Being a Zelda-like in 2020 means that you’re facing a ton of comparisons to other games right out the gate. The actual Zelda games, pseudo-Zelda games like Anodyne and 3D Dot Game Heroes, and departures that still retain a lot of Zelda DNA like Hyper Light Drifter. Do I think Lenna’s Inception stands up to … Continue reading
Author Archives: Zach Davis
Baba is Not You in Tip of the Icebug’s Silly Sokoban
This was the first video game I finished in 2020 because it was only ten minutes long! More people make ten minute games please. If you played Baba is You, this is like that but without the programming languages rearing their indecipherable heads. Developer Jon Topielski sticks you in a big Sokoban grid and has … Continue reading
2019 Reflections and 2020 GOTY Predictions
Another year, another list where I predict Super Meat Boy Forever will be in my top ten and it doesn’t even come out. We’ll see this time I guess. January of last year was when I called 2019 “staaaaacked” with good games. Turns out it was! Maybe a year without one real crowd-pleaser like a … Continue reading
HippoChippies’ Game of the Year 2019
And now it’s time for the preamble. I haven’t gone back to read any of the old GOTY posts, but I’m sure they all start with something similar: 2019 was a long year. Between life and school and whatever else, I will not remember 2019 with much fondness. I managed to write the least amount … Continue reading
Here’s Every Game I Played In 2019
Alright, so maybe there’s significantly less stuff here than usual. Maybe it’s because 2019 was a, uh, challenging year. And maybe we’re gonna have to make 2020 better ourselves. Expect more coverage than you’ve ever seen on the site in 2020. Things are coming! Hooray! And expect the Game of the Year 2019 post to … Continue reading
Guest Post: Amanda James’ (@drawswithpaws) Games of the Decade
Amanda is a local artist and friend, and was kind enough to write up her ten favorite games of the decade! Check her work out on https://www.instagram.com/NauticalFoxC/ and then commission some of your own here: https://www.facebook.com/NauticalFoxCreations/. Continue reading