Tag: gaming
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Origament: A Paper Adventure Folds, But Mostly Flies
Throughout the years, we’ve all played the “wholesome, emotional indie game where you play as an inanimate object.” It’s a whole genre now. Origament: A Paper Adventure is all about a magically awakened letter trying to find its recipient. On the plus side, you’re accompanied by a white cat companion. Cute. But past the saccharine…
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The Occultist is a Gorgeous, High-Stakes Ghost Hunt
The Occultist is a game that manages to drag that tired “paranormal investigator looking for his missing dad” premise onto a creepy British island and make it work. You play as Alan Rebels. He’s not a terrified teenager armed with a dying camcorder. He’s a pro. And that subtle shift in perspective actually makes a…
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Find Your Words: A Quiet Revolution in a 3-Ring Binder
Most games talk way too much, but say very little. So, sooner or later, your hand is forced to skip the cutscenes, ignore the dialogue trees, and just follow the glowing waypoint marker to the next objective. Find Your Words fixes that problem by just taking your voice away entirely. Speak Not, but Do Explore…
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The Brutallity of the Muddy Masterpiece called Tombwater
It’s fair to say the market is currently oversaturated with Souls-likes. We’re seeing a flood of titles vying for a piece of the Elden Ring pie, but unfortunately, many fall short, resulting in experiences that feel generic and uninspired. But Tombwater clawed its way out of the pile. It’s mean. It’s dirty. It’s going to…
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ChainStaff is a Metal Album Soaked in Alien Guts
You’ve got an alien parasite bolted to your skull. It wants you to eat human organs. Yup. ChainStaff doesn’t care if you’re comfortable. It gladly gives you a Swiss Army knife made of alien bone, but then it fully expects you to survive a 1980s heavy metal album cover come to life. It is loud.…
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The Cozy and Lovable Chaos of Nippets
Most modern games feel like a second job. You log in. You check your dailies. You grind a battle pass you bought in a moment of weakness, and you log out feeling emptier than when you started. Then a game like Nippets drops on your desk. It doesn’t want 100 hours of your life. It…
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Way of the Hunter 2 is a Mud-Soaked Lesson in Pain
We’ve played enough hunting sims to know that no one plays them to feel like an action hero. Far from it. We play it to sit in a damp bush for an hour, staring at a patch of dirt, begging a digital elk to walk into your crosshairs before your real-life coffee gets cold. Way…
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Goblin Cleanup is Viscera Cleanup in a Fantasy Sweatshop
Forget the power fantasy. It’s overrated anyway. We’ve spent thirty years kicking down dungeon doors, massacring dark legions, slaughtering the indigenous wildlife, and stripping chests bare. But, what about the aftermath? Did you ever stop to think about the poor bastards who have to mop up the goblin brains before the next party of try-hards…
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The Beauty and Brutallity of Morbid Metal
Seven years. Seven years is a long time for a game to be in the oven. Usually, when a solo passion project cooks for that long, it ends up being a bloated and outdated mess by the time it finally comes out. Morbid Metal shouldn’t work. It started back in 2017 as Felix Schade’s college…
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Animalkind is Stardew Valley in a Caterpillar Tractor
We’re quite certain you didn’t click this for an expert look into the ethics of wildlife operating heavy machinery. If we were betting men, you saw a raccoon driving a walking tank, and your brain immediately dumped serotonin. It’s a ridiculous pitch. Completely absurd. But man, it actually works. Mostly. Welcome to Animalkind! Roll, roll,…
