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Dinosaur theme park, in terms of ideas, it doesn’t get much cooler than that. “I’m not worried. It’s just a zoo, Henry.” Well, for anyone that ever saw a Jurassic Park film, we know exactly how that all turned out. Even knowing that, we all still would want to give...
The Banner Saga 2, the second game in developer Stoic’s trilogy of tactical role-playing games, is out now on Nintendo Switch. That’s great news, but it’s clear from the get-go that your overall enjoyment of the game will vary greatly depending on whether you have a completed save file from...
The newest addition to The Elder Scrolls Online is here, and it’s taken us to Summerset: the picturesque Altmeri homeland that is equally ominous as it is beautiful. The new island brims with amazing little adventures that you won’t regret exploring, whether you are brand new to the MMO or...
Are you a fan of walking simulators? To some, they represent the antithesis of video games, removing all but the minimum interaction to be considered a “game.” To others, they are the essence of interactive narrative, boiling a story down to your experience with it. Stories like Gone Home or...
Agony
Back in 2015, indie Kickstarter project Agony (then called “Sacred Agony”) gained a lot of attention by promising to take us on a first-person journey through Hell itself. Since then, screens and videos have only stoked the infernal fires of player interest with their fascinating, sometimes-disturbing teasers of what the...
With more than 1600 recorded FMV responses, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker makes it known that what you’re getting into is a world backed by real-life acting. With free text input, the game further aims to create a platform that places you right into the world itself as a...
Dark Souls is a franchise with a lot of influence over the way games have developed this past decade. The Souls games have inspired a whole swath of imitators, both good and bad, thanks to their revolutionary design. I’ve also never really played them before now. I was under the...
Have you ever wondered if there was anything more out there? Just beyond the corner of your eye, in the hidden bookshops of your city, or tangled in the clotted hair of an old doll you’ve found. Or even there, glimmering under your skin if you peel it back a...
Vampyr
Admittedly, I’ve never had a desire to obtain eternal youth and drink the innocent from their necks at the expense of eternal damnation. But upon delving into Vampyr, I swiftly abandoned my fleeting sense of morality in exchange for unparalleled might. It’s fun to be a vampire, and despite a...
Once every console generation or so, Sega gives gamers the opportunity to reach back through time and experience a huge swath of their finest 16-bit titles from the Genesis era. While each version has its highs and lows, there are a number of standout entries in this latest version, Sega...
Everspace
Developed by ROCKFISH Games, Everspace is a gorgeous space shooter that manages to seamlessly blend high speed action, methodical scavenging, and serious roguelike elements both in the execution of its gameplay and its control scheme simultaneously. You’ll begin the game setting out into space, having little in the way of...
Fox n Forests
Retro games have turned into a major arm of the games industry. Once a curious oddity, the past decade has seen them transform into a significant section of the modern gaming landscape. Often developers will try and evoke the memory of a certain genre or system in order to appeal...
