By Khloe Wilkerson Being dead in most video games means failure. In Romeo Is a Dead Man, death is only the beginning. Some video games gently invite players into their worlds; others disorient them on purpose. This game does both. From the moment I started playing, I could tell it wasn’t interested in being comfortable…
New York Game Awards and GG! Fest ticket (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged live concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! By Khloe Wilkerson If Hades II is about anything, it’s defiance. Against fate, against family, against time itself. Supergiant Games returns to the Underworld with a sequel that burns brighter, fights…
By Kimari Rennis In the thick greenery of the Scarlet Forest where the treetops block your view of the sky and the area around you feels alive, I found the Doshagamas, massive bear-like monsters with the face of a hairless, droopy mastiff, scratching tree trunks and leaving clumps of fur on the forest floor. Hidden…
By Khloe Wilkerson Pepper Grinder, available on Nintendo Switch and PC, is an original indie game featuring intense combat, smooth platforming, and a striking visual design. This adventure equips you with a powerful drill and propels you onward through a variety of 2D paths. You must use a drill to navigate the terrain, relying on…
As the year winds down, we are looking at some of the great games we missed. We thought Resident Evil 4 Remake is the perfect story for the Halloween season. By Ronald Gordon Game remakes used to be a little hit or miss. Yet recently they’ve begun to vastly improve on the experience of the…
By Ronald Gordon Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is everything I wanted in a mecha game. There’s power, there’s speed, there’s weight, and there’s weaponry, all compacted into a game with fantastic combat and understandable, clear challenge goals. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, the Mech Action game developed by From Software and…
By Ronald Gordon Rhythm games come in all shapes and sizes, but surprisingly few games manage to incorporate rhythm as well as Hi-Fi Rush does. Its environment is entirely infused with the music you hear and vibe to. So you’ll have little trouble both fighting and moving to the beat, as you whack enemies with…
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 Isaac Espinosa President Theodore Roosevelt has fallen into the clutches of an otherworldly force, and it’s up to you to save the United States by ridding it of the scum! Bartlow’s Dread Machine is an action game developed and published by Beep Games, Inc. and Tribetoy. In game environments that looks like artifacts from…
By Ronald Gordon Corporate secrets. Every major company has them, and when it comes down to it there’s no way to hide them forever. And it seems like the bigger the corporation, the more devastating its confidences. The Outer World’s new downloadable content demonstrates this with a disastrous secret, one that explains the existence of…