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Video hosted by Steve Heller Imagine Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy inside of James Cameron’s Avatar, with a touch of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie… You know, the good one. And you get BIOMUTANT, a sprawling open-world RPG that casts you on a quest to save
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller. In a world where every game is a deckbuilding Roguelike, creating something truly unique is no easy feat. Ground Shatter’s Fights in Tight Spaces is a turn-based tactical card game that takes the blueprint of other Roguelike card battlers, and lets the actions
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Social deduction games have long been a favorite of mine. Ever since I played The Ship at a LAN back in 2006, I was hooked on the idea of playing with people in a more social context than shooting baddies, or ticking down flags in Day of Defeat. Since then
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When I think of indie platformers, more often than not it’s the tough as nails 2D offerings. Dustforce is one of my favorites, I owe my career to the anger-inducing levels in Super Meat Boy, and more recently Celeste has cemented itself as
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Video hosted by Steve Heller I was pretty excited for Ashwalkers, a new narrative-focused survival adventure that takes place in a volcanic wasteland. Unfortunately it was was devoid of meaning, leaving a bad taste in my mouth at the end of my first, and only run of the supposedly repeatable
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When I booted up Everhood I was expecting a light and quirky adventure, filled with memorable characters, a danceable soundtrack, and some feel good moments. I was wrong. I was very, very…. wrong. Everhood bills itself as an unconventional adventure RPG, and I definitely
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller I’m one of those weirdos who never really played Mega Man. Despite growing up playing games before I could even talk, the little android man and I never really crossed paths in over thirty years of gaming adventures. In fact, most of what
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When Disjunction came across my desk I was told it was Hotline Miami taking place in a cyberpunk world. It never really provided exactly that, and while it does a lot of things right, Disjunction never really grows past its first few hours. It’
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When Olija came across my desk, I honestly didn’t know what I was in for. Judging from the trailers I was expecting yet another typical pixel art Metroidvaniah. However the involvement of Devovler Digital had me wondering what the hook was. Turns out,
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller I still remember the first time I saw the reveal trailer for Crypt of the Necrodancer. Not only was the name just utterly perfect, but its unique mashup of Roguelike dungeon crawling and rhythm games was just so damn fun. That’s why I
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller When it comes to first person narrative adventures, players are spoilt for choice. There’s the trailblazing Gone Home, the deeply moving What Remains of Edith Finch, the heady and esoteric The Stanley Parable, and lets not forget about the phenomenal Firewatch. Suffice to
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Written and hosted by Steve Heller Stirring Abyss is a hardcore tactics game that is filled with horrific Lovecraftian lore that honestly infected my brain for a few weeks while I was reviewing other games. The way it manages to weave familiar mechanics together with hypnotic narrative is rather striking,