Game Reviews

The Shadow Warrior franchise has been around for quite some time, with its first entry, Shadow Warrior, releasing all the way back in 1997. Since then, the series has seen multiple publishers, expansions, and a recent 2013 reboot. Given the series’ quarter-of-a-century-long existence, you would think the Shadow Warrior formula

I’ve heard a lot of bluster from developers about how choices in their game matter. A lot of the time, players are given two choices, both of which lead to the same ending. It’s the illusion of choice, where your mistakes were inevitable because your path was predetermined.

There’s a philosophical concept called the Ship of Theseus that I enjoy thinking about. Essentially, it asks that, if you have a ship and replace every single part of it over time due to wear and tear, is it still the same ship? If you save all the old

I’ve been a fan of the detective genre of storytelling for a while. From the cheesy to the dramatic, detective stories have a charm that other genres don’t always have in them. The Last Case of Benedict Fox is a detective, puzzle based platformer with twists and turns

By the looks of the recent PlayStation 5 native re-releases of previous Ys games, NIS America definitely has something up their sleeves. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana received that treatment back in November 2022 and now Ys IX: Monstrum Nox is receiving it in May 2023. I’m a big

One thing I’ve learned from playing so many roguelikes and roguelites is that you need a killer core gameplay loop in order to keep players satisfied with their experience. Horizontal or vertical progression just won’t cut it. The enemies need to be interesting to fight, they need to

Stranded: Alien Dawn is the latest game from the team that brought you games like Tropico 3, 4, and 5, Surviving Mars, Victor Vran, Jagged Alliance 3, and more – Haemimont Games, with Frontier publishing as part of their Frontier Foundry program.  An amalgamation of many tried and true formulas seen

Alice in Wonderland is an everlasting story that has inspired every artistic medium. Film, television, illustration, and even video games have put their spin on Lewis Carroll’s work. When Cococucumber revealed Ravenlok, I wanted to see what new twists and flavors they could add to a legendary story. Will