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Gestalt: Steam and Cinder (PC) Review

Metroidvanias are my bread and butter these days. I love a good Metroidvania, a good cozy game, or a good RPG. My favorite Metroidvanias are the ones in the vein of the classic Symphony of the Night-style Castlevania games. Gestalt: Steam &…

REKA gets September Early Access release

I can’t explain REKA without sounding like I’m making it sound normal or somehow more bonkers than I normally attempt. You play as a young woman who lives inside a house placed on the head of a chicken that will often walk…

Shadows of Doubt 1.0 release & console ports announced

One of the more interesting examples of early access these last couple of years has been ColePowered Games’ voxel-based sandbox detective ’em up, Shadows of Doubt. Released into early access a little over a year ago, I thought we’d be talking about…

Gestalt Steam & Cinder Now Available on PC

I’ve been keeping an eye on Metamorphosis Games and Fireshine Games’ Gestalt: Steam & Cinder for a long time now. Development has been going on for a few years, but it struck me as a very unique Indie Metroidvania in a saturated…

Shadows of Doubt To Be Moddable Soon

It might not seem like it from the preview I did, but one of the highlights of the year for me has been the Early Access detective game from ColePowered Games, Shadow of Doubt. After the preview, I started a writing exercise doing…

The Repair House (PC) Review

If you swap out all the parts of a ship (or broom) over time, is it still the same object after decades of maintenance? Say you had a broom which is just two parts (the handle and head) and you replaced the…

Shadows Of Doubt (PC) Preview

Early Access and a story-driven focus or procedural generation and story-focused elements to a game are two points I always find contentious with each other. If in Early Access, I’m being spoiled on a linear story that is being polished. If it’s…