The Gemsbok

Introduction: The King of Comedy—a financial-failure-turned-cult-classic about an obsessive aspiring stand-up comic who decides he is owed an appearance on the late night talk show hosted by his idol—represents a uniquely excellent demonstration of the po…

Introduction: Mewgenics is a tactics games, meaning it resides in a subgenre of turn-based strategy games in which you move a team of units around a (usually grid-based) battlefield.

Introduction: Hollow Knight offers one of the most engaging and intriguing experiences in the medium.

Introduction: In narrative, setting, and artstyle, Stardew Valley and Spiritfarer are very far apart: the former is about rejuvenating a grandparent’s abandoned farm and embracing a rural lifestyle in pixel art; the latter is about coaxing souls onto a bo…

Introduction: Both Mini Metro and the studio’s more recent iteration on the formula, Mini Motorways, are a noticeable step up in execution from similar chill takes on the strategy genre such as Islanders and Reus.

Introduction: The first and most dominant visual motif of Journey is . . . sand.

Introduction: I’ve spent a lot of time over the past couple years running a fine-tooth comb through FromSoft’s recent works, with articles on Sekiro and Elden Ring which highlight an array of small issues and minor annoyances that crop up in those overwhe…

Introduction: The indie hack-and-slash action-adventure game Death’s Door is an experience about which I have a very mixed opinion.

Introduction: Each of the first three titles created by Supergiant Games excels in some obvious way over their other offerings.

Introduction: From the immersive maturity of its mechanical and narrative details, to the unparalleled sense of consideration for consequences that it fosters among players, to the sheer number of genuinely unique and refreshing design risks that it takes…