Missy Taylor
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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? She’s currently starring in her own video game off of the back of her 2019 animated Netflix, Carmen Sandiego. Developed by Gameloft Brisbane, Carmen Sandiego, for the first time ever, is in control as she teams up with the detective agency ACME. Using her vigilante mind, along with her friend ‘the man in the chair’ Player. The pair’s task is to track down VILE operatives across the globe. Using her gadgets, pickpocket, wiretap, and take down the ...
League of Legends (LoL) started its life in 2009 as a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) inspired by the popular World of Warcraft mod, DOTA. The title is now popular enough that its led to a whole bunch of tie-in media, like the popular animated TV series Arcane. There’s been a few games spun-off from LoL and Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story is the latest, a game from the Spanish development team Tequila Works. Song of Nunu is a single-player adventure exploration game. Nunu and...
It’s been almost a year and a half since Pathea’s My Time At Sandrock was released into Early Access. Sandrock is a cosy mismatch of a game, combining mechanics and gameplay styles from the farming/life/building sims many know and love. Set in the desert oasis town of Sandrock, you play as a new builder who’s come to rebuild the town to its former glory. All at the same time, a conspiracy theory develops about a local bandit trying to steal the town’s only natural resource, water. Sin...
Joining the bustling genre of casual and fun party games is Party Animals, a new release where you play as adorable animals and fight to the death!… or until the round is over. With a roster of cats, dogs, bats, owls and my favourite, sharks—you’re bound to find an animal you vibe with. You might even spot some familiar characters from a certain farming simulator! The devs at Recreate Games have developed their own in-house physics engine, so when it comes to fighting your friends, the ...
In Planet of Lana, you’re taken off Earth and transported to a planet that is somewhat similar to our own. Desert planes and forest biomes galore. Except, not everything is as it seems. You play as Lana, a child who is trying to rescue her friends and family after they were all abducted by alien machines. It’s up to her, and her animal companion, to travel the wasteland and find the people she’s searching for. But will she destroy the enslavers, or try to understand them? Wishfully Stud...
A great man once said, “Mornings are for coffee and contemplation”. But if Toge Productions can attest to anything, it’s that late nights are equally great times to have a think over a warm brew. The 2020 visual novel Coffee Talk now has a sequel and much like its predecessor, Coffee Talk Episode 2 has you playing as the barista for the local café where you make beverages for your customers as you listen to their troubles. While there isn’t a large shift from the previous game, there...
Have you finished playing Unpacking and thought to yourself, “I wish I had more puzzle/organisation video games in my life”? Well, you’re in luck! From the small Canadian indie studio, Max Inferno, comes a cozy puzzle game called A Little to the Left. While the game itself doesn’t have an obvious plot, much like Unpacking, there is an underlying narrative hidden beyond the puzzles. You’re tasked to organise a house after it’s been turned into disarray by a mischievous cat “with...
Cozy games have been a huge hit over the past couple of years. We’ve seen this with titles like Stardew Valley, My Time at Portia (and Sandrock), and Unpacking to name just a few. Cozy games are games that have some safety or softness. Potion Permit is a cozy game contender. In it, you play as a chemist looking after the town of Moonbury. Due to a past chemist doing harm to the environment around Moonbury, the town is slow to trust. But after talking to people and helping them, you start to...
Heavenly Bodies comes to us from the Melbourne-based company 2pt Interactive. In it, you play an astronaut/cosmonaut tasked with doing a multitude of things while in space. Meanwhile, you’ll need to move your limbs accurately and work on puzzles, or space will suck you out into the void. Heavenly Bodies promotes the fact that it’s about “the body and the absence of gravity”. Played in the third-person, you’ll have a great time yelling at the astronaut to move as you progress through...