Back at the very start of the year, one of my goals was to dip my toe into Square’s long-running SaGa franchise finally, and to thank my vigor in completing this goal, Square has graced me with not only one…
PAX West 2024 Highlights
Another PAX is in the books, and it brought another round of unforgettable games and lifelong memories with friends. While PAX East increasingly feels like a showcase for indie titles over AAA games (I’ve started calling it “PAX Indie”), PAX…
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…
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…
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…