Game Reviews

In Beholder: Blissful Sleep, you play as Hector Medina, the former building manager of the apartment block in the main game. This seems to be a prequel, giving you a glimpse into the lives of some of the characters residing there before Carl Stein and his family moved in. While

There are few games these days that allow for a group of friends to sit together in a room and just have some good ol’ fashioned fun: enter Black & White Bushido. Playing this stealth-em-up arena brawler with a group of friends is an absolute blast. Getting to see the

When a side-scrolling “Metroidvania” game is at its best, it’s addictive, challenging, and full of unique experiences. As a fan of the genre, I look back fondly at classics like Super Metroid, and some of the fantastic modern titles like Ori and the Blind Forest. When this genre is

It’s a testament to how much the Tekken franchise has evolved; ever since the good ol’ PS1 days, the 3D fighter has undergone some pretty distinct graphical and gameplay changes, and the seventh main installment shows this quite spectacularly. While there are some hiccups here and there, Tekken 7

Let’s get one thing straight: The first real rhythm violence game was Space Channel 5 because you had to shoot aliens to rescue civilians to the beat of music. In all seriousness, however, Drool’s Thumper is probably the subgenre’s codifier, with an innate sense of speed and

From the first moment I started playing RiME, I felt completely pulled into its world. The cell-shaded environments and swelling orchestral soundtrack filled me with a sense of wonder and adventure that stuck with me throughout my playthrough. With RiME, Tequila Works has put its world and narrative at the

It’s hard to imagine that Star Trek: The Original Series had just 79 episodes when you think of just how much Roddenberry’s creation inspired entire generations. Innumerable inventions were posited over 50 years ago that are in common use today, including personal communicators, universal translators, handheld computers, and

When I see a term like “visual novel” I expect the visuals to capture the ongoing storytelling, allowing me to just sit back, take it in, and feel the entirety of a story as I play through the game. Tell me that this will be accompanied by a sweeping score