I’ve been out of the mobile gaming circuit for a bit, mostly because of the Nintendo Switch. I’ve recently started yearning for something to play on my phone, but nothing I find quite scratches that itch I have. I’m quite hopeful for care sim plus RPG game Yolk Heroes: A…
Read MoreI’m not going to lie, it isn’t hugely unexpected that my first news article of 2024 is about a game that is over a decade old. We are in the age of the remake/remaster, after all. But dungeon-crawling RPG Legend of Grimrock isn’t getting a remake. It isn’t getting a…
Read MoreIn Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya, Mystia’s restaurant has been ransacked and she will have to rebuild it to once again be considered the best tavern in Gensokyo. Collect ingredients and recipes during the day. Create the perfect ambience with outfits, decorations, and music. Then, at night, execute the perfect dinner service…
Read MoreDeveloper Lightbulb Crew is best known for its stylised tactics game Othercide; Matt reviewed it for DDNet, believing it to be a strong concept but he also thought it was too focused on providing content. I’m interested to see where Lightbulb Crew will go with its next game, Nova Hearts.…
Read MoreIf you’re not familiar with Mother, you may recognize its Western title: EarthBound Beginnings. (Plain old Earthbound is actually Mother 2 – you can read some more why here.) The Mother/EarthBound trilogy of RPGs is iconic, launching between 1989 and 2006. It is safe to say it has inspired many…
Read MoreThere are very few feelings as odd as being a video game journalist and playing a video game about being a journalist. News Tower gets very close to this, except it is more about managing journalists and newspapers. The newspaper tycoon management sim is set in 1930s New York City,…
Read MoreThere have been some really solid card-based video games released in recent years, including the Voice of Cards trilogy. It’s definitely a genre to keep an eye on. Today, Undead Fox and LTG Publishing announced new narrative card-based roguelike RPG Dark Lord. Coming to PC, it is an adventure-driven story…
Read MoreEvery so often I do that nonsense Political Compass test. It is nonsense and a generally poor way of reflecting your actual position on topics, but it’s fun to watch where the dot on the matrix moves around over time. And it’s fun to compare your results to how other…
Read MoreWholesome Snack may be a mini version of the Wholesome Direct, but it’s always packed to the brim with games I’m excited to play. Last year’s Wholesome Snack showed off games such as Mail Time, Mineko’s Night Market, and Tchia. This one holds even more goodies, including several game announcements…
Read MoreI kind of love when I get excited for a game, but it takes so long to launch that I kind of forget about it. It makes the actual launch a happy surprise. It’s been ten years since Harold Halibut first came into existence, with the team building real-world sets…
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