A double feature: two puzzle games with very similar gameplay loops and a few unfortunate flaws. Even so, I’ll not bury the lede – they’re both Tier One and recommended for puzzle aficionados, though both come with caveats.
Continue reading “Animal Well & Blue Prince”The Roottrees are Dead

Yeah, I probably should have just believed Yahtzee: I guess deduction simulators really do need a kraken to show up from time to time to make things interesting.
Continue reading “The Roottrees are Dead”Celeste (and tutorialization)
What is this? 2018? Yeah, do you really need me to tell you that Celeste is good?
Continue reading “Celeste (and tutorialization)”Pro Philosopher 2: Governments & Grievances
Pro Philosopher 2: Governments & Grievances. The successor to a flash game called Socrates Jones – this time, it’s political (read that in a stereotypical movie sequel voice). The original was a fantastic jaunt through moral philosophy in a Phoenix Wright-style setting. It was great. So’s the sequel.
Continue reading “Pro Philosopher 2: Governments & Grievances”Dome Keeper
Dome Keeper is a tricky game to evaluate. It lives somewhere between the flash game Motherload and Terraria, with a bit of tower defense built in.
Continue reading “Dome Keeper”Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
I mean, it’s an Owlcat cRPG, and you know how I feel about those. For a development studio with three games (and apparently 450 employees), they have an incredibly well-established brand. Unfortunately, that also means I’m going to have to start really criticizing some aspects of their gameplay and implementation of the Warhammer system specifically.
Continue reading “Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader”An English Haunting
An English Haunting wants to have its cake and eat it, too. Sadly, it doesn’t work that way.
Continue reading “An English Haunting”4D Golf
One day, many years ago, I was in the car with my dad listening to NPR while they interviewed someone about string theory and additional dimensions of space. At the time, I didn’t understand it at all. Now, I know enough to know that I really didn’t understand it. And that’s where my curse began.
Continue reading “4D Golf”Nethack
I suppose it’s a little weird to put a game I’ve spent 25 years of my life trying to beat into Tier Two, but here we are.
Continue reading “Nethack”Jusant
I have two reason for writing this first impression: first is that Jusant is pretty fun game, and second is to tell of the trouble I had running it on Linux.
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