Game Reviews

The Yakuza series for me has always been one that quietly existed in the background. They kept making more games for the base of players that understood it, and everyone else just glanced over it. If playing Yakuza Kiwami 2 has taught me anything, it’s that I completely understand

This is a story about a café, a boy, a girl, and their baby dragon. It’s not the best story ever told, the mechanics aren’t revolutionary, and the characters aren’t especially deep, and yet, I can’t shake the thought that there really is something magical about

Russian Subway Dogs is a bizarre game. Based on the real-world phenomenon of stray dogs mucking around in Russian subways, Spooky Squid Games’ newest release puts you in those dogs’ shoes, or should I say paws, with the goal of eating as much food as possible. Never before have I

With the original Guacamelee, developer Drinkbox Studios put a unique spin on a well-established genre by adding wrestling moves to the Metroidvania formula and setting it in Mexico, or at least a fantastical version of it. Guacamelee 2 doesn’t do much to shake up the original’s formula, instead

A common thread within the current indie scene is the bid for nostalgia. From Shovel Knight to Axiom Verge, many developers attempt to tap into the feeling that retro games evoke within older gamers. However, few go as far as Tanglewood. Created using actual Sega Genesis development tools, it doesn’

Tetris, known for its block-falling, line-clearing antics, has never been associated with anything outside of its strictly puzzle focused gameplay. Now, imagine the various shaped blocks used in Tetris in the context of a puzzle platformer. That mixture is known as Tetra’s Escape. Tetra’s Escape is a relatively

In looking at the past six years of Telltale Games, there hasn’t been anything as moving as its initial season of The Walking Dead. Its emotional plot mixed with some sadistically difficult choices and light point-and-click mechanics were all the rage back in 2012, and the whole experience affected

While there are plenty of management sims that let you chill out while running a farm or a shop, Graveyard Keeper offers a new, considerably darker, take on the genre. In Graveyard Keeper, you’re tasked with — you guessed it — tending to the bodies of the recently deceased. Despite its