Tag: video-games
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Allogloom Review – A Twisted Fairy Tale Like No Other
Allogloom is a wonderfully unusual adventure that takes us into a magical world that seems to have been ripped straight out of an illustrated fairy tale and then dipped in just enough darkness to make us think twice about spending the night there. Beneath its beautiful scenery lurk ravenous moths, peculiar residents and a mystery…
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Toy Story 3 Complete Edition Review – These Toys Still Have Plenty of Life Left
We can’t believe it’s been sixteen years since the original release. A decade and a half of waiting to finally return to another adventure with Woody, Buzz and Jessie. That’s what our nephews are saying, not us. Okay, it’s us. We totally couldn’t wait for this! Toy Story 3 Complete Edition brings one of the…
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Disney/Pixar Toy Story: Retro Roundup! Review – To Andy’s Room and Beyond!
We were just kids when we watched the first Toy Story movie, and over the years, we’ve enjoyed every other movie featuring Woody and Buzz. Even though we watched the later ones as grown-ups, they still managed to wake up the children in us and make us giddy all over again. We were beyond happy…
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Chickenhare and the Treasure of Spiking-Beard: An Adventure Connecting Worlds
Developed by Belgian studio N-Zone, Chickenhare and the Treasure of Spiking-Beard is an ambitious action adventure with platforming and puzzles. If you are a universe fan, the world will feel particularly familiar. The difference is that this time you get an entirely new story and mechanics designed to engage both young players and their parents.…
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Dreams of Another: Creation Through Destruction
Dreams of Another establishes itself as a deeply philosophical, artistic work, created by renowned Japanese studio Q-Games, known for innovative titles such as The Tomorrow Children and the PixelJunk series. As a third-person action-adventure game, it does not offer a conventional approach to shooting. Here, as the creators themselves say, “There is no creation without…
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Arctic Drive Demo: A Promising Drive Through the Frozen Wilderness
As big fans of The Long Dark, we gladly jumped at the opportunity to check out Arctic Drive and take an old car into a frozen wilderness, trying to survive with whatever supplies we can find. Arctic Drive combines driving, scavenging, crafting, and survival. In a way, our car serves as our main companion as…
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The Transference Interview: Turning Your Own Home into an Escape Room, with Kuraishisama’s Alex
We interview Kuraishisama’s Alex about The Transference, its unusual puzzles, stealth mechanics, environmental storytelling, and solo development challenges.
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Necesse: An Endless World of Adventure
Necesse has been in development for years at Denmark’s indie studio Fair Games. At first glance, it might look inspired by Terraria or Starbound, but beneath its charming pixelated graphics, Necesse hides a deep, complex system skillfully combining building, exploration, combat and managing your own colony. It’s a procedurally generated, endless world where your task…
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The Trolley Solution Review – A Little Bit of Moral Chaos
There’s a joke we heard at work that somehow stuck with us. A driver’s brakes completely fail. He has two options: swerve left and hit a group of ten people, or swerve right and hit one guy. He ends up hitting all eleven. Later at the police station, the officer asks, “How on earth did…
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Duelist: Idle Expedition Review – Our Little Army Has a Lot of Work to Do
Duelist: Idle Expedition is a game, or perhaps a companion app, that lets us hire a small army of fantasy adventurers and leave all the dangerous work to them while we get on with everything else. Our cute little pixel-art warriors fight monsters, collect loot and challenge powerful opponents, all while their little world quietly…
