PAX West 2022: Writer’s Block Preview

Everyone has their own methods of defeating writer’s block. Some use drugs recreationally, some go outside and spend time in nature, and some do something completely different. TicToc Games’ Writer’s Block, is quite literally centered around it, but has a…

PAX West 2022: Wordless Preview

A new Metroidvania with a lot to bring to the table.

Blood Roots Preview

My eyes darted all across the encampment in front of me. Scanning for something, anything. There! Gliding across the ground as if a speed skater in the finals of the Olympics, I snapped to the spot in an instant, grabbing…

The Blackout Club Preview

There was a moment when playing  Question’s The Blackout Club, while a terrifying monster sprinted after me and as I propelled myself over a fence and hit the ground, with the pulsating soundtrack vibrating throughout my headphones where I realized…

Young Souls Preview

Young Souls was one that jumped out to me, visually, right from the get go. It has a vibe that almost reminds me of Scott Pilgrim, obviously with a different artstyle. In execution, the game I saw is channeling that…

Sparklite Preview

Sparklite is a very cool adventure game being developed by two brothers out of North Carolina, coming from Merge Games, a publisher known for their work on Dead Cells or Moonlighter. I got to spend 25 minutes or so wandering…

Metro: Exodus Preview

I was shivering. Who knows how long I had been outside? The sun was just beginning to fade behind the mountains. The soft and subtle crunch of the leaves and twigs beneath my feet giving away my location to any…

Black Future ’88 Preview

You know you are in for quite the ride when the developer of a game tells you things like “This character you can play is Sioux, like Susie-Sue, and she starts out addicted to drugs” and “the second area is…

Last Year: The Nightmare Preview

With everything you’ve got you pull yourself up and without looking back for a single second break out into a full sprint. Every sinew and muscle of your body crying out for a break, straining and bulging as you exert…

Spelunky 2 Preview

Update from Sept. 1st: So, I have a lot of updates to this preview that I want to follow up on, so much so I’m pretty much adding an entire addendum preview to this. Some new developments and actually some…