The first time I played Nom Nom Galaxy, it was actually titled PixelJunk Inc.. Chris and I saw it at PAX a few years back and, being fervent Q Games fans, sat for an hour to see what it was …

My favorite strategy for consuming media of any form is to go in completely blind. I avoided all trailers and discussions about Intergalactic, for instance, and was pleasantly surprised by a Matt Damon cameo (among other things) halfway through the …

MonsterBag comes out of left field from Chilean developer Iguanabee. I had little idea that the game even existed before it released on Vita for free with PlayStation Plus. Over the course of a few days, I trekked through the …

The opening sequence in LOST ORBIT hints that the game is going to host deep musings on purpose and existence. An early quote casts the protagonist as “a worker bee who didn’t see the big picture.” Later on, we’re informed …

Bastion originally released a whopping four years ago. I remember playing it at PAX or PAX East and thinking, “holy crap this is cool.” The issue then was that the game was releasing for Xbox Live and I would be …

I have been excited to play Jamestown+ since it was first announced for PS4 about a year ago. Here’s proof. When it finally landed on my review queue, I was giddy at the prospect of playing through it with a …

Pillar begins with a seemingly simple question: Who are you? After entering your name, it then asks a slightly more open-ended question: What are you? There are six descriptors to choose from with terms like ‘Focused’ and ‘Renewing.’ Practically speaking, …

About 240. That’s the number of minutes I’ve put into this scorechasing arcade game. In that time, I beat the game twice, surmounted some of the extra tasks, and took part in a couple of daily challenges. For a practically …

One of February’s free PS4 PS+ Titles, Apotheon, has arrived after many months of radio silence.  After seeing it teased some 9 months ago I had all but forgotten about this game until we got the news a few days …

So a pinball machine and an action RPG walk into a bar. The action RPG asks, “Would you like a character progression system, a decent story, and seamless combat?” “I’d flippin’ love ’em” replies the pinball machine. “Why don’t you …