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A Tiny Sticker Tale – an adorable adventure
Honestly, I am not sure if sticker books are still a thing. As a child, I had sticker books that were themed, tons of them, with my own collection of stickers. My children do not collect stickers, however, and instead use them in crafting.…
CoraQuest and the Keep on Questing expansion will bring your family together
In the reviews business, context is everything. Because everything written or spoken is subjective, it’s important to understand where the reviewer is coming from and what makes them tick — otherwise you can never be sure that what you’re…
Children of the Sun is ‘connect the dots’ with a sniper rifle
"That's not how bullets work" is probably the last thing, beside the bullet, passing through the head of most of the enemies in Children of the Sun, a game where you can redirect your single bullet after it tastes destruction. Children of…
Godsforge Twilight of the Great Houses and Godsforge Return of the Dragon Lords Expansions
In Godsforge you play an elite spellweaver battling for control of said Godsforge, the last source of magical energy in a crumbling world. This is accomplished by summoning creations and casting spells to pummel your rivals into submission.…
Boiling Point remains a divergence point for open-world first person shooters
Long before the Far Cry series started messing around with RPG systems, Boiling Point was an open-world, first-person shooter that played with RPG and faction-based gameplay. It's back now, with a new lease of life from Ziggurat…
A Squirrel Must Have Buried It is a charming combination game
A Squirrel Must Have Buried It is a charming combination game where you have to combine various nature-themed objects that could have been possibly buried for future use - who knows. In A Squirrel Must Have Buried It, you start off with…
Bore Blasters – Dwarves in Copters!
Dwarves in gyrocopters. There’s just something about it, right? I don’t know how many games that can offer you both of these, but what I can tell you is that Bore Blasters has lots of them. Up until recently, I had no idea that I wanted a…
Nacho Stack – Food-Themed Dexterity Game
Who doesn’t like a big plate of nachos? Nacho Stack is a game that happens in two parts; the first part is creating the nacho stack and the second part is about 'eating' the nachos themselves. The entire game is made up of triangle chips,…
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor – Dig Deeper, Shoot Faster
Bugs, Guns and Ore - If you like one of those things, you're gonna have a good time with Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor. Get busy mining, or get busy dying! Dig deeper, shoot faster. If I had to describe Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor in one…
Gunhead Sees you Trying to Scrap Suspiciously Active Derelict Ships
The gun-blazing action in Gunhead is exciting, but is it as gripping as we'd hoped?
For Glory (with the Champions Expansion) offers head-to-head and solo deckbuilding in ancient Rome
Maybe I am biased here, but I often find myself thinking that confrontational card games like For Glory: Premium Edition are at their best when the experience is focused on just two players. In this head-to-head game about life and death…
Puffin Rush is a four-player, quick dash through hidden lands
Ah, puffins. There was a period of time, when I was young, when puffins were the loveable goofballs of the animal kingdom, before they were turfed out by meerkats, axolotls and whatever is currently in. Puffins are back, though, with Puffin…
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector – Tau Empire DLC
In terms of units, there’s a solid array of choices, but as with the other DLC packs, there are some notable exceptions. You have your mainstay Fire Warriors and Crisis Suits as you’d expect, plus the sneaky Ghostkeel and Stealth Suits with…
Astro Chef challenges you to repair the family legacy by serving weird food to weirdos
Smash, blend, hammer, cut and blast your way to a five-star restaurant in Astro Chef. We're at a point now where there's a couple of dozen games launching on VR every week. While a lot of those might be smaller experiences, and a lot seem…
Aqua: Biodiversity in the Oceans is a point scoring paradise
If there is one thing I love about tile-placement games, it’s how a simple premise can lead to some very interesting gameplay. Even better when such a game can be accessible to some audiences, but deeply strategic and challenging for…
Under Cover is possibly the best arcade shooter-inspired option for VR right now
Under Cover is another great gateway game for VR, however it's a couple of rounds short of a full clip. It was during the PS3 era when, suddenly, arcade shooters stopped getting console versions. It turns out that there was a whole bunch of…
Farplace is an animal rescue and rehoming race
Race to the finish in Farplace, a board game all about animal rescue and rehoming. The Game of Goose, Snakes and Ladders, Pachisi; some of the most popular games out there are Race Games, and it's their simple objective that helped them…
Nour: Play with your Food is a trippy, relaxing food game
Nour: Play with your Food is a game that I've had my eye on for quite some time — regularly seeing the beautiful and vibrant foods show up on Twitter as its worked its way through development. Now it’s out, so I dived in to see what I could…
Transformers: Earthspark – Expedition
Combinations of light and heavy attacks unleash different combos that can hit multiple enemies or drive foes away from you, but really you can get through the game without doing anything fancy. On hard mode you actually do need to be a bit…
Leaf is a game of simple actions and complicated choices
In Leaf, a forest-themed and environmentally friendly game from Tim Eisner and Weird City Games, the players will use cards to place leaves and build an expansive tapestry that represents a forest floor during fall (or Autumn, as we call in…