Lydia Tang
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Do you remember that friend from your childhood? If you need a reminder, they are the one you made at camp that summer, or the kid you laughed with during swimming lessons, or the one who transferred from your school one year. The Gardens Between tells the story of best...
Have you ever wondered if there was anything more out there? Just beyond the corner of your eye, in the hidden bookshops of your city, or tangled in the clotted hair of an old doll you’ve found. Or even there, glimmering under your skin if you peel it back a...
Ittle Dew 2
Do you ever have those intense dreams where a lot of weird, improbable things happen that shouldn’t fit together but it still makes sense at the time, and all of it is probably taking place within five minutes of REM sleep but it feels like an entire x4 speed movie?...
After the monumental success of Journey, the indie-game-that-could, it is only natural for there to be a legacy of other indie titles who try to capture a similar magic, come flight or fall. AER Memories of Old visibly takes inspiration from a variety of great games, but never quite manages...
Inspired by Steven Wilson’s haunting “Drive Home“, Last Day of June explores this line of questioning as it tells a heartfelt story about loss and the acceptance of it. These themes are steeped in every aspect of the game, from the visuals, dream-like and haunting, to the gameplay itself, as Carl...
Pyre
I have a love/hate relationship with Supergiant Games. Alright, hate is too strong of a word, but Bastion definitely inspired some kind of loathing within me (directed both at myself and at the game) while Transistor was an ARPG tour de force in my eyes. With its slow start, Pyre...
Tyranny
RPGs often give you a vague player character that is destined to have a hero’s journey and meet loyal companions in their fight of good against evil to save the world. Tyranny takes all of this and turns it on its head — evil has already won, and you helped...
Samorost 3
Playing Samorost 3 is like paging through a children’s storybook, one with many movable parts and the most beautiful of illustrations, but this story can also dance and bloom and challenge you — all without words. In the latest adventure of the white-capped “Gnome”, Amanita Design brings forward another brilliant...
