Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation projects an authoritative and unrepentant sense of despair consistent with Ridley Scott's 1979 classic. As powerful and affecting as its influence may be, it's applied with enough force to drive Isolation off its rails. It never crashes, but after an aggressively defiant start, it teeters and wobbles its way toward an unassertive and obedient conclusion.
Bayonetta 2
Bayonetta 2 expresses a meticulous devotion to excessive elaborateness of style and action.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax demonstrates an exemplary allegiance to a genre-spanning assembly of enthusiasts.
Flap Jaw Space: Episode 81
Welcome, probably. Rather than separate our witless digression from our industry leading talk about videogames, please enjoy this mixed-together text dump detailing Episode 81’s marvelous content: The merits of seersucker pants, the idea of buying children, Chris’ love of the Miiverse (and related indoctrination by Mario Kart 8), the weird arcade bar Chris visited in Chicago, Supe...[Read More]
Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King
Deception's always been an implicit facet of Dark Souls' architecture. With Crown of the Ivory King, it steps out of the shadows and transitions to a palpable theme.
Neverending Nightmares
Neverending Nightmares bears the uncomfortable responsibility of keeping players lost in the dream.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an impassioned monument to its prestigious foundations.
Murasaki Baby
Conspicuous in visual style, literal in primary objective, and contentious in an exclusive platform, Murasaki Baby commands attention across myriad of dimensions.
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Formerly an Xbox One exclusive, Dead Rising 3 has made its way to Windows platforms.
Dark Souls II: Crown of the Old Iron King
Crown of the Old Iron King is a showcase of Dark Souls II's aggressive enemy encounter design.
Flap Jaw Space: Episode 79-80
To be perfectly honest I have no idea what happened to Episode 78. We recorded it, it’s right here, but the blog post I made for it two months ago either vanished or never existed. Further complicating matters, we decided to record two different episodes three weeks apart and then stitch them together into a single episode. Episodes 79 & 80 are now Episode 7980. In Episode 79 we discusse...[Read More]
Eidolon
Ice Water Games’ debut is a serene dive into overt exploration and evasive, challenging definition.