indie
CALENDULA REVIEW
There’s been a lot of navel gazing going on in video games lately. Many recent titles have explored the role of the player, their relationship with developers, and subverted the conventions we’ve come to expect from games. The term meta is often used as a way of describing this type of self aware experience. Calendula, the new game from Blooming Bud Studios, ticks all the necessary boxes for the t...[Read More]
REVEAL THE DEEP REVIEW
Reveal the Deep, by Scottish developers Lazy Monday Games, is a genuinely terrifying exploration game where you take the place of a deep-sea diver exploring the sunken wreck of the SS Euridice all the way at the bottom of the ocean. This game is dark, claustrophobic, and one of the best horror experiences I’ve played on steam in quite a while. This review contains a few minor spoilers that might r...[Read More]
WHAT’S UNDER YOUR BLANKET !? REVIEW
It’s no secret that Steam Greenlight, for all its benefits, has opened a sewer floodgate onto Steam. As awesome as the service is for indie developers, for every Clicker Heroes or Five Nights at Freddy’s, there are a dozen half-baked, hack jobs. But without further ado, from the brilliant minds at One Game Studio (or at least we hope they are), comes What’s Under Your Blanket!?. You play as a youn...[Read More]
THAT DRAGON, CANCER REVIEW
That Dragon, Cancer is a personal game, one that is obviously very important to the husband-wife design duo of Amy and Ryan Green. The story of the Green’s son being diagnosed with cancer at twelve months and battling the disease for four years is heartbreaking from the get-go. It’s a game without a lot of player agency because it isn’t a story about the player: it’s a story about Amy, Ryan, and...[Read More]
SUPER UBIE ISLAND REMIX REVIEW
Super Ubie Land is a fun, CHALLENGING platformer inspired by the classics, ‘Super Mario World’, ‘Kirby’s Dreamland’ and ‘Donkey Kong Country.’ It is a love letter to fans who wish to continue to play 2D based platformers similar to the ones we all loved to play during the NES and SNES era.” There’s little that can be expanded on it, apart from what your concept of something being fun and/or challe...[Read More]
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