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Yet Another Zombie Survivors Review - This Roguelite Lets You Nuke Thousands of Zombies!
Despite its playful yet self-deprecating title, Yet Another Zombie Survivors isn't just that, and even though I'm not well versed in the genre, I was astounded by how much I enjoyed this game.

Seren
Aug 1910 min read


Wild Blue Skies Review - Finally, a True Star Fox 64 Successor?
gunplay across branching paths and more than 10 unique levels packed with enemies, bosses, secrets, and even arena-style combat sections reminiscent of the All-Range Mode from the Star Fox series.

Ole Gamer Joe
Aug 136 min read


Agent 64: Spies Never Die Review — The GoldenEye 007 Revival You've Been Waiting For?
Replicant D6 is set to launch Agent 64: Spies Never Die this week, promising action-packed shootouts and gun-blazing espionage that takes us straight back to the '90s.

ScrambledAshton
Aug 118 min read


Big Walk Review - A Walker-Talker That Honks the Walk
: Big Walk is exclusively a cooperative online multiplayer game. Absolutely no part of it aside from the tiny opening hub area is remotely playable with only one player, and couch co-op is intentionally not included for reasons that will become clear shortly.

Barely Magic Mike
Aug 38 min read


Lunarium Review - A Parry Good Time?
Lunarium is an action RPG by Chinese developers Lunarium Studios, which kind of makes you think they're going full MCU cinematic universe with this IP if they've named the studio after it.

Seren
Jul 288 min read


DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain Review - Lovecraftian Horror That Will Make You Wet
IVE or DIE - Children of Rain, capitalizes its verbs for good reason: death is constantly tugging at your sleeve and the only way to swat it away for one more day is to brave the perilous depths of what-used-to-be human civilization.

Tricky Tom
Jul 206 min read


Desktop Explorer Review - Blue Screen of Death
Desktop Explorer blends puzzles with outdated software and cryptic files that you must sift through and even modify to find out what is actually going on in this weirdly sentient computer. It has been left behind by your uncle, who has recently passed away, and is full of notes and information that he left behind for you to look through. The computer also comes with an odd software called "Desktop Explorer," which houses different adventure-style quests.

Seren
Jul 169 min read


Silence of the Clams: The Mermaid Mask Review
The Mermaid Mask’s gameplay is extremely reminiscent of the Professor Layton games, and I think that’s one of its greatest appeals. You navigate the town of Silkworm-on-Sea through a point-and-click system where you can interact with any object on the map.

Seren
Jul 149 min read


Dark Scrolls Review - Just Another Roguelite....Or is it?
, Dark Scrolls is the latest game to take a swing at what was once considered an exciting genre, though to developer doinksoft’s credit, they are at least attempting something a bit different by having an old-school auto-scrolling screen that can quite literally crush players if they don’t keep moving forward.

Ole Gamer Joe
Jun 227 min read


SWAPMEAT Review - I Didn’t Expect This Much Meat in My Face
o what is Swapmeat? Well, it's not the lingo used to exchange nudes on Grindr (though perhaps it should be), nor is it a weird phallus-swapping porno inspired by Freaky Friday, though again - maybe someone should be taking notes. Instead, Swapmeat is the gaming scene’s newest attempt to be actively repulsive to vegetarians, bringing us a beef-themed third-person shooter and roguelike that takes massive inspiration from Risk of Rain 2...

Barely Magic Mike
Jun 176 min read


Crushed in Time Review - Elementary My Dear Friends?
Crushed in Time is a sort of spin-off of the developer’s first game, There is No Game: Wrong Dimension, where you traverse different video game universes in a point-and-click adventure. One of these universes included Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, and the team must have loved them so much that they decided to give them their own game.

Seren
Jun 109 min read


Solarpunk Review - Not a Fan
Solarpunk is your run-of-the-mill survival game with not a lot that makes it stand out from the swathes of other titles that spew out every month.

Seren
Jun 510 min read


Deadhaus Sonata Early Access Review - Legacy of Pain
Deadhaus Sonata is a self-described, “narrative-driven action RPG” that, alongside the leadership of Dyack, is being created by a small indie team of around 10 called Apocalypse Studios.

Ole Gamer Joe
May 137 min read


Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur Review - Knight In Shining Armor?
Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur Review by Ole Gamer Joe PC/XBOX/PS/SWITCH 10/5/23 Gambir Studio/PQube Games I've had a fascination...

Ole Gamer Joe
Oct 3, 20235 min read


Days of Doom Review: Fight for Survival in a Post-Apocalyptic World!
Days of Doom Review Written by Barely Magic Mike PC/XBOX/PS/SWITCH 9/20/23 SneakyBox/Atari Days of Doom is a turn-based, tactical...

Barely Magic Mike
Sep 21, 20237 min read


Lies of P Review - Nose Way You Should Miss This Soulslike Action Title
Lies of P Review written by Ophidian Mind Lies of P PC/XBOX/PS 9/18/23 NEOWIZ When Lies of P was announced, it seemed so surreal that a...
mediamoogles
Sep 17, 20237 min read


No Sun To Worship Review - Shadowy Intrigue Meets Intense Stealth Gameplay!
No Sun To Worship Review by Barely Magic Mike No Sun To Worship Steam/PC 9/15/23 Antonio Freyre/Merlino Games I want to talk about...

Barely Magic Mike
Sep 14, 20236 min read


Gunbrella Review - Under My Gunbrella-ella-ella
From developer Doinksoft of Gato Roboto fame and publisher Devolver Digital comes action-adventure title Gunbrella! But does it come out...

Ole Gamer Joe
Sep 13, 20236 min read


Boti: Byteland Overclocked Review - The Perfect Game for Fans of Astro Bot?
Boti: Byteland Overclocked Review - Written by Barely Magic Mike As somebody lucky enough to own a PS5 and a dedicated gaming PC, I...

Barely Magic Mike
Sep 13, 20237 min read


Nour: Play with Your Food Review - A Feast For the Senses
Nour: Play with Your Food Review - Written by SilentSigns I hope you're hungry, because today we are whipping up a heaping helping of...

SilentSigns
Sep 12, 20234 min read
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