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Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland is the prefect blend
The Atelier franchise shows no sign of slowing down. Not long after the release of Nelke & The Legendary Alchemists, developer GUST and publisher Koei Tecmo Games released Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland. It's the long-awaited fourth…
Kraftwagen V6 Edition – The racing line
In Kraftwagen, each player is a car company mogul during the halcyon days of the early 20th century. The players will obtain victory points by building desirable car bodies, adding powerful engines and investing in race day technology.…
Jam Favorites: 7 Day Broughlike
There are a ton of game jams happening online at any point during the year. Many of these jams follow a theme and a timeframe, giving developers the challenge of creating a game within a specific jam’s restrictions. I am able to record…
Creatures and Cupcakes — A world of mythical creatures & cakes
Many creatures go on a journey in the hope of making to a magical land. One that might be a castle made of cakes and full of wondrous items. Creatures and Cupcakes is a very simple tabletop game that takes the idea of moving magical…
Walking a fuzzy grey line in Dry Drowning
Dive into a dystopian future with Dry Drowning, where politics and personal grudges conspire to get in the way of your job as a private detective.
The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire — Nuclear family
With a theme as potentially dry as the production of power, it takes a design team with flair and imagination to create a compelling board game from it. Games like Power Grid have achieved this to some extent in the past, but I was curious…
Blazing Chrome — HardCorp
A love letter to the classic 16 bit run & gun, Blazing Chrome brings the arcade home.
Etherborn — Surface Tension
Etherborn is a tricky, platforming puzzle game that bends gravity to its every whim and asks players to discover their purpose in a world devoid of logic.
Pacer — Challenging, high speed racing
Racing around gorgeous tracks, customizing your vehicle, and finding the perfect car for you. Pacer is a wonderful racing game that puts you up to the challenge. In Pacer, you’ll find yourself very quickly racing around a not-so-sleek…
Noir Chronicles: City of Crime — Crooked cops
Barbara has been murdered and the world is full of puzzles. Important objects are, unexplainably hidden in plain sight Noir Chronicles: City of Crime is another cheesy, point and click adventure game loaded with hidden object puzzles, this…
Hunt: Showdown — Monster Mash
Even though it is currently still in the Microsoft Game Preview program, we’ve been playing Crytek’s Hunt: Showdown intensely for the last few days and let me tell you, it might be the most promising online shooter of the past three or four…
Evade or trick your foes in Bandits
Veteran Pico-8 developer, BGelais, has released another game for the fantasy platform. This time it's Bandits, a game he has derived the idea of from an old, Canadian TV-game from a few decades back. Bandits is extremely simple in design: A…
On Man of Medan’s Multiplayer Narrative
In most multiplayer games you are able to see and communicate with the other player — or at the very least have a clear idea of who they are. In Man of Medan, this isn’t exactly the case. Not only are you unable to communicate with the…
Battletech — Heavy metal
When it comes to reviewing board games, there are numerous considerations to bear in mind. Who will this game appeal to? How well does it represent the genre that it resides in and, perhaps most importantly, what does it do to…
Gretchinz — What’s green and usually on fire?
Whilst you may not have heard of them, gretchins are an ever present (albeit very much sidelined) feature of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000. These expendable creatures are maniacal and cunning, yet they love nothing more than getting…
Queen’s Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past — Deploy the detective cube
Another weekend, another point and click, hidden object game with a cheesy story to sit down and play. This time it's Queen’s Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past. We take on the role of a shapeshifting, alchemist detective, trying to get to…
Fantasy Strike — Learn how to fight all over again
In Fantasy Strike, the debut game from Sirlin's own label, a new bar has been set for accessible, deep and enjoyable fighting games.
Sonic The Hedgehog Crash Course — A blue blur board game
They key to winning is staying ahead of your opponents, which means trying to keep them behind. Movement is important, but using power-ups is the real way to victory.
Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends — I’m a botanist now
That’s right, I’m playing another cheesy point and click hidden object game; Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends which is full of magical creatures and flowers!
Take the law into your own hands with a duel at dusk in Hit Me Cowboy
When it comes to the Western movie formula the first thought which crosses most people's mind is a pistol duel between the hero and their adversary. Hit Me Cowboy takes this iconic moment and turns it into a rhythmic minigame. The sheriff…