Joanna Nelius

Joanna Nelius is a Southern California native who was raised on age-inappropriate games, yet somehow turned out alright. She has been an editor and contributor for several small gaming publications, as well as speculative fiction and academic magazines, for the last few years. When she has some free time, she usually spends it exploring abandoned buildings or watching Unsolved Mysteries—and finding good homes for her twisted horror and sci-fi stories.

Wrap Your Tentacles Around The New ‘Call of Cthulhu’ Gameplay Trailer

Focus Home Interactive released a new trailer today for the official video game adaptation of Chaosium’s tabletop RPG, Call of Cthulhu. The trailer goes into more detail about the various supernatural elements and creatures—cults, The Old Ones, the usual—as well as certain abilities and flaws that can help or hinder your Darkwater investigation. Edward Pierce’s strength won’t do much i...[Read More]

NEXT Studio’s Puzzle Adventure ‘Iris.Fall’ Releasing Late 2018

Publisher Zodiac Interactive announced today that NEXT Studio, creator of the multi-award winning puzzler Death Coming, will be releasing their second title, Iris.Fall, late this year. In the middle of a brilliant, mysterious atmosphere, Iris.Fall focuses on a young girl named Iris who follows a black cat into a seemingly abandoned theater. She discovers a dreamworld where furniture is precariousl...[Read More]

‘Cities: Skylines’ Arrives on Nintendo Switch Today

Paradox Interactive announced today that it’s bringing best-selling city builder, Cities: Skylines, to the Nintendo Switch, marking the publisher’s first entry into the portable gaming realm. “Cities is the first Paradox title on any Nintendo platform, and we are very eager to get the game out to Switch players,” said Sandra Neudinger, Product Manager from Paradox Interactive. “This is...[Read More]

Unstable Unicorns: Control & Chaos Kickstarter Launched Today, Immediately Surpassed Goal

The creative minds behind the cute and sadistic card game, Unstable Unicorns, have already blown through their initial funding goal for their Kickstarter-exclusive Control & Chaos expansion. For those unfamiliar with Unstable Unicorns, it’s a game about raising baby unicorns into the bestest-strongest army and mercilessly defeating your enemies. Since the base game originally launched la...[Read More]

Kitfox Games’ ‘Boyfriend Dungeon’ Heads to Kickstarter, New Trailer Released

The Montreal-based developer headed to Kickstarter today with their latest game, Boyfriend Dungeon. This romance adventure puts a new twist on the dungeon crawler genre with the ability to transform weapons into gorgeous people everyone wants to date.

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Mulaka (PC) Review

Fantasy stories have had their fill of the stereotypical creatures and heroes. Elves, orcs, mages, dwarves, warriors, kings, fairies — they’re all a dime a dozen. Similarly, the stories of Greek and Roman gods have been told and retold over and over again. But before playing Mulaka, I had never heard of the Tarahumara, an indigenous people of northwestern Mexico renowned for their long-distance ru...[Read More]

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Past Cure Review

Past Cure is full of promise. With a premise of mystery and intrigue, and haunting visuals, it’s no fault of anyone who starts this game thinking they will be transported into an action-packed thriller. Sadly, Past Cure is marred with monotone voice acting, unfocused game design, and writing that tries too hard. There are loads of great ideas, but they don’t fit together in a way that is satisfyin...[Read More]

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Rise of Industry Early Access Preview

Rise of Industry is an incredibly involved tycoon game that allows players to control every aspect of their production line: raw resources to components to end products, and shipping those products across the map by truck, boat, and train—even by Zeppelin. From growing vegetables to sucking oil out of the rivers, micromanaging a Monsanto, General Electric-esque empire has never been so easy and so...[Read More]

SWERY’s Newest Game, ‘The Missing’, Releasing in 2018

Arc System Works Co., Ltd. today unveiled Hidetaka Suehiro’s (SWERY) latest game project titled The Missing to be released sometime this year. “I can say with confidence that SWERY is one of the industry’s most unique game developers,” said Minoru Kidooka, President and CEO of Arc System Works Co., Ltd. “We share his vision for creating innovative, genre-bending games and look forward to wor...[Read More]

‘Where the Water Tastes Like Wine’ Release Date Set for Feb. 28

Good Shepherd Entertainment released a brand new trailer for Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, giving everyone a much anticipated release date of February 28. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, original story-driven adventure game from co-developers Dim Bulb Games and Serenity Forge, is about traversing across the United States. While trying to survive Manifest Destiny, players will encounter an ec...[Read More]

‘Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle Racers’ Board Game Launches on Kickstarter

Today, tabletop game company, Shinobi 7, LLC, announced their Kickstarter campaign launch for their new board game, Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle Racers, a pre-painted miniatures racing board game for 2-5 players. Players will be able to choose between Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Tails, and Dr. Eggman to zoom to the finish line ahead of their opponents, assuming they avoid opposing racers and a variety of ...[Read More]

Snail Games’ Multiplayer VR Adventure, ‘ARK Park,’ Launching March 22

Ross Gellers and John Hammonds of the world, rejoice. Publisher and developer Snail Games is bringing ARK: Survival Evolved fans a VR adventure in the same universe—ARK Park. ARK Park will allow HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Rift users to interact with the same magnificent and astonishing creatures “face-to-face” through a series of VR-powered theme-park attractions. “ARK Park takes the world of ARK:...[Read More]

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