Laysara: Summit Kingdom is a challenging city builder about managing settlements in the high mountains. Carefully plan your production chains, trade networks and avalanche survival strategies to satisfy the needs of your citizens (and yaks) and make the Kingdom of Laysara thrive in this new game by Quite OK Games and Future Friends Games.
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Stacklands Review
Stacklands is a village builder by indie game collective Sokpop where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. The game has recently come to the Nintendo Switch and I gave it a play to share my thoughts.
Continue readingFirst Look: WitchHand
WitchHand is a deck-building game created by Jon Nielsen where you play as a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization, befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells, and gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Continue readingFirst Look: Garden Buddies
Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, developed by JamPics and published by RedDeer.Games. Here is my first look at this new cozy game.
Continue readingHidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic Review
Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic is a hidden object game by Rogueside that takes the time travel from the first game and brings in the many magical myths to the different time periods in the game.
Continue readingFirst Look: A Highland Song
A Highland Song, the latest game by developers Inkle, is a narrative adventure game where you traverse the hills of Scotland on a journey to the sea. The folklore-inspired game with rhythm game and platformer mechanics caught my eye and I wanted to share my first impressions with you.
Continue readingFirst Look: Tiny Witch
Tiny Witch, developed by indie developer Creative Hands, is a game in which you are the little witch who is running your very own minion-making shop. How far can you take your little witch’s dream?
Continue readingHorror Games That Could Make Awesome Horror Movies
With Five Nights at Freddy’s about to make its silver screen debut, it had me thinking about what other horror games could make for interesting movies. Here are some that I think could make interesting adaptations.
Continue readingKiller Ideas for Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight already has 33 playable killers, but since they are always growing the roster, I figured it would be fun to share some ideas for new enemies.
Continue readingFirst Look: Astronaut: The Best
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure about running a proper space academy using hard work, lies, and witchcraft, all while trying not to be the next director to meet their demise. Let’s take a first look at this new game from Universal Happymaker.
Continue readingSquare Word: Summer Edition Review
Square Word, developed by CCS, is a relaxing word game with a summery-themed version in its summer edition.
Continue readingFirst Look: Hello Goodboy
Hello Goodboy is a heartwarming and wholesome adventure game from Rolling Glory Jam and Freedom Games where you play as Iko, a good kid who, with a dog named Coco, tries to uncover the mysteries of your new existence in a mystical new realm.
Continue readingFinding Hannah Review
Finding Hannah is a relaxing hidden object game from Fein Games about the stories of three women, and how these stories help one find herself. I was given the chance to play this visually stunning game and here is my review.
Continue readingFirst Look: Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island is an upcoming game about helping Greek gods and goddesses restore their lost memories on a mysterious island. Let’s take a first look at this indie adventure game from Polygon Treehouse and Whitethorn Games.
Continue readingInsomnia: Theater in the Head Review
Solve theatrical puzzles to try and silence your mind so you can sleep in Insomnia: Theater in the Head, a game from Perfect Day Studio.
Continue readingMasterplan Tycoon Review
Think you can chain together resources to develop multiple worlds in real time? You can put your skills to the test with Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalistic resource management sim by Ravenage Games.
Continue readingQuick Picks: LudoNarraCon 2023
LudoNarraCon, a digital narrative games festival, is back this year with a whole new set of narrative games to check out. I’m sharing the games that caught my eye and that I think you should check out.
Continue readingFirst Look: Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon Game
Have you ever wanted to create your own movies? Now you can by playing Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon.
Continue readingPoly Vita Video Game Review
Poly Vita is a relaxing tile-placing puzzle game about helping a lost wanderer named Maya restore her soul. I had the opportunity to play this new indie game and wanted to share my overall thoughts.
Continue readingFirst Look: SokoChess White
SokoChess White is a puzzle game about pushing Chess pieces into their destination and overcoming various obstacles. I was given a chance to play the game and share my thoughts, so here is my first look.
Continue readingFranchises That Should Get The Hogwarts Legacy Treatment
With the release of the highly anticipated Wizarding World RPG Hogwarts Legacy, I was thinking about what other universes would make for an interesting open world game that we haven’t seen before. Here are some that I’d like to play, given the chance.
Continue readingMy Steam Replay 2022
Steam released their personalized recap, and I knew mine would have some interesting results. Let’s take a look at said results now.
Continue readingA Castle Full of Cats Review
A Castle Full of Cats is a search-and-find puzzle game where a castle has been cursed, turning all the feline residents into monsters. You’ll find them all to save them and discover all of the secrets within the castle to rid the curse completely.
Continue readingFirst Look: Lonesome Village
Lonesome Village is a cozy life-sim and puzzle-solver where you are the hero sent to save the villagers from a mysterious tower and help them get on their feet.
Continue readingA Winding Path Review
A Winding Path is a hand-drawn adventure game about finding the beauty of the world and enjoying the little things. Explore the atmosphere of ancient caverns, enchanting forests, and busy settlements, help colorful characters, find the rain and unveil its magic.
Continue readingFirst Look: Witchy Life Story
Witchy Life Story is a wholesome crafting visual novel from Sundew Studios about a witch having just two weeks to save a town’s harvest festival through magic. Tend your garden and collect plants for spells and rituals to help the villagers of Flora. After all, if magic isn’t for solving everyday problems, what’s the point of a village witch anyway?
Continue readingFirst Look: We Are OFK
We Are OFK is a biopic series and interactive E.P. about four friends dreaming, dating, and paying rent in Los Angeles while striving for their personal dreams.
Continue readingFirst Look: The Outbound Ghost
Help ghosts ascend to the afterlife by battling the past with fragments of your antemortem self in The Outbound Ghost, a postmortem adventure RPG from Conradical Games.
Continue readingBeacon Pines Review
Explore a strange, small town with a dark secret through a curious twelve-year-old and his friends in Beacon Pines, a cute and creepy adventure game from hiding spot games. You control the story and their fates, but when the stories end you can try again to solve more mysteries, uncover more secrets, and craft different endings.
Continue readingFirst Look: Onsen Master
In Onsen Master, you play as an apprentice who must run the onsens of his sensei while trying to find out where his mentor has gone while helping the ailing citizens and creatures of the fantastical island.
Continue readingFirst Look: Stealth Kart
Play as an alien trying to return to his spaceship without getting caught by the cops in Stealth Kart, a new tactical racing puzzle game from solo developer halfmule. Here are my first impressions.
Continue readingIsland Cities Review
Island Cities is a casual 3D puzzle game from Mens Sana Interactive where you are tasked with re-orienting these floating locations back to their natural state. I gave this relaxing game a play and here are my thoughts.
Continue readingFirst Look: ValiDate
ValiDate is a romantic visual novel about 13 adults that are navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them. Let’s take a look at this new dating sim from Veritable Joy Studios.
Continue readingFirst Look: I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is a survival life sim game where you spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative deckbuilding RPG with a timeloop twist. Let’s take a first look at this game from Finji and Northway Games.
Continue readingFirst Look: Disney Dreamlight Valley
Disney brings us an open-world adventure life sim with their new game Disney Dreamlight Valley. Since it was described as an Animal Crossing with Disney characters, I decided to give it a go, and here are my initial thoughts on the game.
Continue readingIndie Game Academy Pitch Night Recap
The Indie Game Academy, an educational program that turns students into indie game devs, hosts a pitch night for their students to show off their games to a panel of industry veterans. I was invited to attend and this is my recap of the night.
Continue readingGames I Didn’t Cover, But Wanted To
I saw this idea from Frostilyte Writes and really enjoyed it, so I wanted to share some games I have wanted to cover but just didn’t.
Continue readingPopular Video Games in My Backlog
Much like how I had popular shows I never finished watching, I have popular video games that have just sat in my backlog unplayed or barely started. These are those games that are beloved by gamers but I haven’t hit play on myself.
Continue readingFirst Look: Teacup
Teacup is an adorable narrative adventure game where you play as a small, shy frog on her journey to find the ingredients she needs for her tea party. I played the demo for this wholesome experience and want to share my thoughts with you.
Continue readingOmno Review
Omno is an adventure puzzle platformer through an ancient, fantastical world. You will have to use light to guide you, unveil secrets, and solve puzzles as you travel through this world and discover what it hides.
Continue readingHipster Café Review
Ever wanted to run your own café tailored to the infamous subculture of hipsters? Well, now you can in Hipster Café!
Continue readingFirst Look: Hooked On You
Most know of Dead by Daylight as an asymmetrical survival game with a huge class of characters, both survivors and killers. But now you don’t have to just avoid killers, you can date them too in their dating sim Hooked On You.
Continue readingFirst Look: Steve Jackson’s Sorcery!
Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! is a four-part epic interactive fantasy adventure through a weird world of magic. What was once an adventure gamebook is now available digitally thanks to inkle studios, and I was given the chance to check it out.
Continue readingGolfie Review
Minigolf meets deckbuilding in Golfie, a new game from developers Triheart Studio that takes a roguelike approach to putt-putt golfing. Here are my thoughts on the creative mix of genres that make up this game.
Continue readingAttentant 1942 Review
Attentant 1942 is a World War II game placed in Czechoslovakia where you are trying to learn more about your grandfather’s experience through other survivors’ stories.
Continue readingQuick Picks: LudoNarraCon 2022
LudoNarraCon, the global, digital convention celebrating narrative video games, is back this year with panels and 42 awesome games to check out. I went through the games and found the ones that stood out to me, so let’s take a look.
Continue readingLove Wordle? Try These Games Too
Wordle, the daily word game that became an overnight sensation, has gotten the world into word games. So I thought why not suggest some other fun games, both table and video, to play that get your word-guessing skills working.
Continue readingSave One Drop One: Mario Kart 8 Courses
With the recent release of the Booster DLC which adds new maps to the beloved racing game, I decided it would be fun to put all existing courses head to head in another edition of Save One Drop One!
Continue readingFirst Look: Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds
Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds from Rascal Devworks is a lore-rich visual novel that introduces us to the world and characters of Sigh of the Abyss. I was given the chance to play this prologue and want to share my first thoughts with you!
Continue readingIdol Manager Review
Do you think you can manage being the CEO and manager of an entertainment agency? You can find out by playing Idol Manager, a business simulator game about conquering the entertainment industry. I’ve played this game a lot and finally decided it needed a review.
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