So, you’ve finished Resident Evil Requiem. You’ve beaten the 30-year post-Raccoon City nightmare, you’ve met Alyssa Ashcroft’s daughter, and you’ve swapped between first and third person so many times your eyes are permanently dilated. Now what? You could play RE4 Remake again… for the fourteenth time. Or, you could stop acting like a zombie craving […]

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. So, you’ve survived the rain-soaked streets of 2329 New York, you’ve played with time like it’s a cheap TV remote, and now you’re defeated by… a floor covered in glowing Polaroids. Welcome to the Nobody Wants to Die Evidence Board—the only place where being a “hard-boiled

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. Alright, let’s talk about open worlds. You know, those sprawling digital landscapes where you can spend 200 hours collecting 500 feathers for a slightly fancier hat, all while ignoring the actual “save the world” plot? Yeah, those. While the big studios are busy making maps the size

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. Let’s be honest—you’ve heard of FEZ. It’s that indie game from over a decade ago that your coolest gamer friend won’t shut up about. The one with the “mind-blowing perspective shift” and the “controversial developer” and that adorable little character bouncing through a pixelated universe. Playing it for the first time

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. You’ve clicked on this post, which means you possess two key traits: a deep appreciation for complex systems, and a questionable life choice to let digital card games consume your evenings. I salute you. You’ve come to the right place. Let’s cut the marketing fluff. You

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. So, you’ve decided to join the illustrious ranks of Expedition 33, a mission so famously deadly they named it after a retirement countdown. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33—2025’s Game of the Year, a masterpiece of hybrid combat and artistic jargon so thick you could use it to patch

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. Let’s get something straight. In an era where “retro-inspired” can mean anything from a muted color palette to a character who occasionally says “rad,” we’re here to talk about the real deal. These aren’t games that just look old; they’re games that feel old. We’re talking authentic 8-bit and 16-bit

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. So you’ve decided to descend into the Crypt of the Necrodancer, a place where your typical rogue-like “careful planning” is thrown out in favor of “dancing like your Wi-Fi depends on it.” Imagine, if you will, a game that looks at the precise, turn-based strategy of classic

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. In an industry where blockbuster games often have credits longer than a Tolstoy novel, the idea of a single developer creating a masterpiece seems almost mythical. Yet, as any seasoned gamer knows, some of the most groundbreaking titles have sprung not from teams of hundreds, but from

Hello everyone and welcome back to another blog post. Let’s talk about creative constipation. You know the feeling: you’re expected to be a certain thing—the reliable folk singer strumming the same three chords for a hometown crowd that just wants the hits. That’s the gloriously awkward reality for Francis Vendetti, teenage nephew of a Bob