I’m going to be keeping an eye on anything Torchlight Games does in the future, because False Hero is a brilliant game. It’s easily in my top games of the year list, and made me feel that sense of wonder that Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls did all those years ago.

Screenshot: Train Sim World 7 Dovetail Games has released its latest Train Sim World, already onto the seventh iteration in the long running train sim series. If you’re not familiar with it (and how could you not be, at this point?) Train Sim World is basically a train playground. You are the conductor, and you can play with all sorts of trains–from steam locomotives to modern diesel giants. If you’d rather drive around an electric commuter train getting passengers to their s

Therefore, the IGS Classic Arcade collection is a rare opportunity to play these Taiwanese arcade games that you might not have ever heard of. Which makes sense, because a lot of these games were released around the time when games–and arcades especially–were transitioning to 3D graphics.

I’m not going to keep you in suspense here, not that you necessarily were in suspense if you have any familiarity at all with John Neumeier or the Joffrey Ballet as a whole. From top to toe, they’re masters of their craft and Liliom is absolutely a reflection of that. It’s a masterpiece. It transcends. It’s stunningly, breathtakingly beautiful and absolutely heartbreakingly tragic.

This exact type of browser-based, room-code casualness makes Jackbox Party Pack games so accessible and alluring for casual audiences—and Trivia Murder Party 3 continues that. Just now in a standalone format. But there are some extras that make this not only a standout title for Jackbox Studios, but also make playing with strangers even easier.

Screenshot: Cosmic Fear While I’ve played a few great games that could be classified as “walking simulators,” the vast majority of these types of games aren’t great. Sometimes it's the indulgence in the surreal, or the lack of meaningful progression or meaningful impetus to see what’s behind the next door, et that kills it. Cosmic Fear isn’t the best of the genre, but it’s a rare example of a game that sits in the middle ground. It doesn’t fall victim to the worst of the over

Because Brazilian Drug Dealer 4 just reskins a lot of weapons and enemies to function like their Quake counterparts, I felt right at home running around and blasting… okay, whatever the hell it is I’m blasting. Honestly, I have only a vague clue as to what’s happening here. While I think being Brazilian might help a bit with the context, even then the entire thing feels like an inside joke I’m not a part of.

Ultimately, Monowave feels like one of those indie games I would cover years ago in an attempt to prove that video games were art, showcasing titles that highlight the visuals while ignoring the fact that they are barely games at all. For the record: all video games are art. I don’t need to validate that anymore. But not all art is good, and as a game, Monowave is not good. (I’m so sorry.)

Sometimes it feels like you can’t open Steam without seeing a new roguelike deckbuilder for sale. Don’t get me wrong: I love the genre, but it gets a bit stale after a while. That’s why a game like Shroom and Gloom feels so fresh.

There are generations upon generations of Trek fans. The point is, there's a lot of us, in every demographic, every class, every single place in every nation. And we've got money to spend if you've got the wares. Well, someone told Le Creuset, and I'm fearful my wallet will never recover.

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The most chilling thing for me watching Death of The Pastor’s Wife isn’t that it happened, it’s that it didn’t surprise me one bit.

The one thing from the playthrough that really stood out was that voice made a lot of difference. At one point when the kids were being swamped by monsters, someone yelled “it’s because they can hear you!” “I’m sorry, I’m just scared!” was the reply “Be scared quietly!” That should be the game’s tagline.

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Screenshot: Marsupilami 2: Salsa Palombia Before I played this game, I had no idea what a marsupilami was. I thought it was a novel character created by developer Ocellus Studio for their Donkey Kong Country-like Marsupilami: Hoobadventure, and that Marsupilami 2: Salsa Palombia was just its follow-up. It turns out, in fact, this is a character that has been long established. Which, honestly, is a bit how my Moomin knowledge was before I played Winter’s Warmth. I guess if it’

Look at that guy. This little Onion just wants to do one thing, and that’s boil cabbage and make soup. (Is that two things? Or is it one process? This idle game is a cute (if somewhat spastic) desktop companion Onion that does nothing but make soup, spasmodically dance, and feed hungry travellers.

Screenshot: Twisted Tower I’ve been playing first person shooters for a long time. I was right there at the birth of the genre, playing some of the very first FPS games on the very first hardware. I’ve played lots of great FPS games, and even more terrible ones. Twisted Tower sits on the lower end of the spectrum, despite having a ton of initial promise. Twisted Tower is a first person shooter that is based around a 1950s (ish) theme park (er) themed tower. It obviously takes

Screenshot: Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is approaching 1.0, and I got a chance to play the final build ahead of release. And while I didn’t really enjoy the first Moonlighter, I got weirdly addicted to Moonlighter 2. Anyone who was a fan of the first will find little in this game beyond a continuation of the story and fleshing out of lore. A lot of reviews will (and have) go over the differences in the two games–from the art style, to th

Screenshot: PixArk I’ve never played PixArk before now, but I have played Ark. And while I know it has a cult following and established fanbase, I never saw the appeal. I wrote a review for Ark back when it hit 1.0 and the entire game felt waterlogged. Bloated and cumbersome, like something that is overcomplicated and literally slow because of how badly optimized it was. But I have to admit that premise is compelling, and I love me some open world sandbox games with breadcrum

Screenshot: Debate and Switch Recently, I had the chance to test out a couple of Jackbox party games from the upcoming Jackbox Party Pack 12, which is releasing in October this year. For this preview, I sat down (digitally) with some Jackbox crew and a few of my peers to play a match each of “Debate and Switch” and “Hyperface.” First off, I have to get this out of the way: “Debate and Switch” is itself, a bit of a bait and switch. See: “debate and switch” is an established TV