Inscryption was on a lot of GOTY lists last year so I was looking forward to it when I finally got around to picking it up. Playing this duing the Halloween season was a good choice. I really enjoyed…

I found A Mortician’s Tale to be more of an interactive educational tool than a game. The game part is the peanut-butter surrounding the gamer-pill of “learning about the death industry”. What…

I got Hitman (2016) for Christmas years ago and then never played it. I think I assumed my-then computer wouldn’t run it, which is probably true, but I never tried because, I don’t know, I thought it…

Speed Dating for Ghosts might sound like some silly Hatoful Boyfriend type thing, or that dating sim where you date tanks or whatever, but it’s actually really earnest. The game explores some…

Carto is outstandingly cute, and unlike a lot of Cute™ indie games it’s able to back the cuteness up with incredibly creative gameplay. The plot centers around a little kid who accidentally destroys…

I want to love Graveyard Keeper. I do love chore simulator type games - I’ve put so many hours into Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing and there’s no telling how many big holes I’ve dug in Minecraft…

I meant to write this one MONTHS ago and since then I’ve forgotten most of the things I wanted to say. That said, I think Control was my unexpected fave of 2021. It’s so rare these days that I pick…

This game wasn’t in my backlog, strictly speaking, but I put off getting a copy for a long time so it sort of counts. Either way this game is a blast so I’m going to talk about it.