Author: Ashley Bardhan

With Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Sayonara Wild Hearts developer Simogo weaves together interlocking puzzles, infinite timelines, and supernatural mischief with only minimal clumsiness. Lorelai and the Laser Eyes unfolds like an origami star. The more you play Simogo’s logic puzzle game, the more unexpected complexity you find folded in it, flattened neatly into an…

The survival horror multiplayer has mastered publicity stunts, but it doesn’t make a lasting impression. There are several things that nearly everyone agrees are annoying. Processing fees, for example. Drain flies that flit around your face before dive-bombing your beer can. Likewise, “influencers” – TikTok creators, YouTubers, and other hair-gelled 22-year-olds – tend to inspire…

Nintendo’s second-ever Peach game finally realises the character is destined for smart level design and center stage. Princess Peach: Showtime! is unlike anything else. It shouldn’t be like anything else — the action-adventure game is only the second installment in Super Mario’s 43-year-old history to make Princess Peach its primary protagonist, and it treats her…