We possess bodies in HyperParasite, using an enemy to dispatch other foes. With Coffee Crisis, we battle the possessed, saving Philadelphia’s populace against an invasion of evil extraterrestrials in classic brawler form. HyperParasite, Troglobytes Games, ...
Read More »IndieGo #6: Pigs, Rabbits, and Foxes
We guide a voracious, vomit-prone pig around eccentrically-themes stages in Pig Eat Ball and take control of a Rabbit and Fox trained in the art of ninjutsu in Ninjin: Clash of Carrots. Pig Eat Ball, ...
Read More »Defense Task Force review
Distressingly, tower defense games seem to be experiencing stagnation. Arguably, the genre’s last requisite effort was 2014’s Defense Grid 2. While the title didn’t deliver much in the way of innovation, it did give players ...
Read More »Indiego #3: City of Brass and Heroes of Hammerwatch
We flog foes and amass artifacts in City of Brass, and take on a challenge to improve Outlook (the city, not the widely scorned email client) in Heroes of Hammerwatch. City of Brass, Uppercut Games ...
Read More »Switch Owners, Prepare to Be Insulted
The old adage of tongue being mightier than swords is rarely true for video games. With interactive entertainment, blades, bullets, and bare hands routinely get the emphasis, while words are habitually reserved for expositional purposes. ...
Read More »Forts review
Forts is a game built around a myriad of fiddly parts- where the game’s eponymous strongholds sway in a state of persistent peril. While that might sound like light criticism, it’s anything but. In fact, ...
Read More »Full Mojo Rampage review
Unquestionably, Full Mojo Rampage is a game with a myriad of moving parts. On a rudimentary level, the circle-strafing protagonist launches an unrelenting flurry of projectiles at skeletons, snakes, and bomb-carrying foes. In another way, ...
Read More »I Can’t Escape: Darkness review
Indie titles are often ripe with experimental gameplay features which larger developers tend to shy away from. Unlike the risk-adverse AAA industry, you’ll often see smaller studios either combining uncommon genres or crafting genre-defying experiences. ...
Read More »Skyshine’s Bedlam review
Oh, dystopia what has become of thee? Once you were a misanthropic metaphor for humanity, a place teeming with unremitting savagery, offering only the faintest glint of hope. But gaming has transformed dystopia into a ...
Read More »Party Hard review
Art is often inspired by life, our own thoughts and experiences shape what we create. In Party Hard’s case, it seems likely that at one point in time, its creators wished for nothing more than ...
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