By Imani Brown It’s so speedy! WarioWare: Get It Together! is a Switch game where you always have to think fast. If you don’t think fast, you die. And then you have to start again. Simple as that. In Nintendo’s collection of micro games, there are as many 20 stages that run a few seconds…
By Isaac Espinosa In a world of magic, corrupted enemies and dream-fueled mystery, will you be able to escape by waking from a dream? Dream Cycle is an action-adventure game developed by Cathuria Games and published by Raw Fury, in which you travel through a fantasy-like world, striving to re-enter the real world. It’s in…
By Jeison Liranzo During every moment in Life Is Strange: True Colors, I felt fireworks of empathy inside of me. (Life is Strange: True Colors is a graphic adventure video game developed by Deck Nine and published by Square Enix’s Europe, released on September 10, 2021 across all platforms except mobile, with Nintendo Switch still…
By Makeda Byfield I’m a sucker for mystery. Baldo: The Guardian Owls, recently released on the Apple Arcade, offered tons of it! The adventure game followed a young man named Baldo as he attempted to solve several quests’ throughout his village. What fun! Young Baldo is a chosen kid, and the townspeople need him. The…
By Bobby Kent I was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The more complete medical term is SMA Type 2, meaning since I’ve been able to speak, I’ve been using a wheelchair. The muscles in my legs wasted away long before I’d ever have a first memory, so for as long as I can remember I’ve…
By Jeison Liranzo The award-winning game Ghost of Tsushima has returned with new downloadable content with a Director’s Cut, which introduces a new island, a new story chapter, new side quests, new characters, and new enemies. Before starting the new DLC, you should have at least completed Act 2 of the main story. If you…
By Ronald Gordon The mind can be dangerous if left uncontrolled and unhindered. Throw the ability to jump into the subconscious of someone else into the mix and the mind becomes a semi-inescapable maze full of one’s true thoughts, feelings, doubts, and fear. A group of powerful psychics, known as the Psychonauts, seem to be…
By Jade Entien Aren’t some of us, deep inside, suckers for “cute aliens who need to go home” stories? We find ourselves rooting for the human underdog and their extra-terrestrial ally as they outsmart the government and then eventually send the little guy home. The main character learns about themselves, sweet ending, credits roll, the…
By Makeda Byfield One of my favorite pastimes, when I was younger, was playing computer games. The little old lady within me especially loved the mystery puzzle games. My grandma and I would spend rainy weekends huddled next to the computer in the corner of the basement, focused on the screen in front of us.…
Members of the New York Videogame Critics Circle met Bobby Kent during the Reggie Zoom Fundraiser which we put on earlier in the month. We continued our conversations offline with Bobby and the result is this deep essay, which brings a new meaning to the narrative, characterization and gameplay within Bugsnax. By Bobby Kent Allow…
