Grizzly Man is the fourth title in LCB Game Studio’s Pixel Pulps series, beginning a second trilogy titled “Pixel Pulps DTV Collection.” (DTV is short for direct-to-video.) It is a psychedelic slasher game about a former MIB agent who was severely injured in a mysterious attack, waking up with full amnesia. Ten years later, he is working as a field…
When it comes to showing off unique games, no showcase can top Day of the Devs. There are three showcases annually, with this being the last of the year. (See you next June!) As always, this edition of Day of the Devs features world premieres, first looks, and deep dives…
Burnout is too common in the games industry, and I fear it…
For those of us with social anxiety, merely going out into the…
I get that voxel art is super trendy right now, and normally I’d rebel against the trends… but I’m super into it. It’s retro yet contemporary at the same time. As Britney Spears says, gimme more! Station to Station is a cozy, voxel art railway sim that falls solidly into…
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Tea Garden Simulator first launched in early access back in April 2021, but today it’s been fully released for PC via Steam. The immersive experience has players exploring the world of tea production, from selecting terroir and clones to mastering plucking and processing. Basically, become a tea scientist and make…
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I first wrote about Ugly during 2022’s Not-E3 week. Its stunning art style and detailed animations are what originally drew me to the game – there’s something very charming there despite the game being described as a dark and twisted fairytale. It’s about secrets. There’s secrets everywhere. And those secrets…
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After all these years, the love of virtual pets is still going strong. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve said I want a new Tamagotchi in the last year; yet I haven’t pulled the trigger, as all my extra cash is going into savings or gifts for…
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I love a good spooky story; it doesn’t have to have jump scares, it just has to be deeply, deeply unsettling. That’s the kind of story told in Varney Lake, the second in a trilogy of Pixel Pulp games. I reviewed the first game, Mothmen 1966, about a year ago.…
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If you’re looking for a turn-based JRPG that takes a little (okay, a lot) of skills, Virgo Versus the Zodiac might be for you. It’s a sci-fi/fantasy JRPG about Virgo, who is trying to revive something called the Golden Age and purge the Heretics swarming the galaxy. It’s been available…
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Affogato has players managing a coffee shop, listening to their customers enchanting stories, and using witchy powers to get rid of their inner demons. It’s kind of like Coffee Talk, plus strategic battles. It offers 30 unique “reverse tower defense” battle stages, a strategic arsenal of distinct Witch Cards, and…
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Die. Gather. Craft. Survive. Die again. Unlock new stuff. And try it all over again. That’s the basic premise of An Ankou, where players will explore haunted lands and become a servant of death. The whole ushering people to the end thing was done really well with Spiritfarer (seriously, play…
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I adore stickers, though I’m super picky about where I put them. As a kid in the early ’90s, I had one of those books (okay, many of them) of stickers that let you stick and peel and stick and peel; it was a huge playground pastime to trade. Smelly…
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Monster taming/catching games, like Pokémon, are often turn-based in nature. Adore is a little bit different as it features real-time combat instead. The developer, Cadabra Games, is based in Brazil; it makes sense that a Brazilian publisher, QUByte Interactive, would publish Adore. Th game has been in development since 2018,…
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