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This generated some chills.

The last week or so has been... strange. It started with a friend of mine linking me to a Reddit-post claiming The Chronicles of Spellborn to be up and running …

Everything below the trailer is a spoiler for Doki Doki Literature Club. If you haven't played it, go do so first. It's a free game anyway.

I'm amazed at how well Final Fantasy XII has aged. Of course, when you compare it to the PS2 original, it becomes clear there has been some trickery going on. …

Playing Japanese video games in my youth also introduced a strange sensation whenever urban settings were involved. It always felt like the Japanese …

I distinctly remember being disappointed with the concept of Yakuza when it was first announced. Here was the designer behind one of the most pure gaming …

I really liked 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Of course, that has to do with it being a Vanillaware game as I do have a soft spot for the studio's output. The …

You can clearly identify one line in Control as being the worst. Which is quite a feat in a game that has so many bad lines. But without further ado, here it …

An actual role-playing game. That's one way to describe Disco Elysium. You could also call it a visual novel or choose-your-own-adventure book. It's all …

Well, this was unexpected. Traipsing through biome 5 in Returnal got me to the challenge room there and with the Severed teleporting out of view, I resorted to …

Het voelt als uren geleden want het is uren geleden dat ik hier op het veldje naast mijn huis stond en bloemzaadjes op een bepaalde manier plantte. 48 uur …

Timespinner's main influence can be found in the Castlevania series, with the Game Boy Advance instalments in particular forming a keystone. Animations and …

The first impression of F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch is basically that of opulence. Its graphical style is overtly detailed. The city manages to be …

It’s comforting to return to Circle of the Moon and find it to be more than capable to hold its own in a time where metroidvanias are a dime a dozen. Here’s …

It’s the odd one out. The red-headed stepchild so to speak. Harmony of Dissonance came along at a very curious time. Konami wanted to redefine Castlevania as a …

Obviously Lies of P wants to jump into the gaping hole left by Bloodborne. It's almost a bit too similar to its inspiration. Creepy dolls seem to fit though …

I've been wanting to write down my thoughts about Metroid Dread since completing it over the first week after its release. Every time I sat down to write it …

Well here's a totally random surprise. According to Japanese outlet GAME Watch, Octopath Traveler is getting a tabletop role-playing game on February 28, 2022. …

Because multiple people started asking me about what I played and liked this year, here's the list. No Metroid Dread though. You can read about that particular …

Here's a nice blast from the past. While cleaning up some folders, I stumbled upon the old manual of The Chronicles of Spellborn. This did cost me a lot of …

A nice mood piece. Pour yourself a warm or a stiff drink and set some time apart to play through If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers. Either via itch.io or …

It is fun to see games acknowledge each other. If only within the slightest of nods.

It's not often Dead Cells manages to get under my skin, but this one hurt.

Yacht Club Games kind of surprised everyone with a spiritual Link's Awakening successor in the form of Mina the Hollower. Which is looking just perfect.