Of all the many video game species that have gone extinct in my lifetime, I think I miss the single player spaceship sim the most. Oh sure, there are games out there like EVE Online and Elite: Dangerous. But for those of us who fell in love with […]
What if I told you that there was a real-time space strategy game that allowed you to explore star systems, colonize planets, build fleets, recruit admirals, and fight against strange alien races? And no, I’m not talking about Stellaris… Conquest: Frontier Wars (CFW) is a real-time strategy space […]
Every now and then, I stumble on upon a game that manages to capture my attention in a way I never quite expected. Kingdom: New Lands is one such game – and it grabbed me by delivering one of the most eye-wateringly beautiful pixel art aesthetics I’ve ever […]
The Backstory The Great Leader is dead, and your home planet of Solo Nobre is in chaos. You have decided to join and fight for the Solo Nobre Concern (SNC), which means your legal citizenship has been revoked. You must bring three factions into submission: The Loyalists, […]
Yeah, I get it. You hate Rogue-likes. You hate just clicking on enemies until they die. You hate ASCII graphics, tilesets that look like they were made in MS Paint, and interfaces that feel older than you do. You hate the tedium of hauling around tons of equipment, […]
Created by Swedish developers Iron & Form, Steamworld Heist (and its accompanying expansion, The Outsider) is the third installment in the Steamworld series, following up from Steamworld Tower Defense and Steamworld Dig. The only thing Heist shares with its predecessors is the world in which it exists, a […]
If you’re a regular reader of this web site, then I feel it is safe to make certain assumptions about the kind of games you enjoy. Obviously, you like something strategic, preferably the kind of game that puts you in charge of a large organization that is looking […]
Battle Brothers is a mercenary team-building game set in a low-magic fantasy world that is definitely on the grim side. The land has been torn by conflict and mercenaries like you have decided to try their hand at profiting from the situation. In many ways, the game plays […]
Sense of Wonder The older I get, the harder it is to find a sense of wonder… In my games. Sad but true. Sure, there’s plenty of fun to be had, but finding that one game that really clicks and creates those rare hours of complete gaming bliss? […]
Everyone wants to be an action hero. But that is not who you play in The Final Station – a pixel-graphics, side-scrolling, narrative game from Do My Best Studios. Instead of the zombie-bagging, girl-saving action hero, you play as a paunchy train conductor short on bullets whose wife […]
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