Dreadbit’s Ironcast is a wonderfully zany mix of elements and gameplay mechanics from different genres. A sort of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure meets Super Puzzle Street Fighter II, with a steampunk aesthetic, some complex resource-management thrown in, and turn-based RPG mechanics, Ironcast is as addictive and engaging as…
Read MoreWhat is up with indie game developers and their love affair with notoriously difficult games? There’s Super Meat Boy, that makes all the veins on my forehead pop out, Braid, a mind-bending, time-twisting that confuses as it entertains, Fez, where some of the puzzles are surely impossible, and now we…
Read MoreWe rarely get to play unfriendly characters these days in video games, let alone evil genocidal maniacs. Rack N Ruin, a top-down Zelda-esque indie title with a bit of SHMUP thrown in, hopes to present us with just that opportunity. But instead of handing us the reigns of a charismatic…
Read MorePaperbound is such an odd game to review, I have honestly never played anything with such a weird combination of gameplay styles mixed together. I can’t honestly say it’s like Smash Bros., yet it is a fighter where the combatants are a who’s who of different franchises, and I can’t…
Read MoreAfter seeing some trailers and previews for LA Cops I thought it could be something really exciting… sadly it turned out to be more frustrating than fun. LA Cops is a top down shooter that takes place in the 1970’s. It begins with the player picking two cops from a…
Read MoreLast year’s Never Alone was a breathtaking game. In a similar vein to what Whale Rider achieved in cinema, Never Alone used a popular entertainment form – that of videogames – to both preserve and represent a native culture – in that case, the Inupiat people of Alaska. In my…
Read MoreWhile the original Minecraft creators were responsible for a phenomenon, whenever I load it up it doesn’t quite resonate with me. Enter Towncraft. Instead of simply acquiring resources and building whatever comes to mind, as you’re encouraged to do in Minecraft, here you’ll instead acquire materials and build an economy…
Read MoreShelter 2 is the imaginatively-titled sequel to the original, Shelter which was released back in 2013. In that game you were playing as a mother badger, trying to protect her young. This time around you are taking on the role of a mother Lynx, who, you guessed it, is trying…
Read MorePlaying Armed Seven is a lot like watching a movie that has an actor whom you vaguely remember from another flick, but for the life of you cannot seem to recall where. It is only when you pause the film and stare into the middle distance that the fog surrounding…
Read MoreHorror has for the longest time been the place where newcomers have gone to learn their craft and launch their careers. We’ve seen any number of films over the years that have “discovered” talent as far ranging as Kevin Bacon (Friday the 13th) to Jennifer Aniston (Leprechaun). Modern films from…
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