Last year’s Metrico garnered polarizing scores from critics. Yours truly found it to contain “unadulterated discovery and exploration,” tapping into “our inherent curiosity as humans.” Others found the controls and use of the Vita’s features in general to be an …

Pneuma: Breath of Life is a video game. But does that make it less valid; less real? What is real? The game was created by real people who purposefully made its graphical aesthetic look realistic, so it must be real …

Whispering Willows opens with daunting piano chords and a recurrent, faint sound of wailing voices. So sets the stage for this spooky historical fiction game by Night Light Interactive, published by LOOT. What’s great about Whispering Willows – its multi-faceted …

Silence: The Whispered World II is now slated for a 2016 release. Based on earlier information about the game, I’m intrigued to see what modernizations Daedalic bring to the adventure game genre. I like the idea of not having an …

I had heard of Skulls of the Shogun at various shows before. Like Orcs Must Die and a handful of other indies, it’s a game that gains a lot of accolades but was never on my appointments list due to …

We got news recently from Califer Games that their PlayStation Mobile game Spirits of Elduurn is releasing June 17th. The developers intended to release the game for free, but due to platform restrictions, it may release at the low cost …

The first time I played Nom Nom Galaxy, it was actually titled PixelJunk Inc.. Chris and I saw it at PAX a few years back and, being fervent Q Games fans, sat for an hour to see what it was …

My favorite strategy for consuming media of any form is to go in completely blind. I avoided all trailers and discussions about Intergalactic, for instance, and was pleasantly surprised by a Matt Damon cameo (among other things) halfway through the …

Following a successful release on Vita and Steam, Phantom Breaker is making its way to PS4 this summer. What makes the game worthy of an Overdrive title tag? New features for the PS4 release: New skills and abilities for deeper …

Rive is a shmup with some unique attributes. For one, the game allows you to hack enemies into friendlies that shoot alongside you in battle. It also seems to have a bit more story/progression than most games in the genre. …