Storytime! Northwest of Bolzano, the Alpine capital of Tyrol, is the town of Graun im Vinschgau, known as Curon Venosta in Italian. This town, which borders Reschensee lake is the second town called Curon in the area; the original Curon…
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Never Alone: Arctic Collection review – Keep your hood up
Some games feel important. Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is one of those games. Comprising both the original game and the Fox Tales DLC, Never Alone: Arctic Collection is the best way to play this groundbreaking game. On the surface, it’s a relatively…
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Eternal Hope review – An essay on man
Eternal Hope tells a tale as old as time. You are a little lonely boy, living in a world of darkness and shadows. One day, you meet a little girl, and the two of you bond, meeting every day. Suddenly,…
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Martha is Dead review – Well that took a turn
It’s been hours since the Credits rolled on Martha is Dead, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. It feels like I’ve been hit by a truck. Martha is Dead is undoubtedly one of the best games of the year, but it’s…
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Castle Morihisa review – Believe it
Put on your Kabuki mask, grasp a katana in your teeth, and get ready to Naruto run, it’s Castle Morihisa time! <David knocks himself out ninja-running straight into a wall> Ouch. Ok. So. In Castle Morihisa, you take control of…
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Popslinger review – Urrrp
Funky Can Creative’s Popslinger is a great-looking game with some very cool ideas and a great premise. However, as much as there is to like about Popslinger, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that it is more than a little rough around the edges. …
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Vagante review – Are you afraid of the dark?
The Roguelike genre has exploded in the past decade. It seems like not a week goes by that some new procedurally generated dungeon crawler doesn’t find its way onto virtual shop fronts. Enter stage left, Nuke Nine’s Vagante, a rather charming…
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Model Builder review – Precision Modelling Ad Tedium
… deeply, brutally unfun to “play”, much like real model building, but lacking any of the meditative qualities.
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Siege Survival: Gloria Victis review – hold down the fort
Games in the ‘bleak struggle for survival’ genre like Siege Survival: Gloria Victis live in the shadow of Frostpunk, a rich and clever game that thrived on hopelessness. Frostpunk would likely have failed as a game had it not married its grimy bleakness with a sense…
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The Legend of Tianding review – Big trouble in the Daodeching
I have always enjoyed learning about other cultures and their history. I also love playing games where I can kick bad guys in the face. The Legend of Tianding is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up loosely based on the history of early…
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Seed of Life review – Time to save the world
Games give us so many opportunities to do things that we wouldn’t be able to do in real life, from travelling to different dimensions or having superpowers to destroying or saving the world. Often the best part of these experiences…
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Necrobarista: Final Pour steeps onto Switch
Route 59 and Coconut Island Games. anime-style visual novel Necrobarista: Final Pour is out on Switch, right now. One of the many delightful looking titles shadow-dropped on today’s Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Necrobarista: Final Pour’s developers have described it as…
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