The perfect organism. Spoken by Ash in 1979’s Alien, the Xenomorph is perhaps one of the best-designed creatures in horror. The creativity of authors, artists, and other visionaries have guided this franchise beyond just the films. Aside from the nine Alien films, nothing has been more immersive than the games based on this series for more than 40 years. That is
Read MoreThe Incident at Galley House is the latest mystery game from Evil Trout Inc. and William Rous. In this grisly detective mystery game, your role is to investigate what happened in the Galley House during a fateful period in 1936. How does one go about investigating mysterious events that happened 90 years ago? You are provided access to a highly advanced
Read MoreCome along on a journey filled with danger, wonder, and adventure as you travel through time in LIFTED! This is the first game developed and published by Adventure Works, a new studio that was founded by former Disney Imagineer Jeffrey Ashbrook. Mr. Ashbrook was influenced not only by his imagination but was strongly inspired after speaking to an archeologist while on
Read MoreThe new Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 is a loyal remake of the classic Nintendo 64 title, Star Fox 64. When the game was first announced, there were many decrying the remake as a cheap attempt to cash in on nostalgia, but I can safely say that this remake does everything right. The series has always been one of my
Read MoreIt’s your fresh new birthday, and it is up to you to explore strange, hostile alien worlds while trying to overcome the many threats that inhabit them. In One More Game’s SWAPMEAT, you’ll collect resources, run’n’gun, and swap out your squishy body for parts and pieces of your alien foes. This might sound weird at first, but it is through this
Read MoreThree times a year, the company behind Steam, Valve Software, holds an event to showcase a plethora of upcoming games that are coming to the platform. These events, each of them being called Steam Next Fest, are there to exhibit these games with playable demos. The developers behind these demos use this event to show off either their first demo or
Read MoreI’ve always tended to gravitate towards wholesome and cozy games, but with the abundance of games from those categories, it’s getting more difficult to find the ones right for me. From special events hosted on Steam showcasing a swath of games to publishers and organizations doing the same thing by having “Directs” on Twitch and YouTube, it’s a lot. One of
Read MoreSeveral months ago, as I was browsing the upcoming indie game releases on Steam, I discovered the demo for Echo Isle. Just from looking at the screenshots and reading the page’s listing, I had all of these memories from my childhood flooding back into my mind as it reminded me of games of my past. I thought to myself, “I need
Read MoreHave you ever walked into a late-night café, sat down, and started conversing with strangers, which led to establishing new connections? Well, that’s what I got to experience with the recently released visual novel game Coffee Talk: Tokyo. Admittedly, I have never really been a fan of the visual novel genre in the past. I have tried to play many other
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