Heidi Hawes
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Most of us have grown up hearing about urban legends, like the man with a hook for a hand terrorizing teenagers trying to make out, or the Loch Ness Monster, or even Polybius, the famed ultra-rare video game that caused migraines and even heart attacks to those who played it. How many of us attempted to conjure Bloody Mary by saying her name three times in front of a mirror in a darkened room? I know I certainly have many times at sleepovers. But what do you do when an urban myth manifests it...
Sometimes you just want to pick up a game and shut your brain off. Hence why games like Abzu, A Short Hike, and Journey are so popular. Europa instantly grabbed my attention thanks to its beautiful Breath of the Wild inspired art style, exploration-based gameplay, and promises of a captivating narrative. All that remained to be seen was if Novadust Entertainment could deliver on their vision.
Every once in a while, there’s a game that is able to not only catch your attention visually, but is also able to deliver a rewarding and satisfying experience on a deeply emotional level. Spiritfarer, is one example that I still think about quite often for its (mostly) optimistic view of passing on to the next plane of existence. Then there are other games like Nomada Studio’s GRIS, which has you facing that same concept head-on, but in a much more raw and emotional way. GRIS left an imp...
Have you ever been so absorbed in a book that it felt like the characters were real? Or been so enthralled by the world in a story that you wished you just hop right into its pages and visit it for yourself? Well, what if the characters were real and they could actually leave the confines of their pages? In The Plucky Squire from All Possible Futures and Devolver Digital, this dream becomes a reality.
Ubisoft might be known in more recent years for churning out massive open-world games, filled to the brim with tall towers to scale and a myriad of points of interest to investigate, but this wasn’t always the case. Back in the early 2000’s, they published some of the most iconic games of the time, such as the Tom Clancy series, the Prince of Persia franchise, and the Rayman games. They also happened to release one of my personal favorites, Beyond Good & Evil. After receiving high praise ...
The 1980s were a wild time, especially when it came to cinema. Filmmakers got to play around with some truly bizarre concepts, like time-traveling killer cyborgs (The Terminator), vampires posing as punk rock teenagers (The Lost Boys), and a world where humans and cartoons coexist (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) Not to mention the hilarious notion that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito could be twins separated at birth (Twins). Unbridled creativity lead to some of the best gems ever to grace ...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: thank you Annapurna for not being afraid to publish games that are truly one of a kind. Games like Cocoon, Stray, Neon White, and The Artful Escape all provide engaging and yet completely unique experiences. So when I heard that Simogo (the developer behind Sayonara Wild Hearts) was once again teaming up with Annapurna to release a new puzzle game, I knew that I had to check it out.
Being a detective isn’t easy. Sometimes you have to look at the darkest crimes imaginable. Sometimes you have to observe humanity at its worst. Other times you have to enact vigilante justice upon the seedy underbelly of society. Then there are those rare times when you have to solve the most heinous enigmas of them all, like who stole an office employee‘s lunch? This is just one of the mysteries present in Duck Detective: The Secret Salami from Happy Broccoli Games. Sorry for the lame in...
One of the greatest accomplishments a game can achieve is to deliver a unique experience. To present itself in a way that makes it stand apart from the millions of games circulating the market. INDIKA from developer Odd Meter is a game that undeniably delivers an experience unlike any other.
The original version of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons from Starbreeze Studios was released in 2013, and was met with both consumer and critical acclaim. Now over ten years later, AvantGarden Games has teamed up with 505 Games to re-release this indie daring in the form of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake. With remakes being all the rage in recent years, it didn’t really come as a surprise when this beloved gem was slated to receive the remake treatment. The question now is if the game is ...