Some people manage their stress by meditating, others by doing yoga. Some people use shooting games as a coping mechanism, venting their frustrations in a spray of bullets. I’ve found something of a middle ground, where I use video games to mitigate my stress, but I tend to go

You’re in a car that’s too fast. The pedal is flat against the floor, every twitch of the steering wheel feels like a skillful, yet futile, attempt to rein in the chaos of the traffic you’re narrowly avoiding. You start to develop a sense for where the

While there have been plenty of board games that have some form of fighting in them, it’s generally in a dungeon crawler or a one on one fighter.  Wild Power Games has created a side-scrolling fighter that mimics games like Final Fight, Golden Axe, and Double Dragon.  To find

If you grew up in the 90’s you probably remember the huge toy craze that was POGs. The cardboard slamming game that was pretty much gambling, caused friction between friends, sparked collectors, and became banned in schools across the US. Well, Compton Technology is breathing new life into the

Groovy Milk makes its indie debut with Creepy Road—a 2D run-and-gun roller coaster bursting at the seams with charm and energy. Players assume the role of Flint Trucker, an oddball truck driver (unsurprisingly) forced to take up arms against an unknown evil in order to save the love of

I have a bold opinion: the renaissance of full motion video is here, and Wales Interactive is the harbinger. The publisher recently released The Bunker and Late Shift on the Nintendo Switch, and I can see the how both games innovated the genre of yesteryear. With The Infectious Madness of

Unicorn Dungeon may be the worst game I have ever played. It costs a mere $4.99, and that is still asking far too much. Unicorn Dungeon is a simple point-and-click adventure game that somehow messes up the point-and-click aspect. When I clicked on the doorway to enter the dungeon

Vampyr is a story of choice and consequence. War hero and field surgeon Dr. Jonathan Reid has returned home to London just after the first World War. The London he remembers has been replaced by a dangerous place, teeming with rats, and plagued by the Spanish Flu. As he steels