Writer’s Choice Award
YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG Gets Release Date for Switch, PS4 & Steam
One more New Year’s celebration. That’s all gamers are going to have to wait before finally getting their hands on YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG. On January 17th, 2019, the indie Japanese-style RPG from Ysbryd Games and Ackk Studios will be available for the Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation®4, and PCs and Mac computers via Steam.
Chasm PAX East Hands-On Preview
Back in the days of my youth, I would spend a lot of days on sites like Miniclip, Nitrome, or OneMoreLevel. It was on those sites that I first encountered the pixel art style in gaming. Before that point, I had only come across them in arcades and other such establishments. And yet, I was hooked. I spent countless days fettering my summer afternoons in devotion to these pixel arcade games.
My Memory of Us PAX East Hands-On Preview
Perhaps my favorite game at PAX this year was My Memory of Us by Juggler Games. Taking place under Nazi occupation, the player takes the controls as a tag team little boy and girl. In spite of possessing the adult themes of the Holocaust, My Memory of Us manages to make this game that is suitable for almost all ages. By replacing actual Nazis with “Bad Robots” they create an adventure puzzler that...[Read More]
Destination Primus Vita PAX Preview and Writer’s Choice Award Winner
A little bit of Myst, a dash of System Shock, a slice of life in cryosleep on the USCSS Nostromo, and a hearty helping of The Expanse. That’s how I would describe Destination Primus Vita, the science fiction first-person mystery series being developed by Epsilon Games.
Yuppie Psycho – PAX East Preview and Writer’s Choice Winner
It’s a feeling almost everyone can relate to: walking for the first day of work at the first big job, and feeling woefully underqualified and underprepared. But what if you really were totally underqualified, and your job description turned out to be something straight out of an X-Files episode? Yuppie Psycho pitches that question, melding together a rich blend of office comedy, retro graphics, an...[Read More]