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I’m a big fan of Supermassive’s Until Dawn. The relative lack of player agency, outside of scripted choices, didn’t bother me one bit when the subject matter was so enjoyable. The schlocky, slasher-movie popcorn flick vibe was perfect to experience with a group of friends gathered around the TV screen, and scratched a deep-seated horror […]

One of the chief appeals of escape-the-room games is the thrill of a constantly-changing amalgamation of puzzles and roadblocks to overcome, each new room bringing with it entertaining new challenges to suss out and a number of different ways to stretch your gray matter. Imagine my disappointment, then, when after getting through the first handful […]

The adventure genre caters to many different preferences. With various settings, themes, atmospheres, and lengths, there’s something for just about every taste. Some games are involved dramatic epics, others dark and gory fright fests. , from indie developer Eteru Studio, attempts to somewhat bridge the gap between lighter and more hardcore fare. This science fiction […]

Bad Dream: Fever   Between March 2017 and November 2018, indie developer Desert Fox indulged the darkest corners of their imagination with two nightmare-fueled forays into a fictional dream world in and . While the two games aren’t directly connected by either plot or characters, they seek to evoke the same sense of uneasy dread […]

Look up the definition of “puzzle game” in a dictionary and you very well might see a picture of Monolith Graphics’ next to it. Almost everything one needs to know about this title is contained in those three syllables, for better or worse. Steeped in a lovely gothic atmosphere, the game does very little to […]

The year 2000 seems like a lifetime ago, back when we first saw the release of Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure, a hulking three-CD-ROM monolith of FMV footage, slideshow-style exploration, and 3D panoramic vistas. With technology advancing at an exponential rate since then, Omni Creative Group's archeological deep dive is practically as ancient […]

Horror and suspense are hard feelings to evoke. As a general rule, I am more open than most to allowing myself to be scared, suspending my disbelief and letting myself give in to a good fright. In other words, I enjoy spending time on the edge of my seat. But while Kowai Sugoi’s first-person horror […]

“Cthulhu in space!” was my immediate thought of after seeing its trailer earlier this year. Being a fan of all-things-Lovecraft, it’s no wonder the prospect of getting a good fright from Rock Pocket Games’ eldritch-themed cosmic horror adventure had me smiling from ear to ear when I showed up for my demo appointment at E3 […]

Escape Rooms are something I’ve found myself become more and more interested in on a personal level in the real world. It’s not just about solving puzzles, but the way those puzzles are often interconnected, leading from one to the next and back again, with the overarching purpose of finding a way out of an […]