There came a time a while back when I burned out on The Binding of Isaac and started looking around for a similar game to fill the void, to make up for the fun I used to have with that game. After long consideration and playing a LOT of mediocre games (and some very few […]

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It’s not quite as rare as you might think for a game to have mechanics that aren’t actually fun when looked at by themselves, but when viewed as part of the overall game as a whole, serve to define the experience and make the game what it is. There’s no light without shadow. With that […]

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This game is cute as hell, and looks and sounds very nice overall. You’ve got some beatemups like Scott Pilgrim, where it’s clear more animators than actual beatemup designers worked on it. But here, you get awesome fluid animations AND pretty deep, solid beatemup gameplay. Gonna talk a bit about the mechanics, cause there aren’t […]

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Planet Coaster can’t escape comparison to RollerCoaster Tycoon. Quite the opposite, it invites that comparison and strives to be the true successor to that franchise. Since my previous favorite was RCT2, that’s going to be my primary basis for comparison. Before I get started, however, I’d be doing a disservice to potential buyers interested in […]

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I’ve been playing roguelikes since the late 80s, early 90s, starting with Nethack when I was a young girl. Later, I discovered ADOM, and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. It took me a while to warm up to Angband and its variants, cause I was used to “Hacklikes”, which are fundamentally pretty different games. I’ll be […]

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So, I never actually beat RE1 on the Playstation. Or REmake on the Gamecube, actually. Barely touched them, in fact; I came into the series starting with RE2. Since playing through and beating this awesome title, though, I’ve gone back and taken a look at more of what distinguishes RE1’s various versions, to get some […]

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I’m ashamed to admit I’m something of a connoisseur of clicker games. I’ve played tons of them on both PC and mobile platforms, and I’ve seen just about everything the genre has to offer. They’re generally good for about as long as it takes for the progression to disappear into a haze of ever-increasing numbers […]

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A fantastic modern adventure game in a noir setting. Bogged down by a persistently chugging framerate and some VERY weak writing in the Homicide desk/arc, but easily redeemed by the quality of the writing both before and after that portion of the game. It’s seriously baffling, actually, just how bad the Homicide desk really is. […]

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Collectible deckbuilding card games can be a lot of fun. They are not, however, a legitimate form of mind-to-mind competition. They’re certainly enticing and stimulating, to be sure. The illusory pull of being able to come up with strategies and collect cards to support that strategy, building from a core idea into a set of […]

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We had to wait a long time for a North American release of Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu (DFK), but it was worth it. You really get your money’s worth with Resurrection. Not only are you getting Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu 1.5, you’re getting 1.51 (previously Europe-only paid DLC), Black Label, and 3 arrange modes. 1.5 and 1.51 are fairly […]

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