Bryan Lawver

It’s usually a good idea to follow the old adage not to judge a book by its cover, but sometimes that cover is just too good to resist. That was the case with Cyber Protocol, a game I knew I would be playing just a few seconds into its

One of the great things about video games, it’s often said, is that they let players inhabit different roles and have new experiences that they never could in real life. But so many stick to mundane fantasies like being a star athlete, a city planner, or someone who’s

Disco Elysium, a detective RPG that sounds just as strange and intriguing as its name, has set a release date for October 15. In Disco Elysium, you can lean into your role as an investigator to chase your quarry and bring justice to the city of Revachol, or ignore that

It’s a great time for deckbuilders, and the upcoming Signs of the Sojourner looks like both an exciting new entry in the genre and a genuinely new approach to it. In Signs of the Sojourner, you set off on a journey to find goods revive your mother’s dilapidated

When Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords was released on the Nintendo DS in 2007 (a date that makes me suddenly feel very tired), it was praised for its innovative meshing of addictive match-3 gameplay and RPG progression. The remastered Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns still has all the charm

River City Ransom holds a special place in a lots of players’ hearts even 30 years after its release. Now, it looks like it’s gotten a worthy follow-up with River City Girls. This modern beat ’em up casts players as Kyoko and Miyako, two high school girls fighter through

Change is a necessary, but often painful, part of life, especially in creative endeavors. After 2016’s Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight — a cult classic and the best entry in the four-game Momodora series — the easy thing would have been for developer Bombservice to release another Momodora game that built

It’s already been a year packed with great games, but it’s time to clear some space on your game of the year list. After a very long wait, Untitled Goose Game will finally be out on PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch September 20. According to developer House House,