Heather Johnson, Author at Hey Poor Player

Oriental Empires Review (PC)

Sid Meier’s Civilization, But Made (Well) In China The very first video game I ever played was Sid Meier’s Civilization. I was two years old and definitely couldn’t read yet, but I enjoyed watching the animations of a burgeoning Earth and building my palace, seemingly at random. I certainly…

Graceful Explosion Machine Review (PS4)

A Game That Exists When we purchase a new game, it’s easy to want to expect a lot out of it. Something completely new, something that adds to the genre or even revolutionizes it completely; hell, maybe it even forges its own genre because it’s that good of a…

Citadel: Forged With Fire Preview

Yer A Dovahkiin Wizard, ‘Arry Have you ever looked at Skyrim and thought “man, the mage class is the absolute best possible way to go here. Screw stealth archer, I’m gonna fling fireballs at things until they die from it”? Have you also thought “gahh, but the only thing missing…

Immortal Planet Review (PC)

A Love Letter To Dark Souls (Definitely Snail Mail) What did we love about Dark Souls? Its difficulty, certainly – the title is a throwback to games from our childhood that mercilessly flayed us in the first few seconds of gameplay. Since video games were originally arcade-based and meant…

The Darkside Detective Review (PC)

The X-Files/Twin Peaks Pixelated Crossover We Didn’t Know We Needed Like all of us, I have a lot of games on my Steam wishlist, and I love getting notifications in my inbox that let me know when a game has gone on sale. Like a regular ol’ day, I…

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Review (PC)

I’m Currently Stalking Craig Cahn TBH Okay. So. When I heard about Dream Daddy, I thought it would just be like one of those crazy dating sims that are funny for a minute but you don’t actually need to play because they’re not super good – just worth a…