HIGH Pulling off a perfectly-timed string of hits without hesitation.
LOW Where is the last guy on this level?!
WTF The balancing of the last two stages!
Author: Elijah Beahm
Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip Review
HIGH This may be some of the best game-feel of the decade.
LOW Honestly, the soccer minigame kinda sucks.
WTF Feeding your pet fish… fish-fries
Asgard’s Wrath 2 Review
HIGH Dismembering foes like a sword-swinging badass.
LOW Every single time Abraxas opens his mouth.
WTF No brightness slider in a modern triple-A game? Are you kidding?
Lorelei And The Laser Eyes Review
HIGH A lovingly-animated bestest doge.
LOW Not even David Cage games are this pretentious.
WTF No back button. Why? No really, I want someone to explain this one.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) Review
HIGH Call of Duty has never been more player-driven, and I’m here for it.
LOW A grindy zombies mode with permadeath and ridiculous internet speed demands!
WTF People complaining about a campaign being replayable?!
Interview With Emeric Thoa – The Game Bakers
Haven caught the industry by surprise by capturing romance among the stars with a game that’s equal parts RPG, cooperative date night and sci-fi art piece. I sat down with Haven’s creative director, Emeric Thoa, to learn how the Game Bakers gave rise to such a fresh take on romantic gaming.
Interview With Dan Marshall – Lair Of The Clockwork God
You might not think you know Dan Marshall, but odds are good you’ve seen or played his games. The co-founder of BAFTA award-winning indie developer Size Five Games has overseen the creation of everything from sex-ed comedy shoot-’em-ups to 2D stealth/thievery, all the way to LucasArts adventure homages.
Muse Dash Review
The Waifu Is Not Enough
HIGH Perfectly chaining a song I actually like.
LOW A playable tween character with underboob. Really?
WTF A progression system more puzzling than the levels themselves.
The Subtle Morality Of Far Cry 4
Far Cry is a diverse series that has varied wildly across its sequels. Far Cry 4 broke this trend by not only being in the same universe as Far Cry 3, but by reusing a majority of the same gameplay ideas. Another way it broke the cycle? By adding choice.
Interview: Alec Stamos On Low Poly & Renegade Sector Games
When you think of retro games, you’re probably picturing a pixelated 2D platformer or JRPG. That’s starting to change and Alec Stamos is among the next generation of indie devs aiming to shake things up.
Stamos is one of a new breed of indie devs that have an appreciation for the game industry’s earliest attempts at action and 3D gaming. He explores a world where textures warped along the edges of CRT monitors, polycounts could fit on two hands, and controls were as strange as the games they were built for.
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