35mm Review: A Journey To Nowhere
35mm misses the mark when it comes to a survival-adventure experience. The grayscale Russian countryside conveys the lonely brutality well, but it’s not enough to balance clunky mechanics and all-too-similar environments.
Among Controversy
Buried in unwarranted controversy and outrage lies a beautifully serene experience from FJRD Interactive centered around unplugging from our everyday lives.
Coromon Review: Creature Feature
Coromon is a wonderfully fun monster-taming RPG that draws inspiration from the classic Pokemon series while carving its own path.
A Memoir Blue Review: Just Keep Swimming
A Memoir Blue blends contrasting visuals in dazzling fashion while supporting an emotionally impactful narrative with purpose. While the gameplay fails to deliver on that same notion, Cloisters Interactive’s debut is an aesthetically creative showstopper.
Game Jams: Shroom and Gloom
Developed in just 16 days, Shroom and Gloom takes you on a mysterious, fungal-filled journey through the squishy depths of some unknown but assuredly damp location.
Aztech Forgotten Gods Review: Flawed Tech
Despite a strong score and fantastic mythological inspirations, Aztec Forgotten Gods is a flawed game with uninteresting combat and flat story.
Never Alone Review: A Frigid Trek
Never Alone tells an impactful tale of native culture, delivering an experience that is both unique and influential. Though a lack of stark puzzles and technical bugs does hinder the experience as a game, the alluring narrative is well worth the price of admission alone.
Infernax Review: Hell Cometh
Infernax is a love letter to the action-adventure games of old while simultaneously excelling in the modern definition of the genre. Delivering a balanced experience, Berzerk Studio sticks the landing within the sweet spot between challenge and downright fun.
Grapple Dog Review: Advanced Hooks
Grapple Dog is an accessible, fun, and charming collectathon platformer with a great sense of challenge - but it’s missing a core driving force with missteps in narrative. As a love letter reminiscent of the beloved Game Boy Advanced library, Grapple Dog is worth sinking your hooks into.
Letters - A Written Adventure Review: Pen Pal
5AM Games delivers a fun, concise game where the written words are the puzzles themselves. Explore the wonder of a burgeoning pen pal friendship in the ‘90s in the ever so charming Letters.
Sifu Review: Bite The Hand That Feeds
Between the astonishing aesthetic paired with remarkable sound direction, Sifu is a presentational marvel. But unfortunately, punishing gameplay and overly-complex systems make for an inaccessible and overwhelmingly difficult experience.
Blek is Just Blek, and That’s Great
Blek is a simple game that rewards creativity, visualization, and out-of-the-box efforts. Blek isn’t trying to be the next AAA franchise. Instead, it’s just trying to be Blek.
Summertime Madness Review: An Exhaustive Summer Day
Summertime Madness is an earnest attempt at making an emotionally appealing puzzle game, but ultimately misses the mark. Beautiful visuals paired with a melodic score unfortunately couldn't elevate the overly bloated puzzles and sterile storytelling.
The Pedestrian Review: Crosswalk The Line
The Pedestrian is a beautiful, well thought out puzzler that nails that mark between a relaxing and challenging experience. Skookum Arts has crafted an experience worth the time of those looking for a beautiful new brain teaser.
Pupperazzi Review: Dogs
Sundae Month successfully grasps what a simple game made to boost one’s serotonin with lovable dogs should look like. If there was ever a game that achieved its vision to the nth degree, it’s Pupperazzi.
Nobody Saves The World Review: Triumphant Transformations
Nobody Saves The World delivers an enthralling experience within a fantastical world of imaginative characters. This is not only Drinkbox Studios’ most ambitious game to date, but is easily the best in their catalog of celebrated titles.
Echo Generation is a Fantastic Kick Off to the New Year
Echo Generation’s active turn-based combat system and beautiful visuals make for a fun experience; one that was overlooked in 2021 and worth circling back to in the new year.
22 Heavily Anticipated Indies of 2022
It’s nearly impossible to compile a short list of the years most anticipated indie titles. But in what may seem to be the strongest year for the indie scene in recent memory, we did our best.
The Pidgies: Celebrating Indies In 2021
Another year under the shadow of the pandemic, we close out this chapter by celebrating the games that kept us hopeful, inspired, grounded, and blissful throughout 2021.
Finding Solace In What Comes After
In times of emptiness and invalidity, What Comes After is a simply presented resource I wish I had access to in my darkest days - but one I’m eternally grateful to experience in the present.