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Kissing Friends in front of Mama: Mama’s Sleeping Angels
Somewhere between falling asleep at a sleepover and being devoured by an eternally hungry goddess, you will find a yellow squeaky toy that functions as a weapon, and that is the least weird thing you’ll find in this game. Mama’s Sleeping Angels is a co-op horror-exploration game from solo developer itamu, published by Oro Interactive. A project that survived a…
The Ardenfall Demo is ArdenFULL of Surprises
You’d think with how popular Bethesda Softworks’ Elder Scrolls series is, there’d be more of an effort to replicate it. The good parts, mind, not the obligatory laundry list of release-day bugs. It’s no small feat crafting an immersive open world filled to the brim with dungeons and danger… but Spellcast Studios’ Ardenfall seems eager to meet that challenge. Boasting…
The Echo Generation 2 Demo Deals Out Delight!
I… have a confession to make. What? No, not THAT kind of confession! Siddown! And keep those grubby mitts to yourself, pal! As I write this review, I have never played Echo Generation 1. If it’s anywhere as radical as this demo is, though, I might have to pick it up. Cococucumber’s Echo Generation 2 combines stylish RPG action with…
The MOLE Demo is MOLE Than You Bargained For!
The White Rabbit Signal: a mysterious smorgasbord of messages broadcast from deep below the Earth’s surface. Dead relatives, old friends, familiar voices… all of them imploring the listeners to perform the same task: DIG. Off Black Creations’ and Oro Interactive’s MOLE is a puzzle horror game that puts you in the nearsighted shoes of Viktor Kaminsky: crewmember of the titular…
Worthy of Asking What It’s For: The Use of Life
Imagine you live in a quiet, peaceful village. You grow up among a small community of familiar faces, a kind family, a loving partner, everything perfectly how it should be. Then one day, without warning, all of it is ripped from you by a force you cannot control. Your home burns to the ground. Your family is killed, your friends…
Moto Rush Reborn: A Sleek, Thrilling Addiction
If there’s one thing I love more than breaking every traffic law in existence, it’s playing a game about breaking every traffic law in existence. Moto Rush Reborn is a neck-breaking 3D runner from Baltoro Games that sends you racing on a bullet-fast motorcycle through retro-futuristic Tokyo. A motorcycle that, by the way, is possessed by a demon. Seven levels…
Does GRIDBEAT!’s demo keep its rhythm?
Dungeon crawler meets rhythm in GRIDbeat!, an upcoming game from developer Ridiculous Games and publisher Acclaim, Inc. GRIDbeat! puts you into the world of hacking, if hacking was a rhythm-based dungeon crawler with puzzles and turret systems. A mysterious client hires you to break into a big bad corporation’s system, one that really, really doesn’t want you to steal its…
Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts Makes Silly Art With Lots of Love
You know that brand of medieval art where everyone’s faces look the same, animals are super wonky, and it looks like the third dimension hasn’t been invented yet? That’s exactly the kind of art you get to bring to life when you step in to the Middle Ages in Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts, a medieval illustration simulator developed by Yaza…
