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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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Interview : The Sound of World of Horror

Interview : The Sound of World of Horror

When I first saw the trailer for World of Horror, I knew, without a doubt, it was a game for me. I am an unapologetic Junji Ito fanboy who pre-orders every book, and I gravitate towards retro-inspired games. It took a while to finally get around to playing World of…
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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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Review : Promise Mascot Agency : Like A Driver

Review : Promise Mascot Agency : Like A Driver

A prominent surreal aesthetic in which heavily filtered memories of yesteryear recall simpler days has permeated social media in recent years. To ground this concept in a video game about an ex-yakuza managing an agency of Japanese mascots sounds outlandish, yet once seeing it in action, it feels meant to…
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