Game Reviews

Jackbox Party Pack has become a fantastic, you guessed it, party game. With three entries and a fourth on the way, it was only a matter of time before the series made its way to the Switch. Jackbox Party Pack 3 was released a few months ago with success, so

People talk about the difficulty of integrating comedy into video games ad nauseum, but few mention the fact that comedy ages in video games in ways that it doesn’t in other mediums. The comedy in the Saints Row series has long been impressive, typically self-deprecating, referential, and off the

I expect Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will be included in the ongoing games industry discussion — what qualifies as a “game” and what should we label an “interactive experience?” Hellblade’s struggle is that it never commits to either. And while this impasse in some ways diminishes the game’s impact,

My aesthetic is cute platformers that will punish you at the drop of the hat. While I’m by no means a speedrunner, I can see the appeal of perfecting your run in games like Super Meat Boy and Mega Man, and these games are full of tight controls and

There is a lot to unpack with the entirety of this newest Madden release, Madden 18, and overall I’m happy to say that mostly positive things are to be said about the game for once. However, there is one new and distinct game mode that bears special attention. A

It’d be easy to dismiss LawBreakers’ slogan “Gravity Defying Combat” as sensationalized PR jargon. It is that, sure, but the phrase truly captures the essence of developer Boss Key’s debut game, a multiplayer-only, team-based shooter that takes traditional online multiplayer gameplay and tricks it out with low-gravity and

We said our heartfelt goodbyes to Nathan Drake and his family in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, spelling what we thought was the end for Naughty Dog’s amazing series, but as luck would have it, there are still stories to tell. Originally planned as optional downloadable content for

Bloober Team, the crew behind the excellent horror game, Layers of Fear (our review), are back with a new psychological thriller. Set in the year 2084, >observer_ (hereafter just referred to as observer for my own sanity) tells the story of Daniel Lazarski, a heavily-augmented neural-detective capable of not