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Dropping Into Work is a dystopian workplace deathtrap
Most office jobs suck, but at least you don't have to go through regular reassessment with fear of firing. Dropping Into Work revolves around a job where you literally might not make it through the day. As a self-titled "Factually Accurate…
Bird Cop is about finding out which early bird got the worm
In a world where animals have formed an advanced, modern society, there's a big problem when the early bird gets the worm. In Bird Cop you've got to solve the murder of Mr Willy Wormington and find out which hungry bird committed the crime.…
In Chicory: A Colorful Tale you get to paint the town red
There exists a world where a single artist wields the power to define what everything looks like through the use of a giant paintbrush. But, what happens when they go away, taking the color with them? Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a brilliant…
Fight efficiently in Monster Sanctuary to expand your team
When it comes to exploring new lands and taking on monsters I quite like battling and collecting them. Monster Sanctuary allows you to not just hatch creatures from eggs but also to level them up and use them to fight other creatures around…
Inkulinati is a turn-based combat inspired by medieval manuscripts
In Inkulinati by Yaza Games, draw your way to victory on medieval manuscripts — now available to back on Kickstarter!
8 of the Best Games from the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality
Itch.io has set up a really amazing bundle of games featuring loads of developers, all for an amazingly good cause. The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is a pay what you want bundle of over 1,000 games. All of the proceeds from this…
Teenage Blob is a unique, colorful, nostalgic game
A fusion of creativity, punk games and indie rock, Teenage Blob is a strangely nostalgic yet totally unique game, where you take the place of a teenager who also happens to be a blob. You start the game by gaining a bit of story, through…
Foldit Wants You to Save the World from COVID-19
In 2008, the University of Washington offered gamers Foldit, a puzzle simulation that challenged players to bend a 3D model into a specific shape. Points were awarded based on factors including how compact the design was or whether or not…
Legend of Keepers — Admin with added death
Normally rogue-lite games become very boring, very quickly for me. I often find that I’ve seen most of the game in the first hour of playing, and so have little drive to keep playing the same areas, or enemies over and over again. Whilst…
Gears: The Deck-builder is a cute but cunning deckbuilder now on Kickstarter
Gears: The Deck-builder is available to back on Kickstarter now and at the time of writing, has just a couple of days left to run. It has already hit the funded mark and so will be fulfilled, so if it takes your fancy, now's the time.…
MasterChef: Dream Plate is like an Instagram game for food
I’ve been known to take quite a few food pictures and post them on Instagram in my time, and that’s sort of what MasterChef: Dream Plate reminds me of. It’s a pretty simple concept: instead of cooking up the food you’ll be purchasing it and…
Blasting into Mars Horizon (beta)
Getting into space is hard. Very hard. Getting to space requires planning, research and a big rocket. Mars Horizon puts you at the head of a fresh, up and coming space agency, hell-bent on becoming the greatest space agency the earth and…
The Best JackBox Party Pack Games
During this time of not being able to visit our friends, Dann and I have been playing quite a bit of JackBox — a party game that turns your phone into a controller and allows you to play with your friends locally or over the internet. Only…
Vitreous is a free arcade shmup about blasting alien eyeballs
The space shooter is the humblest version of the arcade genre, but that purity is definitely something that shouldn't be passed over due to a perceived simplicity. Vitreous is pure arcade, with a nice little speed mechanic tied into it to…
Cities: Skylines — Sunset Harbor DLC — More variety is always welcome
The latest expansion for Paradox’s Cities: Skylines city builder brings new mass transit options, huge transport interchanges and an entirely new fishing industry to the game, amongst other things.
Interview: Ryan Brown of Super Rare Games
We sat down with Ryan Brown, the new head of PR and Communications at Super Rare Games, who has recently moved to the company from Numskull Design. I got the chance to talk to Ryan Brown about his change in jobs and what exactly Super Rare…
Cartridge Defense — A collectible cart game?
Cartridge Defense could keep it as simple as having a cartridge for a machine gun and another for a flamethrower, but the different cartridges have a variety of benefits. Some allow you to place multiple towers, or towers of different types…
B3’s Guide to Child Friendly Gaming during CoViD-19 Lockdown
For those looking to not only give the kids something safe to do but also help create some scenarios in which parents are comfortable enough to relax for five minutes, this article outlines the games and platforms which are most likely to…
Ring of Fire — An Investigative Look
Welcome to New London, a solarpunk Utopia of the 2060s. Take on the mantle of Detective Grosvenor — a jaded, middle-aged detective — and track down a radicalised serial killer in a dark underworld. An accessible, interesting detective game,…
MaoMao Castle — 9 Tries, 9 Lives
With MaoMao Castle's new beginnings on the horizon, we follow up on Dann's piece to see what the Cat-Dragon and her creators are up to.