By Ronald Gordon How long do you think you’d last if, millions of years in the past, you had to build a civilization from scratch? Ancestors may just have the answer to that question. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a new third person survival game developed by Panache Digital Games and published by Private Division.…
By Isaac Espinosa It’s like my school, and it’s not – because it’s much more than a school. I spent so much time as the new professor of the Officer’s Academy, forging pathways for myself, and my students. The experience of being able to decide the fate of the young people you care for can…
By Ronald Gordon Point and click mystery games can be wonderfully strange when they’re done right. That’s especially true if one of the main characters is a deep-voiced teddy bear with a drinking problem and a dark past. Talk about an intriguing twist. Bear With Me is an episodic adventure game series developed and published by…
By Kimari Rennis I’m still thinking about what I learned at the recent Game Devs of Color Expo, a supportive environment for game developers and their fans from various backgrounds held each year in Harlem. The GDoC Expo is very young, but it’s helping the community learn and think about games in important ways. (The…
By Connor Carson It was through my mother’s eyes that I first discovered video games. She was a loyal patron to Sierra On-Line, the developer and publisher cofounded by Roberta and Ken Williams in 1979, and I watched, wide-eyed and delighted, as she played through their many titles – most frequently, King’s Quest (1984 –…
By Isaac Espinosa What a creation! As Mario dons his builder outfit once again, players must put on their thinking caps to explore the limitless options in Super Mario Maker 2. Super Mario Maker 2, developed and published by Nintendo, once again allows players to use many iconic items and terrains from five of…
By Ronald Gordon Throughout my years of gaming, I’ve encountered many different story-driven games. Games such as Galactic Cafe’s The Stanley Parable have an overall narrative, directed at you which is explained in voice-over, which can easily be subverted and overwritten if the player sees fit, leaving the narrator to create a different story from…
