You know the feeling of popping bubble wrap? Stepping on an extra crunchy leaf in the fall? I've found that certain mechanics in games are comparable to those small tangible pleasures in life. Wall jumping in Super Metroid, flattening goomb...

A lot can happen in a decade. Ten years ago, I was a bright-eyed high school student with big dreams and no idea what blogging was. Now, I'm older, a bit heavier, and writing about Overgrowth's campaign. Nine-plus years after development be...

Life can be pretty tough to a young, upcoming witch. Just ask Belle MacFae, currently under threat of expulsion from the Hagmore School of Magic. Her crime? She ruined the Walpurgisnacht Brew, which had been painstakingly prepared for a mys...

1bitHeart is a visual novel that was originally released for free by a mysterious individual known as Miwashiba (aka △○□×). There isn’t much known about them outside of their work as an illustrator and game dev...

It's delightful knowing that a whole bunch of people are digging into Stardew Valley for the first time now that it has come to Nintendo Switch. If you're among them, or are simply back for round two, excellent! I'm about to join you and be...

If you close your eyes and imagine what the next game from Dust: An Elysian Tail creator Dean Dodrill might look like, I'm willing to bet that this game, Never Stop Sneakin', isn't at all what you envisioned. That said, I think this is goin...

Yooka-Laylee has been a bit of a contentious game for many. While diehard fans of Rare's classic 3D platformers are in love with the title, a lot of people have complained about the antiquated design choices that developer Playtronic took w...

If you're into physical editions of indie games and the Nintendo Switch, then you'll love the upcoming retail Switch copy of Edmund McMillen's The End is Nigh. Not only will it include some sweet ass box art and the excellent platformer, bu...

A little over a month ago, it was announced that the Xbox One exclusive extra level in Shovel Knight would be making its way to PC. I was super excited to play that, since I don't have an Xbox One or any desire to really buy a console versi...

Originally announced back in August, Q.U.B.E. 2 from developer Toxic Games have now released their first glimpse of early gameplay in the form of an eight minute video. Similar to the Portal series, you as the player character known as Amei...

The Flame in the Flood's Nintendo Switch port will be available on October 12. I didn't know a Switch version of the harrowing and haunting survival game was in the works, but I'm happy to hear about it. Like Stardew Valley, The Flame in th...

HuniePop works for a number of reasons, but also doesn't work for its intended one. It's fun as a Bejeweled-light that rewards progress, and it's also kind of a party game my roommate and I had a lot of fun laughing at. If you played the f...

The card dealing action-RPG Hand of Fate 2 is coming early next month. According to developer Defiant Development, the game will be available on November 7 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. In addition to the announcement, Defiant Development also...

Australia-based outfit House House have released footage of their as-yet-untitled new game, in which you play a "horrible goose" aiming to ruin everyone's day.The very amusing pre-alpha clip showcases the title's stealth gameplay, in which ...

Playing Cuphead has made me want to seek out and watch a bunch of the 1930s cartoons from which it draws inspiration, but in the mean time, here's a real cool semi-related thing: YouTube user Lazy Game Reviews has hooked the game up to disp...

In a surprising turn on Monday afternoon, the team at IndieBox announced with a heavy heart that they would be ending their subscription service following the release of Torchlight II. IndieBox, who has been giving smaller PC titles a chanc...

Silicon Echo, who had nearly 200 games removed from Steam last week, have announced that they have no option to but close down future development.Silicon Echo's titles have being the target of widespread accusation of being "Fake Games" Sup...

When it released in May 2017, Strafe was something of an anomaly. The first-person shooter looked like a game from a bygone era. It was fast and violent, not unlike Quake, with relentless enemies hell-bent on stopping players dead in their ...

Farming enthusiasts, gem collectors, lovers of depressed chicken-men - your time has finally come! Stardew Valley's Switch release is almost upon you, now officially slated at October 5, at a price point of $14.99. Down-on-your-luck chicken...

Between the SNES Classic and Cuphead both launching today, I'm in gaming heaven. Chris joked that it was like Christmas morning for me. It really is! Now here's even more stuff I gotta get my hands on. Funko is producing a series of Cuphead...

Roguelikes are becoming a hot commodity in gaming. What was once a unique way to experience an old genre is now a common indie crutch to pad out an otherwise thin experience. We’ve seen absolute classics utilize elements from roguelik...

The last time Red Hook Studios spoke about the prospect of bringing Darkest Dungeon to other platforms like Nintendo Switch, the developer coyly suggested that there was "Always a chance." It's happening, fam! This is going to draw in a lo...

Snake Pass, the lovingly crafted but ultimately limited game, ran into a problem on Switch. Except this time it wasn't neccesarily mechanical or bug related, but rather, completely aesthetic, and not even in-game related -- people hated the...

Bennett Foddy, the guy behind the fumbling, funny, hard-to-control running game QWOP, is coming out with something new soon. Something that's also frustrating yet hard to permanently put down. His next project is Getting Over It. It's an ho...

Pyre players looking for an excuse to undertake another mystical adventure are getting exactly that with an update out now on Steam and coming soon to PlayStation 4. The update, "True Nightwing," introduces a new mode "designed to enhance p...