR does great things for strategy games. We’re all used to the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ian Bogost surely didn’t think this was going to happen. Back in 2010, Bogost – an academic, game developer, and writer – reacted to the utter pointlessness of games like Farmville by developing Cow Clicker, which boiled these “casual” games down to their very core. You…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. A long time ago I rented SimAnt by Maxis on the Super Nintendo, and fell in love with it. I loved it so much that I begged my mom to buy me the PC version of the game, and she held out for a long time…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. As far as hidden object games go, Nightmare from the Deep: The Cursed Heart is a pretty great one. This PlayStation 4 game is actually a port of a PC title from 2012, which features all the hallmarks of the modern hidden object game genre: a…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. Being a king is easy, right? You would make decisions all day while sitting in a big fancy chair and facing little to no consequences. Unless it’s that throne from Game of Thrones. Sitting in that one must be painful on the butt. Maybe someone would…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Battle Cats is simple. It’s surreal, crazy, and it’s nuts, but it’s also genuine good fun. It features the kind of simple gameplay loops that mark it out for being a free-to-play title (its original release on mobile), but Battle Cats POP! works as a brilliant…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In an otherwise deeply unenjoyable Ubisoft conference (seriously, give it a rest with the completely arbitrary open worlds, guys), Just Dance got to be a highlight. Related reading: Miku comes to Just Dance 2016 (last year’s game). No, I’m not joking. I genuinely enjoy Just Dance,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. For an industry that was on its final legs just a few years ago, the resurgence of pinball as a viable entertainment product has been nothing short of inspiring. Related reading: Matt’s review of some recent Zen Pinball 2 DLC. New table manufacturers have appeared on…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. Click. Click click click. Clickclickclick. Clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick. And so begins Plantera, an adorable clicker for PC. Plantera is like a clicker on crack. And the only clicker I’ve ever played that I was intrigued in from the beginning. That being said, in the back of my mind…
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