As a person fascinated by sex and sexuality in games, and as one who believes the attitude towards sex in games can tell us a lot about our society’s attitudes in general, I was eager to play the Lust from Beyond demo despite being unfamiliar with the series.
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Injection (pi) 23, developed and published by Factoria Cultural Gestio, S.L..
My first experience with a From game occurred during one of the
worst episodes of depression in my life. Stuck in a soul-sapping job and
surrounded by people who constantly made me feel diminished, I had stopped
trying to improve my situation. The only energy I could muster went towards
surviving the day. I’d get home from work, lose myself in a TV show or a game,
and then pass out. Rinse, repeat.
SAN FRANCISCO – May 30, 2019 –Summer of Pride, a season-long streaming celebration of LGBTQIA+ games, developers, and streamers, kicks off tomorrow on the MidBoss Twitch channel.
I recently reviewed A Plague Tale: Innocence, and found it to be a fantastic adventure which married super-gruesome imagery with a heart-wrenching story and solid stealth gameplay. While playing, I noticed something strange, though, and while it didn’t factor into my review, I was left wondering exactly what was going on in development. What better way to address that bafflement, I thought, than a video!
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these
articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game,
but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in
offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to
grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A
to Z.
The subject of this installment: Windscape, developed by Magic Sandbox and published by Headup Games.
Do you like pinball and arcade games?
Gravity, both as a concept and gameplay mechanic, is great to employ in a videogame. Gravity Rush is a great example — main character can float at will and fall through the sky, and I enjoyed playing with those abilities and traversing its world.
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Daggerhood, developed by Woblyware and published by Ratalaika Games.
The debate surrounding the notion of a lower difficulty setting in From Software’s latest game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, has reminded me of another exceptionally difficult ninja game and how it handled a lower difficulty setting — Ninja Gaiden.
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