By Makeda Byfield From the moment I opened Taiko no Tatsujin (or Taiko Pop Tap), I couldn’t stop grinning. The Japanese drum game lights up the screen – literally – with it’s bright colors, cute characters, and lively music. The point of the game is to feel the rhythm and keep up with it. It’s…
By Makeda Byfield You don’t know why and you don’t know how. But what you do know is that at the opening of Hitchhiker, Versus Evil’s new narrative mystery game, you’ve ended up in a stranger’s car. The driver, Vern, is a talkative raisin farmer. His stories are nice and all but … you just…
By Makeda Byfield Fans of Supergiant Games may notice one voice that pops up in throughout the company’s games. Logan Cunningham brings life to iconic video game characters such as the Narrator in Bastion, The Transistor in Transistor, and Poseidon, The Storyteller and many more in Hades (which won a landmark five New York Game…
By Makeda Byfield While Nintendo fans around the world anxiously anticipated the release of mobile Mario Kart, I re-downloaded what could be considered the game’s distant peppy cousin: Beach Buggy Racing. Mario Kart had too many issues downloading onto my phone and I needed a game to keep me occupied on my train rides home…