It’s hard to believe the indie game Super Meat Boy has been out for over a decade now. With its emphasis on fast-paced platforming and challenging but fair difficulty, it’s a classic the world over and has been ported to a multitude of consoles and handhelds. There comes
I’ve anxiously been awaiting the Sims 4 Paranormal Stuff Pack since the moment I heard about it. I first became hopeful that this was coming after a survey from EA asking about what we, the consumers, would like to see next. Spooky type stuff was on the list, but
There’s nothing like dropping into a party, sneaking around, killing a guard to take his uniform, and dropping a light fixture on top of a guy all the while getting out unnoticed. While many games have attempted the ultimate stealth operation, like Splinter Cell or Metal Gear Solid, I
With Hades and Dead Cells tearing up the indie sales charts, roguelikes have been in vogue for quite a while. There are some wonderful entries to this expansive genre, and while it’s starting to get a bit bloated, there are still a variety of titles that scratch that RNG
It’s been 10 years since Scott Pilgrim bumbled his way into getting a life, and since then Brian Lee O’Malley’s beloved comic series was adapted into a film directed by Edgar Wright and a beat-em up video game developed by Ubisoft,. While you can still read the
It really is a shame the Metal Gear franchise is essentially dead at this point. Konami clearly doesn’t know what makes these games fun or interesting and series creative lead Hideo Kojima has gone on to greener pastures at Sony where he has much more freedom. While I’d
Tetris Effect: Connected continues the modern spin on the classic franchise. There’s still complicated concepts like T-spins, hard drops, and flipping Tetriminos forever just as it’s about to land, but the modernization hasn’t removed the simple core elements of Tetris’s design: easy on the eyes and
Square Enix has used the Final Fantasy brand to test the waters with initially unrelated games outside of Japan. While the Mana series originates more directly from FF (subtitled Final Fantasy Gaiden in Japan), SaGa took a bit longer to ditch the moniker. The first three games all made their
