Content warning: Central to Martha is Dead are themes of child abuse, mutilation of dead bodies, self-harm, torture, and mental distress. By extension, this review touches on those same topics. Martha is Dead is a tricky game to review, at least on Xbox One, because there are two very different …
walking simulator
The Kids We Were was a hard game for me to get through. Not because of any tricky puzzles or skill demands—it’s a “walking sim”, at heart—but because of something far more challenging: its raw, unflinching honesty. It’s a game that deals with some heavy themes, handled with care but …
If you like short, experimental, artistic games, you’ll want to pay attention to Sunlight, the latest game from Krillbite Studio (Among the Sleep, Mosaic, The Plan). Coming to Steam on January 14, it sees you exploring a hand-painted forest and listening to a story unfold through the whispers of the …
0°N 0°W (pronounced “zero north, zero west”) is a tricky game to describe. It doesn’t follow traditional game design structures at all; if you had to group it within a genre, “walking simulator” would probably be the closest you could get, but even that doesn’t really capture the essence of …