Cass Barkman
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Video games are an ideal medium to hang out with virtual animal companions. You’ve got games entirely centered on beloved furry friends like Nintendogs and the Pokémon series, as well as recognisable characters like Dogmeat from Fallout (rest in peace, mo-cap dog River), bird dog Trico from The Last Guardian and, my personal recent favourite, the titular mystical wolf in last year’s Neva. Entering this pantheon of games that allow you to play alongside a beloved furry friend is Koira, a ...
The new title from Spanish developer The Game Kitchen, previously known for their ‘Blasphemous’ series, is simultaneously new and familiar terrain for the studio. The religious iconography of their previous titles is alive and well, but gone is their Metroidvania action to be replaced by the tactical stealth of trying to escape an 18th-century monastery. Besides some frustrations with its resource management and a few lacking stealth mechanics, The Stone of Madness does a compelling job r...