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GRIS Is Beauty In Ambiguity – Review (PC)

Dave Lambden09 mins

In the debate over whether or not video games should be considered art, GRIS is the type of game that should be at the forefront of the argument. Developer Nomada Studio have crafted a title that emulates art in ways that we haven’t seen before. It goes much deeper than the beautiful hand-drawn and watercolor graphical style. This is a game where things like the meaning, story details, setting, and more are up for interpretation to the player – much like an obscure painting hanging on a wall. What GRIS demonstrates is that there is beauty in ambiguity, and solace in solitude.

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Head Down Arca’s Path VR – Review (PSVR)

Phil Neyman09 mins

Arca’s Path VR felt familiar in a comforting way, yet new all at the same time. Remember the game Labyrinth? No, it wasn’t a video game. Labyrinth was a little wooden box filled with a maze controlled by levers on both sides. You would drop a marble or ball bearing into the one end and have to tilt the maze in order to land the ball safely on the other side. The trick was this – the board was full of holes, quite literally. You had to keep the ball from falling into the holes in order to reach the finish line. Arca’s Path feels just like that – only now it’s been updated for the 21st Century.

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Marvel’s Spider-Man, The City That Never Sleeps: Turf Wars – Review

Handsome Phantom09 mins

Insomniac Games delivered a brand new episode of DLC just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. The second entry in The City That Never Sleeps DLC is called Turf Wars, and features one of Marvel’s most iconic mobsters, Hammerhead. This new episode only takes a few hours to complete, but it’s of a good quality and is the perfect way to spend some extra free time.

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Darksiders 3 Falls From Grace – Review (XB1)

Phil Neyman011 mins

Darksiders is back. This time with a new studio comprised of many of the same people that worked on the previous two titles. There was a moment that many thought this game would never exist and, after all this time, there was quite a bit of expectation put on the game that would be hard for anyone to live up to. So the question remains – does the game exceed or at least meet the expectations? Let’s find out.

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Tetris Effect Reinvents a Classic – Review (PS4 – PSVR)

Dustin Furman010 mins

Everybody knows Tetris is one of the greatest and most important video games to be created. Since its original inception on the Electronika 60, Tetris has been rereleased and iterated on time and time again, capturing the minds of hundreds of millions of players along the way. It’s more than just a landmark of gaming, but also world culture. Tetris has a way of working in to your mind and leaving a lasting impression, one that might even show up in your dreams or how you see the world. This phenomenon was named “The Tetris Effect” and is at the core of the aptly named Tetris Effect.

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Transpose is a Puzzler in VR – Review (PSVR)

Phil Neyman09 mins

Transpose is a puzzle adventure game that requires an intricate amount of teamwork between multiple versions of yourself. You’ll feel as though you’ve been transported to a dream and the only way to wake up is by solving the increasingly difficult puzzles spread over the three different worlds that will have you traversing through space and time. Developer Secret Location has constructed a world that has a strange sense of peace even as the challenges become more and more difficult.

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A Gummy’s Life Must Be Dull -Review (PC)

Phil Neyman06 mins

If I’ve learned anything from A Gummy’s Life, it would be how miserable their lives are and how compelled I am to eat them all in an attempt to save them from this life of mediocrity all Gummies apparently live. The tag line for the game says, “the gummies have come to life and they are unmanageable.” This is more accurate than they could even imagine considered you never feel in complete control of the gummy that you choose to fight as.

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Vertical Drop Heroes HD – Review (Switch)

Phil Neyman08 mins

Roguelike games have been growing in popularity over the last few years. They bring a sense of nostalgia back for older gamers that grew up in an era where roguelike wasn’t just a genre, it was a way of life. There was no saving your game and picking up where you left off. You played the game until you died and then started over. Thankfully, games have evolved over time. However, for those still yearning for those days –  games like Vertical Drop Heroes HD can scratch the itch.

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