Don Everhart reviews his year of gaming in 2023, discussing Armored Core VI, Akka Arrh, Waste Eater., and the state of labor in games. Semiosis makes a cameo.
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Don Everhart reviews his year of gaming in 2023, discussing Armored Core VI, Akka Arrh, Waste Eater., and the state of labor in games. Semiosis makes a cameo.
Roger Whitson enjoys taking in the environments of AdamGryu’s A Short Hike. Maybe we should all just pick our heads up, take things at our own pace, and see what the world has in store.
Don Everhart considers ecological disaster, technological solutionism, and class conflict as depicted in Waste Eater. A game by Cain Maddox, Waste Eater asks a crucial question that should always be put to these solutions: who will do the work?
Tof Eklund has thoughts on the relationships within Walk with the Living (2022), a tactical role playing game created by Cole Brayfield. When even the reanimated skeleton is gay, you know you're in for a good time.
Roger Whitson examines We Become What We Behold, a 2016 game self-published by Nicky Case. Whitson considers what the game adds to the conversation around media effects.
In 2021, it was the small games - the indie games full of heart and subtle pleasures - that truly impressed.
Nate Schmidt rates his games of the year on the utterly objective Santa to Krampus scale. Enjoy these indie horror, strategy, and musical experiences!
Don Everhart offers a delightful selection of games from the game zine Indiepocalypse!
Some of the best games of the year had us journeying through the afterlife.
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