I love games that use satire to make some social commentary. No Pineapple Left Behind is certainly shaping up to be one of those games. It has been developed by Seth Alter, a former educator turned developer, and while the game is nominally a simulation/ strategy game in which you…
Read MorePixels were the original fundamental building blocks of games until crazy things like voxels and polygons came around. But why use pixels now? Is it to tap into people’s nostalgia for a simpler period of gaming? Or by this point is it an artistic choice? The Adventures of Pip certainly…
Read MoreDevil May Cry 4, when it was first released, was a big deal, as the third in the series was a prequel, so it was the first progression to the story since the second title. Now it’s back, and Devil May Cry 4 has been given the Special Edition treatment…
Read MoreThe first major expansion to Square Enix’s revitalised Final Fantasy XIV, Heavensward, has now landed. This expansion continues one of the most fascinating MMOs that we’ve ever seen. Originally released as Final Fantasy XIV, the game was a critical and commercial bomb, with player numbers dropping off a cliff almost…
Read MoreI found Kholat to be quite an intriguing game. It takes a real life unsolved mystery from a little over 50 years ago and turns it into a first person adventure horror game. Kholat is based around the events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident where nine skiers mysteriously died on…
Read MoreIt’s been a while since we has a good theme park simulator. Both Theme Park and Rollercoaster Tycoon have been poorly managed by their respective owners, and so fans of those classic franchises have been left waiting for a new developer to pick up the baton. It looks like Frontier…
Read MoreThrough the Woods is an upcoming psychological horror game developed by Antagonist, combining elements of Nordic folk tales, family drama and scary looking trees. You play as a mother claiming that her son had been taken by a supernatural being named Old Erik, recounting her story to a detective who…
Read MoreHeroes of Loot is a basic twin-stick roguelike shooter that acts as something of a crossover tribute to the Gauntlet and Geometry Wars franchises. The premise for our heroes is a simple one. They have been tasked with going into the dungeon to clean house as it hasn’t been done…
Read MoreHighlands is a turn-based strategy game by Burrito Studio, another one of those micro indie development teams. And, as the team’s first game, its a good one, with plenty to offer fans of the RPG and strategy genres. Highlands’ setting is reasonably unique, taking place on a series of floating…
Read MorePeople once commented on BioWare’s uncanny streak for creating one great game after another, stating (as quoted on one website) “you know, some of us used to joke around about good companies like BioWare, saying that they could basically poop on the carpet, take video of it, encode it onto…
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