Category: Reviews
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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew – A Pirate’s Treasure
Spoilers for the score at the bottom of this review: Shadow Gambit is nothing short of a creative triumph. It’s a masterclass of game design so thoroughly well considered that I pity any other title that attempts this genre. As a stealth game, as a tactics game, as just a video game in general; Shadow…
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Valkyrie Elysium – Reviewnarok
Out of all the many strange things that Square Enix did in 2022, perhaps the most bizarre was the release of Valkyrie Elysium. Developed by Soleil, this marks the franchise’s first appearance on home consoles in 16 years. While I am not a diehard fan of the series, (I didn’t play Profile or Silmeria until…
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Cyberpunk Edgerunners – A Review and Analysis
Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a show that’s very interesting to think about. The genre that it’s named after has been around since the early 80s when it was popularized by William Gibson in his excellent novel Neuromancer. I feel that the literary origins of cyberpunk is often overlooked for the media explosion that happened in the…