Papers, Please Review
I started playing Papers, Please around 7:00 on a Thursday night. Around 45 minutes into my session, I distinctly remember thinking to myself that I couldn't see how the game, while…
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages Review
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages is a top-down space shooter that came out several weeks ago and has largely flown under everyone's radar, at least according to the developer's…
Payday 2 Review: Casually Unsatisfactory
Payday 2 is the sequel, of course, to the original game of the series titled Payday. The goal/motive of the game is to enter jobs and missions, online or offline,…
Towerfall Review: “How.. Oh. @#$% ME!”
Towerfall is a local multiplayer archer game that pits players against each other using some clever and simplistic mechanics that make for an incredibly cohesive experience. I wrote an article previewing…
Expeditions: Conquistador Review
At its heart, Expeditions: Conquistador is an RPG about exploration. Yes, there is a story, with quests and a surprisingly solid turn-based combat system, but most of your time will…
Poker Night 2: The Other Side of Telltale
Telltale has made recent fame with their groundbreaking Walking Dead episodic game series. While this made waves last year, and another release in the series plans to do the…
Gunpoint Review
Gunpoint's opening might seem familiar to anyone with experience in noir detective stories: freelance spy Richard Conway is contacted by a mysterious woman with a problem that needs to be…
Indie at E3: Sony welcomes devs with open arms (Part 2)
In our previous article on indie games at E3, we covered four amazing titles that will be eschewing the trappings of Microsoft's millstone console for the glitz and dev-friendly…
Review: Skyward Collapse
Arcen Games, the creators of A Valley Without Wind and Shattered Haven have recently released a new god game titled Skyward Collapse. As the Creator you get to build up…
Review: Kentucky Route Zero (Act II)
There is something to be said for a second chapter in a mystifying production. The plot begins to thicken, questions become downright head-scratching, and it can tend to throw you…
Reus Review
Reus markets itself as a 2D god game. Indeed, at first glance that's exactly what it looks like, as the player controls four planet-shaping giants on a mission to help…
Anomaly 2 Review
The original Anomaly was a unique twist on the increasingly popular tower defense genre. Billing itself as a "tower offense" game, in Anomaly you had to guide the convoy of…