At its core, Tunic is an adventure game. Combat plays a role, but the meat of the game lies in its mysteries
Warning: this article contains some thematic and story spoilers for Tunic. Though such spoilers are kept to a minimum, your expectations and the discoveries you make while playing are a big part of what makes Tunic special. You may want to enter the experience with as little knowledge as possible. Tunic is an old-school adventure…Writer Shelby Carleton is changing the narrative for women in the gaming industry
As a teenager growing up in Fort McMurray, Shelby Carleton played Call of Duty so hard she literally wore out the disk. Some 15 years later, Carleton is a narrative designer for the video game, one of the most popular in the world. She helped shape some of the characters in the series’ latest release, Call of…
Marble It Up: Mayhem! rolls to a jarring halt. Star Trek Legends offers plenty of action and opportunity
Marble It Up: Mayhem! Developer: The Marble Collective Publisher: Alvios, Inc., Marble It Up, LLC You’re a marble. Maybe you were rolled upon by a radioactive marble. Maybe you’re from a world of sentient marbles. Or maybe you’re just a very rich human, disguised as a marble to save us all from a boring, flat…
This is a deep dive and evolution of everything in the original FFVII: combat, story, world, characters and magic
Final Fantasy VII Remake Developer/Publisher: Square-Enix Platform: PlayStation 4 It was a beautiful moment when Final Fantasy VII Remake ceased to be a remake and became a game of its own. It hit me as the game took me to my first visit to the slums of Sector 7. I looked around thinking this was…
U of A grad student designs augmented reality game that lets users see and touch virtual spiders that get more realistic as they level up
A University of Alberta fine arts student has designed an augmented reality (AR) gaming platform to help arachnophobes overcome their fear of spiders. “The idea is, if I'm sitting here with an AR headset on, I can see a spider right in front of me,” said Anna Chakravorty, who submitted the project for her master’s…
This isn't a game you can casually blow through because you know all the nuances. It will challenge and surprise you, in narrative and combat
Final Fantasy VII fans have long clamoured for a remake. But why? Final Fantasy VII was a near-perfect gem of a game, for its time. It also occupied a unique cultural place among gamers. It felt like it was – and should be – untouchable. But as years went by and gaming advanced, I couldn’t…
Sayonara Wild Hearts is the best Apple Arcade game I’ve played so far. And Tales of Memo isn’t bad either
I’m back! The fourth edition of my Apple Arcade reviews! No time to waste. This time we’re taking a look at Tendays Studio’s take on memory games with Tales of Memo, as well as the incredible, beautiful Sayonara Wild Hearts. You can see the first article here, the second one here and the third one…
Ready for more Apple Arcade? You’re already reading so I’ll take that as a yes. This time I’ll look at somber action-combat game Bleak Sword, as well as taking part in some schoolyard parkour with Hot Lava. As always, these aren’t intended to be full reviews but rather a general feel for how each game…
Reviews of Skate City, HyperBrawl Tournament and Dead End Job
Welcome back to my ongoing examination of all available Apple Arcade games! I'm still going strong but it's only week two, so who knows what affect this process will eventually have on my overall well-being. As a reminder, these are not intended as fully thought out reviews, but rather a quick description of each game,…
Things That Go Bump is a bland, repetitive experience with poor control. Inmost is a genuinely scary game that takes on some heavy themes
I’m undertaking possibly the longest, most time-consuming and ultimately the least fruitful venture of my adult life. I’ll be playing, at least in some small part, every Apple Arcade game released. Then I’ll tell you if each game deserves to be played. Apple Arcade was released in mid-September 2019 and since then I’ve been dipping…