Tag: writing
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Inside the Dark World of Lover’s Enigma
Lover’s Enigma is a project from the folks at FallenCranberry Studio. It’s a title that throws you headfirst into the terrifying reality of a hidden cult, tangles you up in romance with four male leads, and doesn’t shy away from heavy themes like trauma and grief. We recently sat down with the development team to…
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Forza Horizon 6: Beautiful Traffic Jam
We spent years tearing through the muddy fields of the UK in Forza Horizon 4. We aren’t usually big fans of racing games, but FH4 was everything to us for a very long time. We loved the soundtrack, the arcade controls, how the seasons changed, and how the cars behaved. Then we moved to Mexico…
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Sunday Sims Spotlight #3: Flimsy Plastic Mask
Wanting to capitalize on Halloween back in 2015, EA dropped The Sims 4: Spooky Stuff. We remember going over all the new items and really wanting them for that magical time of the year. Eleven years later, we finally got the opportunity to check them out. Spooky Stuff, however, isn’t a massive expansion that changes…
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Clockwork Ambrosia: Fun Mechanics, Fantastic Campaign
Clockwork Ambrosia is a very fun Metroidvania game that we have played for a while now, thanks to the review code granted to us by the lovely people at Plan of Attack. When everything is taken into consideration, the devs made a game with an interesting world design, a great soundtrack, and fun gameplay mechanics,…
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Hellforged: Blending Bullet-Heaven With Extraction Risk
Developer Moonpyre and publisher Grindstone are trying something a bit different with Hellforged. From the Hellforged playtest that we checked out, it seems like they’re taking the screen-clearing chaos of bullet-heaven games and bolting on the tension of an extraction shooter. You’ll be happy to hear that you aren’t just trying to survive; you are…
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Guild Wars 2 ‘The Only Way’: Exclusive Dev Q&A
The wait is finally over for Tyrians. After months of waiting, ArenaNet launched The Only Way, the second major update for Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity. This massive drop pushes you deeper into the mysteries of Castora by introducing a stunning new explorable zone called Eternity’s Garden. It also brings a wave of account-wide…
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Inside SOTO: Evolving the Survivor Genre With Luminas
The survivor roguelite genre has exploded in recent years. It has undeniably been largely defined by the single-character power trips of games like Vampire Survivors and Brotato. But what happens when you take that addictive core loop and introduce the strategic chaos of a full RPG party? That’s exactly what Luminas: Parasite Reign aims to…
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Demon Lord: A Brutal Puzzle in a World that Moves When you Do
Demon Lord: Just a Block is a roguelite that lets us play as a headless demon. If there’s one thing we’re fans of, it’s headless demons—the more the merrier, honestly. In YuWave’s title, we’re out to get revenge on a usurper Dragon Queen. The story is on the shorter side, but it still works well.…
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Madness and Myths: Returning to The Shore on PS5
It’s been five years since The Shore first hit PC. We still remember 2021 pretty clearly—mostly because of the massive tentacled things that brought such a thick, heavy atmosphere with them. It was a solid experience, as long as you were okay with some technical rough edges. Now that the Enhanced Edition has landed on…
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Gambonanza: A Game for Those who Like and Don’t Like Chess
We admire chess. But we don’t like it. You make one bad move at the start and you just sit there, slowly losing for the next half hour. We have our spouse for that. We also have this old blender at home. Sometimes, just for the heck of it, we throw all kinds of stuff…
