Recently released games that make intelligent use of past design choices or that I find fascinating
This week I played a whole bunch of stuff that I’m still chugging through. So, to change things up a bit, in this issue I’m gonna showcase a game I didn’t like and two I can heavily recommend if you’re in the right mindset. STRAIMIUM IMMORTALY A shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler? Gesundheit! Straimium is one of…
The winter sale on Steam is finally over! Phew! So, we go back with our regularly scheduled programming. I’ll confess to not having bought many games during that last sale, but I have such a backlog to still get through that I didn’t really feel the need to add fuel to the fire. So, without…
The first time I saw Hypnospace Outlaw, it felt like being hit by a shockwave: had someone really made the game I didn’t know I wanted all these years? I’ll explain, but first we have to go back. To the past. While it is rather obvious from a glance that I’m not writing about the…
Here we go with the first week of our beloved Steam’s winter sale! Winter is the perfect time to play some visual novels, right? Not to mention a bit of meditation after a big Christmas lunch. Read on while I explain to you what I’ve been playing between a cup of tea and a Pepparkakor.…
God not only plays dice, but Satan apparently does too in Dicey Dungeons… Dicey Dungeons is the latest game by Terry Cavanaugh, creator of indie darlings such as crazy retro platformer VVVVVV and one-more-try ultra hard semi-runner extravaganza Super Hexagon. Even though I was never a fan of mobile games, Hexagon is the only…