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The mere notion of creating a video game is tantalizing. Being able to take inspiration from a litany of titles in order to construct a product that represents your ideal is something many gamers have only been able to fantasize about. Due to the clear gap in the market, developers...
Ninja Gaiden is one of the greatest action franchises in the history of video games. The original game was an arcade beat ‘em up in the style of Double Dragon, but it was Ninja Gaiden for the NES that perfected the action-platforming formula and pioneered quality cutscene storytelling. It is...
Sludge Life
Sludge Life is a first-person adventure game made by Terri Vellmann and doseone where your primary objective is to tag as much graffiti as possible (for the beginning at least). Really, this is a setup for exploring a factory/town/grimy sludge island teetering on the brink of collapse, and this is...
Mighty Goose
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Some wear scars that act as permanent reminders of the anguish that they’ve endured whilst others embody the ideology of heroism through their physique and mannerisms. Okay, Mighty Goose may not be your typical protagonist with his gormless, thousand-mile stare, but this bad-ass...
After a 15 year hiatus, the forefather of 3D fighters is back! With several iterations already in existence, Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown promises to deliver the biggest overhaul of the game to date. Built from the ground up on the Dragon Engine, will this be the celebrated return that...
Hey, everyone knows Puzzle Bobble — you remember, that casual bubble-popping Tetris-like that we’ve all spent hundreds of hours playing in one form or another over the years, but none of us will admit to ever having heard of? And yeah, it’s pretty fun. So you know before you even...
The first thing I noticed about Beautiful Desolation was its fantastic visuals, with rusty post-apocalyptic 2D isometric art, landscapes, and phenomenal character designs that become more apparent during its many cutscenes. Being a story-driven game, its look may resemble that of an action RPG that targets an adrenaline-seeking audience, but...
It has been a pretty good last few years for fans of both CRPGs and the Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition rules, with games like Baldur’s Gate 3, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and now Solasta: Crown of the Magister all doing an excellent job of simulating the tabletop experience. In many ways,...
As anyone who’s even casually bumped up against the franchise knows, the world of Warhammer is almost incomprehensibly broad and deep and the Games Workshop has spawned or licensed dozens of video games based on its various properties and spinoffs. Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground is the first turn-based...
Maneater
Last year, the gaming waters turned bloody with the arrival of Maneater, the self-proclaimed shARk-PG that puts players into the role of a shark. It’s combination of engaging story, unique gameplay, and witty humour made it a beloved hit for many gamers. Even our COGconnected review gave it a solid...
A wise person once said: with age comes revision, or in the case of video games, remasters. The most successful of these – take Shadow of the Colossus for example – work because the source content remains excellent. Even years on, the loops, mechanics, and content hold their own. With...
Rust is a survival sandbox game from developer Facepunch Studios, here to bring an experiment for the average gamer. The experiment comes with one mission: survive, and it’s about as simple as a rotary phone until you try one. The open-world provides a blend of uncultivated beauty, questionable moments, and opportunities...
