When it comes to the FPS branch of roguelikes and roguelites, you won’t find a universally praised title in the same way you would for say, a dungeon-crawling roguelike, or a deckbuilding roguelite.…
November 18, 2023 | 11:00 EST
PixelJunk Raiders is a bit of a strange beast — an alien one is perhaps more accurate. It sits at this intersection between a roguelite and an exploration game but occasionally misses the best parts…
March 1, 2021 | 03:00 EST
In the last six months, I have played and beaten more roguelikes than I have in the nearly two decades that I have been playing video games. While it wasn't a genre I had really paid much attention…
February 23, 2021 | 12:00 EST
The rogue-lite genre sits in an uncomfortable sphere, it is is both rather oversaturated and highly criticised. They all tend to be built of the same practices, ideas and mechanics leaving them…
October 15, 2020 | 10:00 EDT
Traveling through the zombie-infested world of Darksburg takes me back to the days of sitting on my cousin's worn out futon as we attempted to survive in Left 4 Dead. At first I assumed that…
October 11, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Since its inception, gaming has looked to other media for inspiration. Some of the medium's most prominent successes (and failures) have been movie or book adaptations, but there's room for gaming to…
July 14, 2020 | 07:00 EDT
“The sea has never been friendly to man. At most, it has been an accomplice of human restlessness.” Those are the words of Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness, the same words that appear when Sunless…
May 6, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Difficult games are often enjoyable because of how satisfying it feels to overcome challenges. The determination that goes into failing against a boss multiple times. Knowing that with every failure…
November 14, 2019 | 03:00 EST
Children of Morta is a game that I first got my hands on earlier this year at a press event. I spent about five minutes with it before I realized how dangerous it was to a Diablo veteran like me.…
September 2, 2019 | 04:00 EDT
In RemiLore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore, it’s up to you to save an alternate fantasy world while armed with your dessert-fueled spells and mighty broom. Or, if you prefer, a sewing needle, a…
March 8, 2019 | 12:00 EST
A clump of undetermined green mass drops from the ceiling. It merges with a headless body lying on the ground, after which a lady in armor tells you that you can't die and that things have gone quite…
August 6, 2018 | 05:57 EDT
The common envisioning of a wizard in video games is a frail fighter who tends to stay behind the front lines and throw spells from relative safety. The thick of the fight is unknown for a mage, who…
May 25, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Making a good sequel to a great game is no easy task. You want to recreate the formula that allowed the first game to succeed but you have to innovate at the same time or the new title will look like…
November 6, 2017 | 11:00 EST
With the Binding of Isaac Rebirth's second expansion, series creator Edmund McMillen is handing the reigns over to the community. On top of the much-anticipated mod support, Afterbirth+ also features…
January 10, 2017 | 09:00 EST
Usually when you think of rhythm games, the first thing that comes to mind are games like Guitar Hero or DDR, but most likely you don’t associate it with fighting hordes of enemies and unlocking…
April 22, 2015 | 04:38 EDT
I always get giddy when I allow myself a small spending spree on Steam – like a clan of twentysomethings on their melee at Macy’s, minus the bloodshed. So it’s only fair that when I peruse the wares…
November 5, 2013 | 09:00 EST