It’s back! I’ve been looking forward to hopping back on this wagon for a while. First things first: I haven’t played the final episode of Kentucky Route Zero yet. I’ve been playing the game on and off with chapter releases since 2013, but I’m due for a full replay before hopping into the ending. I’m … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
I have a very vague recollection of playing the Spyro games back on PS1 in the late 90s. I remember, uhh… some wizard looking guy running around taunting me with an egg, a purple dragon, and well, that’s about it. I didn’t realize how much of a blind spot it was for me until I … Continue reading
