Author: Alexis Ong

Watcher, who worships her god the ALLMOTHER, must learn the language of resistance and uncover a thousand-year-old lie, in this intense and intimate narrative adventure. Making sense of diaspora politics, regardless of culture and country involved, is a singularly painful dance with no fixed steps and no finale. It is a landscape littered with well-intentioned…

In its quest to be the most meta game ever made, Alan Wake 2 becomes a spectacle about writers and writing that badly needs an editor. Alan Wake 2 review Developer: Remedy Entertainment Publisher: Epic Games Platform: Played on PC and PS5 Availability: Out now on PC (Epic), PS5, and Xbox Series X/S I…

[ad_1] A serviceable, sometimes-engaging official Star Trek version of Stellaris that makes sense for generic space war fans, but flounders when it comes to narrative logic and Trekkie authenticity. As President T’Pragh of the United Federation of Planets, it’s routine for me to hear from the USS Enterprise, the pride and joy of our…

[ad_1] The original third-place-simulator gets a sequel with much of the same conversational charms, but also some rougher edges to its chit-chat. As someone who used to live and die by midnight lattes, playing Coffee Talk was a pleasant jaunt into the past when all I had were college deadlines and a much more…

[ad_1] Right from the beginning, Betrayal at Club Low wants me to know that things aren’t going to go my way, thanks to a spontaneous blast of sewer vapor that drenches me in hot rancid filth. It’s this hapless surrender to chaos that drives me forward – I smell and probably look like shit,…

[ad_1] This narrative-driven dice game from Cosmo D is packed full of his signature visual and musical motifs, and loosely picks up your pizzaiolo/secret agent journey from 2020’s Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1. In my twenties, a night out at the club was the highlight of my week, especially if there was a…