By Ronald Gordon Sometimes, you discover a game that’s more than just a game. Perhaps it feels like a sort of playable movie, or a story that resonates deeply within you. In the case of Ori and The Will of The Wisps, the game struck me as an interactive work of art. Ori and The…
By Ronald Gordon Ever since I first encountered LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series, I have been lying in wait, patiently hoping for another quality Star Wars game to rescue me from the boredom of online multiplayer and loot boxes. It seems EA has noticed that I am not alone in this endeavor, as…
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 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…
By Zante Barker Puzzle platform games have been around since the beginning of history, well, games history. They’ve always been a personal favorite because they’re so challenging and require serious strategizing. Maybe it’s because I like math so much, but give me a good puzzle and I’m super happy. Unravel Two is a double-player…
By Ronald Gordon You’ve heard about the horror that was the Black Death. But what if you could experience an alternate narrative of life during the plague? A Plague Tale: Innocence is a stealth-based adventure game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. Here, you play as a young girl named Amicia…
By Ronald Gordon Many of us want to travel far and explore the world. When I can, I enjoy getting out of the city during vacations, and I always come back feeling good that I actually went somewhere different. But vacations are rarer than ever nowadays. So it’s time to ask the question, why not go…
