Game Dev Tycoon Review (PC/Mac/Linux Game)
So there I was, developing a new AAA title for my console The Best Games Console Ever, when disaster struck. My console was selling well against the GameStation and my games were critically acclaimed....
View Article9.03m Review (Game, PC)
Imagine Dear Esther with even less of a defined narrative. We’re talking about a beautiful game that’s all about exploring your environment and putting the story together for yourself. There’s a deeper...
View ArticleNot the Robots Review @ GIZORAMA
I’m happy to announce that I will be reviewing video games for GIZORAMA. It’s a great site with very thoughtful writers that you should be following. First up is my review of Not the Robots. Perhaps...
View ArticleIco and the Beauty of Ambiguity
Ico is an adventure game for the PS2 (and available for the PS3 in the amazing Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection) from Japan. You play as Ico, a young boy left to die in an elaborate temple...
View ArticleGame Mechanics as Storytelling: Cursed Mountain
When I wrote about Alan Wake last month, I spent a lot of time on mechanics as a function of storytelling. If the controls don’t match the story being told, they don’t really serve the video game...
View ArticleThomas Was Alone Review (Game, PC/Mac/PS3/Vita)
At this point, a lot of indie game developers try to make mind-bending puzzle games. Portal helped bring back the genre in a huge way with the taunting narrator and level manipulating mechanic. A lot...
View ArticleLittle Inferno Review (Game, PC/Mac/Linux/Wii U)
Little Inferno is an indie puzzle game with a bit of a dark edge. You are a child living in the future. The sun hasn’t been out in years and the world is getting progressively colder. Everything is...
View ArticlePlay It: Organ Trail
I know some people are burned out on zombies. Just this year, we’ve had Warm Bodies, that disastrous World War Z adaptation (the second film this year I could not bring myself to review after...
View ArticlePapers, Please (PC/Mac Game, Review)
Papers, Please is a thought provoking indie game that’s still a lot of fun to play. The message does not get in the way of the gameplay or the story. It just raises it to another level. You play as…
View ArticleThe Stanley Parable: The Horror and Absurdity of Free Will
In the indie adventure game The Stanley Parable, you are given a simple choice: follow what the narrator says, or go against him. The first real game-changing choice is a room with two doors. Go to the...
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