Different types of challenges in games.
How can games challenge us? Here I discuss three different types of challenges: Problem solving, mechanical actions, and social interaction.
Ambitious Goals, Poor Narrative Design: The Town of Light Review
The Town of Light had a lot of potential, but unfortunately the end result doesn’t impress.
Darkest Dungeon – Stress, disease, and desperation
Darkest Dungeon is a visually striking, sadistically difficult roguelike dungeon-crawl rpg where you traverse perilous dungeons in search of heirlooms and treasure.
Cities: Skylines Review – Being A Mayor Has Never Been So Fun
Develop your city from a humble village to a bustling metropolis in this colorful, smoothly running city simulator.
Breathtakingly Beautiful…And Boring: Gris Review
Gris is a 2D platform-adventure with award-winning visual design, yet gameplay so lacking that it seems clear to which the developer team was focusing on more.
Investigating And Battling On The Vast And Mysterious Federal Bureau of Control – Control
Examine the large and vast the Oldest House as a new Director of The Federal Bureau of Control while eliminating the Hiss and searching for your brother.
Have games changed over the years, or have I? Maybe both.
There are more games than ever to play, yet I struggle to find the good ones to play. Here I explore some of the reasons why.
Performing and Pretending for The Audience of One: Role-Playing in Single-Player Games
What are the affordances and restrictions the digital single-player role-playing games impose on the gamer? The study explores the different ways the player can use the game as a complex toy with multiple affordances to play pretend with.
Not Your Typical Office Job: Death and Taxes Review
Who gets to decide who lives and who dies? In this 2D narrative puzzle game you play as a fresh-faced Death, merely responsible for the fate of all of humankind. Fill the paperwork, save the world. Possibilities are endless.
One simply walks into Mordor and hunts some orc.
Shadow of Mordor offers a good #action-adventure experience in Middle-Earth, with solid Arkham-style combat and a unique Nemesis system that gives enemies some much needed character, in an otherwise unimpressive story.
Ghost of Tsushima – A Ruthless Journey Through Breathtaking Feudal Japan
Ghost of Tsushima sets players into the shoes of a #samurai, who must free his home island from Mongol invaders – by any means necessary.
A Gorgeous Return to Boletaria – Demon’s Souls remake
Demon’s Souls returns with hard difficulty, tight gameplay, gorgeous graphics, and bosses.
Disco Elysium – A nonstop disco adventure
The narrative of Disco Elysium is clever, disturbing, and funny. It is an excellent text-heavy and story-driven rpg for fans of the genre.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon; How a Genre Shift Can Revitalize A Stale Series
A game review of Yakuza: Like a Dragon after beating the main story. A Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) set in a series known for beat 'em up gameplay, how does this black sheep fit in and does it bring honor to its family?
Vanishing of Ethan Carter: Walking Simulator Mystery That Doesn’t Hold Your Hand
Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an indie mystery adventure with supernatural elements that doesn’t hold your hand. Instead, it lets you experience a cleverly written story at your own pace in a gorgeous world. #gamereview #walkingsimulator #vanishingofethancarter
Call of Cthulhu Tries and Fails to Grasp the Player in Its Tentacles
Call of Cthulhu is an atmospheric adaptation from the classic RPG that serves many Lovecraftian tropes for its fans, but weak roleplaying features, and unpolished overall feel make it difficult to get immersed into this cosmic horror title. #callofcthulhu #gamereview #horror
Animal Farm meets the Russian revolution in Tooth and Tail
Tooth and Tail takes the old genre of real-time-strategy and infuses it with fresh and innovative mechanics and just the right amount of anthropomorphic cannibal animals. Absurd in just the right ways, don’t you think?
Final Fantasy VII Remake — An Incredible Yet Incomplete Experience
To a newcomer, Final Fantasy VII Remake is a magnificent game with exceptional visual design and fun combat, yet it doesn't feel like a complete experience.
Noita — An Unforgiving Roguelite Full of Surprises
Under the unforgiving rogue-lite core of Noita is a game filled with content, customizations, marvels, and surprises that makes it an extremely fun and unforgettable experience.
The Last of Us Part II – A story game that has amazing graphics and a messy story
The Last of Us Part II - A story game that has amazing graphics and a messy story. #Playstation4 #Singleplayer #Storytelling