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Inscryption Review (PC)

Inscryption Review: A Spooky Roguelike-Deckbuilder-Escape-Room Game Just in Time for Halloween What is it about roguelike deckbuilders that just sink their claws into me again and again? Before I dipped my toes into Slay the Spire, it was a genre I didn’t even know existed, and it’s now become…

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan Review (Switch)

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan Review: A Feel-Good Game that Passes with Flying Colors The older I get, the more wholesome games appeal to me. There’s something just… comforting and warm about them. Like if a blanket were a video game. They’re just cozy. That, and it’s…

The Last Friend Review (PC)

The Last Friend Review: A Pawsitively Perfect Tale What do you get when you mix Plants vs. Zombies and Streets of Rage, and throw in a heaping helping of hound dogs? You get the oh-so-glorious The Last Friend, the brainchild of David Brevik (of Diablo fame). Combining tower…

Residual Review (Switch)

Residual Review: A Unique Mashup of Survival, Platformer, and Puzzler I don’t think I’ve played a survival game since… Lost in Blue? Maybe? It’s definitely been a hot minute. And then along came Residual from Orangepixel, blending platformer, survival, and even some light puzzling. I can’t say that I’ve…

Rogue-like Deckbuilder Inscryption Thrills and Chills

Inscryption Preview: Wait, a Deckbuilder AND an Escape Room Game? Deckbuilders. They’re my weakness. I can’t get enough of them. You can thank Slay the Spire for my ever-growing addiction to this genre. So the opportunity to give the demo of Devolver Digital and Daniel Mullins Games’ Inscryption…

SkateBIRD Review (Switch)

SkateBIRD Review: This One’s For the Birds My experience with skating games is… limited, to say the least. In fact, I don’t think that I’ve played a skater since the days of Tony Hawk on the N64. And, to be embarrassingly honest, I was absolutely, definitively not good,…