Charlie Kelly
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Four years ago, Doki Doki Literature Club! (DDLC) absolutely blew up on the PC. On the surface, it’s initially hard to see why. The game appeared to be your average, run-of-the-mill visual novel dating sim. However, take a peek inside and you’ll soon see that things are actually a bit more...
The Mario sports games are always an interesting spectacle when a new one drops. In nature, they’re not going to be the amazing, maybe even masterpiece game the mainline entries often are. Still, they always offer a sporting adventure that’s more fun than it has any right to be. Maybe...
Last year Square Enix and classic JRPG fans were absolutely spoilt rotten. Final Fantasy VII Remake hit the PlayStation 4, completely remaking the Midgar section of the beloved RPG adventure. It was a sure-fire hit of a reimagination. Fast forward a calendar year and some months and the remake has...
If you asked me what games in Nintendo’s backlog are begging for a Switch port, I wouldn’t even clock 2017’s Miitopia. The game serves as a very basic RPG adventure where players control a party of Miis, which are those little Nintendo custom avatars you first created all the way...
It is really hard not to be charmed by Smelter. Witnessing the anime-style opening cinematic that features protagonist Eve, ripped straight from the Garden of Eden and away from her paramour Adam, it’s clear a journey is afoot. Meeting and combining with a living and breathing suit of armour that talks (and helps...
NieR is a franchise with an interesting trajectory over the last decade. The original game released in 2010 and interestingly had two versions circling. To appeal more to Western audiences, players controlled a buff, brawny older character in the Gestalt version while Japan controlled a much younger version of the...
Ever played a game that’s charmed you and moved you so much that its entire experience is hard to fault? Before Your Eyes, a game all about exploring the fleeting memories in life, be it milestones or everyday interactions, was that game for me. Witnessing a tender moment on a beachside...
Right from the get-go, Lust from Beyond doesn’t pull any punches. You start the game by ripping a Lovecraftian alien spawn from a monstrous, graphically detailed womb, and soon offer that very offspring up to fellow cult members for a ritual. Before long, blood is consumed and the room erupts into...
The first Little Nightmares is an interesting video game. Originally releasing all the way back in 2017, it was quite a surprise and modest horror hit. The game wasn’t without its issues, be it awkward platforming or weak puzzling. However, that only left room for potential. A world expanding DLC and four...
Back in 2016 began the revival of the iconic Hitman series, starring our favourite bald and barcode branded assassin. It was a solid return to form, albeit hurt a bit by its episodic format. Since then, developer IO Interactive split from under Square Enix’s publishing wing and went on to...
Ten years ago the original Super Meat Boy released and was part of the first big indie wave. It ushered in a return of precise 2D platformers, heralded for their tough as nails nature. After a decade of hard work and rework, the series has returned in Super Meat Boy Forever. Even...
Myst
The original Myst released, if you can believe it, twenty-seven years ago for the Macintosh personal computer. Since then, the game has reached all-timer status for how innovative a puzzler it was all those years ago. Naturally, it’s seen re-release after re-release and even remakes after remakes. Now, we’re seeing the classic...
