Fear the Spotlight Review (PS5)
When the spooky season arrives each year, I forget how much fun it is playing creepy, suspense-filled horror games that add to the ambiance of the season. The safe bets are usually Resident Evil titles or maybe even Phasmophobia. This year, there has been a large influx of creepy games hitting the digital shelves, which makes the choice of scary-time gaming a bit harder to choose from. One such g...[Read More]
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Review (PS5)
In all transparency, I am no good at any Ace Attorney game. They’re brutal, mind-bending at times, and extensive in their complicated construction. And yet, I cannot give them up because they’re so damn good. While I have told this story countless times over the years in my reviews about my relationship with this series, I will say it again – I have thoroughly enjoyed them. Back in 2005, I remembe...[Read More]
Stray heading to Nintendo Switch in November
Such a helluva game. Enjoy news of the best cat game out there. LOS ANGELES – Aug., 8, 2024 – Today, on International Cat Day, publisher Annapurna Interactive and developer BlueTwelve Studio announced that the critically acclaimed award-winning cat adventure game Stray will release on Nintendo Switch on November 19. The official Stray Nintendo Switch release date announcement trailer can be viewed...[Read More]
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Review (Nintendo Switch)
Everything that you have heard and read about this game is absolutely true. It’s another hit from publisher Annapurna Interactive, and a refreshing direction from Simogo, the company that brought you Sayonara Wild Hearts. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a Twin Peaks-esque journey that is narratively and visually surrounded by oddity and mystery. It features some truly mind-bending puzzles that encou...[Read More]
Airhead Review (PS5)
It has been a very long time since a puzzle platformer/metroidvania has had me thinking and obsessing over solutions more than actually playing the game. The last time I felt this way was with the classic 3DO game Another World, where the action was fast and furious, but the puzzles were even more mentally taxing and magnified the richness of the genius gameplay. Believe me, you want games like th...[Read More]
Jusant Review (PS5)
Way back in September, we were privy to a preview of developer DON’T NOD’s game Jusant. The game was a gorgeous example of how well the Unreal Engine could be used, a clever collective of climbing puzzles to figure out, and a wonderous world of what once was and what could be. The concept of the game was simple, and the execution was nothing short of breathtaking, even in the short amount of time ...[Read More]
Escape Academy – Escape from the Past DLC Review
It feels like it has been forever since I last played Escape Academy. If you’re not familiar with the game, it’s made by developer Coin Crew Games, who turned around their pandemic-hurt in-person escape room experiences into a video game so people can continue to figure out tough puzzles…while yelling at each other. Anyway, they did a helluva job replicating the experience and seemed to be success...[Read More]
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Preview
When you know, you know. That’s a phrase I used when I first took flight with Capcom’s Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective preview demo weeks ago. Why that phrase is important in this puzzle-driven adventure game about a deceased man playing detective to his own death is that every scrap and ounce of essence on this game smelled of Shu Takumi’s Ace Attorney. From the structure of the puzzles, all the w...[Read More]
Thy Creature Review
Good gravy! This is one bullet hell of a game. While I have certainly seen worse in some side-scrolling shooters from Japan, Thy Creature is nonetheless a pain in the ass in a different way (and purposely so). It’s got a good mixture of a creepy story, some minor puzzle solving, and a heavy amount of pick the right strategy as enemies rain bullets down on you in a patterned fashion. It’s a lot, bu...[Read More]
Stray Review
Stray is everything you’d want out of a game playing as a cat, even if it never fully reaches the potential it lays out for itself. Ask any random person on the street to name the one animal they’d want to play in a video game, and I’d wager to say that at least one out of every 3 people would say a cat. Stray takes everything that we love about cats and puts as much as it possibly can into an 8-h...[Read More]
Road 96 Review
DigiXart created an odd bird of a game with Road 96 but at the same time an interesting experiment on choice and maybe even something that runs parallel with a former president. The game’s core runs on a branching narrative where choices either lead the player to freedom/success or get them caught and detained. While there is a tiny bit of puzzle-solving to be had in the experience, the core gamep...[Read More]
Zorya: The Celestial Sisters Impressions
This past week, we had the privilege of sitting down and watching a demo for Zorya: The Celestial Sisters from developer Madlife (composed of 10 people). The devs first came up with this game while participating in the Ubisoft University Challenge and saw the game through to its soon-to-be release. Zorya is a puzzle co-op game that will certainly test your skills as a puzzle solver and a good team...[Read More]
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