REVIEW: Mask of the Rose Provides Character-First, Monster-Dating Fun

REVIEW: Mask of the Rose Provides Character-First, Monster-Dating Fun

Failbetter Games’s Mask of the Rose is the kind of game where I can turn my laptop toward my friend, show her a picture of a giant being with no visible face except for two glowing red eyes (?), and say, “Hey, do you think I’m gonna hook up with this thing?” and within minutes, be actively hooking up with that thing.

(more…)

Searching the Sunless Skies For A Reason To Care

Searching the Sunless Skies For A Reason To Care

I’m frustrated by Sunless Skies. Not just in the “it’s difficult and I’m tired of dying” way (it is, and I am), but in the “this could be so much more than it is” way. At five hours into the game, I’m unable to make it past level three, partially because every time I die my new captain starts at level two. I can sometimes make it exactly to level three, only to then lose that progress to four swarms of Chorister bees attacking simultaneously. (more…)

GYGO: Corporations Are Not Your Friends

GYGO: Corporations Are Not Your Friends

Mario mavens, Samus scholars, Crash Bandicoot critics, gather ’round, it’s time for another news roundup from me, your humble editor. (more…)