David Flynn

There’s something inherently fun about Monster Hunter. Maybe it’s the wide variety of weapons and armor to craft, maybe it’s getting to battle against giant beasts, or maybe it’s just playing with friends and strangers. Regardless of what the core reason is, each iteration of the

Queen Nilla of the Isle of Bliss issues a bounty for the dragon terrorizing the land. Three noble souls of the Ivory Order take up the task for the good of the realm: a healer, a mage, and a warrior. One would think this fellowship the heroes of our tale,

2018’s God of War became an instant classic on PS4. This soft reboot/not actually a reboot reintroduced players to Kratos – the now much older God of War who has remarried, had another child, and moved far to the north since we last saw him. Throughout his journey to

Last year’s Chicory: A Colorful Tale was a delightful title with a sensitive story, a vast world to color in, and tons of secrets to find. I adored the game on PS5, and now it’s inevitably arrived on the Nintendo Switch. I felt Chicory was a perfect match

Despite their ubiquity in movies and literature, video games don’t seem to take a lot of direct inspiration from fairy tales. The Witcher series is probably the most well known to do this, but that’s a continuation of a book series. Enter Blacktail – a first person adventure exploring

It may be a niche genre, but there are quite a few precision platformers out there. Games like VVVVV challenge players to perform a series of flowing, precise jumps to reach the end of levels and grab hidden collectables. However, I think the genre has gotten a bit mixed up

The hour is come, the Final Days are upon us. The machinations of the Telophoroi proceed apace, and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn must needs take decisive action. In the final chapter of the tale of our star, our heroes will take the stage one last time before the

There are a lot of educational games out there, some better than others, but those that are enjoyable aren’t great teachers. The ones that do have useful things to learn are almost uniformly dull, so the lessons don’t really stick. What better way to make learning fun than