Reviewing N++ has been interesting for me. Typically, I’ll play through a game with an analytic lens, taking notes of its various attributes and how they contribute to the work as a whole. There’s a balance beam in my brain …

Squares Trials is a mobile game that released back in 2013. The Peruvian developers, LEAP Studios, decided to take their project to the Vita to widen its audience. What we have now is Squares, a simple, challenging, addictive game that …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

When I saw gameplay and read descriptions of Chariot, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The last physics-focused platformer I remember playing on a Sony console is probably TerRover, which left a bad taste in my mouth to say …

Since 2009, French developer Pastagames have been making games featuring a beaming, pixelated cat. Pix’N Love Rush and Pixel! warmed hearts and challenged thumbs in the past. With their newest title, it seems as if their mission to establish Pix …

Futurlab created a smash hit when they released Velocity on an unsuspecting, starving PlayStation Minis market. In relatively short time, they waxed it and rereleased it as Vita title Velocity Ultra. With Velocity 2X, the Brighton-based developers have warped their …