John Farrell

If you’ve ever wanted a tabletop experience/16-bit video game adaptation of Arthur’s quest for the grail, Super Camelot might be right for you. If you want that experience to be fun and well-designed, it might not be. While Super Camelot’s presentation contains a great deal of

A mysterious necromancer and hopeful albino psychic round out Ashes’ lineup to bring an abrupt but quality ending to one of history’s greatest card games. Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn was a game of rare, exceptional beauty. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a design so

The gap between Rad’s potential and its reality is more saddening than the actual game. You see, this action roguelike from Double Fine Productions isn’t truly worthless, but every once in a while during gameplay you will see glimpses of the marvel that it might have been, and

As we grow older, the false veneer of safety and comfort begins to wear away. I praised Tales From the Loop for its spin on nostalgia, at the same time genuine yet rife with horror and unease, and Free League’s follow-up seeks to capitalize on those feelings, leaning more

Ever since Kingdom Hearts 3 left us on a massive cliffhanger, fans have been anticipating a DLC follow up. Friday at E3, a brief glimpse into the future (or, knowing this series, the past?) shows off some cryptic but exciting gameplay. Beyond a few mysterious lines of dialogue from known

On a dying world amidst alien tribes, a warrior of Earth has finally come back to reclaim his rightful place. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series, set on the red desert of Mars, stood right alongside the titans of pulp media which would go on to quietly inspire some of the

Overwhelm will test you. It will test your skill, your reflexes, and a little too often it will test your patience. This miniature action-horror platformer flips the some of the conventions of the Metroidvania genre to create a mounting sense of dread, pushing you further and further out of your

Free League Publishing seems determined to prove itself in every game genre available, and I am happy to be along for the ride. I was charmed by their 80s kids adventure Tales From the Loop, I adored their post-apocalyptic community building game Mutant: Year Zero, and I am over the