Welcome to Elk is a wild ride. In the few hours it runs, it manages to be both funny and dramatic, creepy and uplifting, shocking and heartfelt, downright weird. But such is the nature of stories, and that’s ultimately what this game is: an anthology of stories—all true, apparently!—but more …
The PS2 era was a wonderful time for 3D platformers. With the heightened power of a new console and those early teething issues largely resolved, the genre flourished: games like Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Ratchet and Clank opened the doors to colourful new worlds rife with things to …
Between the likes of Strangeland, Lost Words, and When The Past Was Around, I feel like I’ve written a lot lately about games dealing with grief—not to mention things like Adios and Olija that aren’t about grief per se, but traverse adjacent territory. And yet, no two of those games …
I often found myself markedly impressed at the scale of Biomutant. It is a game developed chiefly by a mere 20 developers, some of whom are alumni of Avalanche Studios, the team behind the Just Cause franchise. Yet despite the relatively small development team, the world they have created is …
Layers of Fear seems like a game that should be a perfect fit for VR. A first-person psychological horror with an emphasis on atmosphere is the textbook case of something that should benefit greatly from virtual reality’s ability to shut out the rest of the world and let a game overwhelm …
Ever wanted to fly Firefly-style around the ‘verse, on the run from the law with a ragtag crew, taking on whatever odd jobs you can find to keep your supplies up? Ever wanted to do that, but in a game that puts queer stories front and centre? Ever wanted to …
When The Past Was Around is bittersweet, haunting, beautiful. A tale of love, loss, and grief, it delves into memories of a young woman coming to terms with the passing of the love of her life. It’s a short, powerful adventure—one that you’ll complete in a little over an hour, …
Vienna-based indie studio Follow the Feathers has released a free playable demo for Weaving Tides, the upcoming textile-themed adventure that’s currently funding its final push on Kickstarter. You can get the demo right now from itch.io, and it will soon be available on Steam, as well. Taking place in a …
Concrete Genie might be one of my favourite games of the year so far. In an industry that’s obsessed with content, it’s so refreshing to play a game that takes a simple idea and delivers on it beautifully, without trying to be more than what it needs to be. And …
There’s no mistaking Jupiter and Mars‘ purpose. “There was a time when the color had faded, when the machines of the earthwalkers blew poisons into the sky and covered the land with their neglect, when everything was thrown into the seas and the underwater world was filled with the remnants …
