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Review : Eriksholm The Stolen Dream : Scene it?

Review : Eriksholm The Stolen Dream : Scene it?

There is a moment that perfectly encapsulates what Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is all about within the first few moments of the game. Quietly sneaking through a factory, protagonist Hanna grabs a note where a worker writes about how slow-paced, meticulous work is gratifying, to which she brightly replies, "I…
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Review : Palia in 2025 : Home Sweet Home

Review : Palia in 2025 : Home Sweet Home

It’s wild that a free-to-play game with no combat, no meaningful group activities, and a limited number of maps to explore has managed to keep me hooked for over 150+ hours. But Palia has done just that. It completely surpassed my expectations, drawing me back again and again to build…
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Review : Dead of Darkness : Good Game, Weird Name

Review : Dead of Darkness : Good Game, Weird Name

What if you could experience a Resident Evil-style horror game wrapped in the nostalgic charm of a 2D SNES-era JRPG aesthetic? If that idea stirs the loins, then Dead of Darkness is for you. Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival horror game developed by solo developer Markus Neuert of…
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Review : MindsEye : MediocreEye

Review : MindsEye : MediocreEye

If you asked the average player of video games who Leslie Benzies is, the answer would likely be, “Who is she?” But if you said the same thing to virtually any game developer, now or over the last thirty years, the answer would almost immediately be, “the former Rockstar producer…
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Review : Cattle Country : Yeehawn’t

Review : Cattle Country : Yeehawn’t

To pay homage to your favorite piece of media and create something that would eventually equal that level of fame is not uncommon in the gaming landscape. Stardew Valley, for example, revitalized the farming sim genre for a new generation, while its developer was simply trying to recapture the whimsy…
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Review : Section 13 : Hit and Miss

Review : Section 13 : Hit and Miss

Roguelites can easily be compared to the myth of Sisyphus with a nice little caveat, which is that things slightly change in your favor with each new day that you push the rock up that hypothetical mountain. To that end, Section 13 recreates that idea of slowly but surely inching…
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Review : Blades of Fire : Burnt Blades

Review : Blades of Fire : Burnt Blades

There is nothing I like more than a developer doing an original game of their own after recently playing in someone else’s sandbox. This is certainly what’s happening with Spanish developer Mercury Steam, more known in recent times by delivering the excellent Metroid Dread back in 2021 and their mixed…
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Review : Without a Dawn : Embrace the Darkness

Review : Without a Dawn : Embrace the Darkness

As I've grown older and become a more seasoned gamer (I am definitely the first to use this joke), I've come to value games that don't require hundreds of hours to complete. I find myself increasingly drawn to indie titles that push creative boundaries, experimenting with the medium in ways…
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Review : Post Trauma : Flawed Yet Worthy

Review : Post Trauma : Flawed Yet Worthy

Roman’s world is crumbling, not just physically, but emotionally. In Post Trauma, guilt twists reality into a prison of fleshy tendrils and sorrow. And Roman needs to find a way to escape or else lose himself to "The Gloom." That’s the premise behind Post Trauma, the debut title from Spanish…
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