I imagine it must be incredibly difficult for any developer to port a game like Fez, which had complicated controls on consoles to begin with, to mobile.
Author Archives: Trevor Hultner
Review: In Oxenfree, the End is Never the End is Never the End.
OXENFREE is centered around a group of teenagers, loosely led by main protagonist Alex, who snuck onto — and are trying to get off of — a nearly-abandoned island that harbors a dark extradimensional secret. Its two main plot-forwarding devices: a portable transistor radio and complex dialogue trees.
Review: Dandara is a radical Metroidvania about reclaiming art from fascists
Dandara, a Metroidvania-style platformer from Long Hat House and publisher Raw Fury, has been out on all platforms for a while, but I only just recently completed it on iPadOS. To be completely honest, I got so frustrated with the game in my initial playthrough attempt that I had to put the game down and walk away from it for a long time.
No Escape From Video Games
I was tempted to start No Escape as a response – a spiteful response – to individuals within games media who maintain that the only correct position to take regarding politics in games is the one closest to the middle. No Escape would be a rejection of that position, and on top of that it would be opposed to an even more nefarious force within games discourse that claims games for the reactionary right-wing.
E3 2019: EA Did A Dang Livestream On Us
So I woke up early today, and I’m glad I did because I would have missed the gosh dang Electronic Arts livestream.
Destiny 2: Season of Opulence thoughts
Season of Opulence, or Destiny 2 Season 7, has been out for a little under a week, and we’ve spent some time playing pretty much everything except the raid. Here are our thoughts on what’s good, what’s bad and what’s ugly about the final season of Destiny 2’s second year.
Everything We Learned About Apple’s Gaming Future at WWDC2019
WWDC19 started yesterday and its keynote address introduced developers, press and the world to a wide array of new features (and a new fork of iOS called iPadOS). There were two announcements geared toward gaming: AR improvements and controller support for Apple Arcade.
Oh Hey, There’s A New FFVII: Remake Trailer!
Square-Enix revealed some new gameplay and cutscene footage from the long-in-development remake of Final Fantasy VII today.
Snapshot: the Week in Video Games April 21-26
What’s up everybody, it’s officially the weekend, and in lieu of seeing Avengers: Endgame and “vaccinating myself against spoilers,” as someone online put it, we’re gonna talk about video game happenings from the past week.
Destiny 2: Is Revelry Any Good?
When it comes to Destiny 2, I extremely do not like the Infinite Forest. I’m not a big fan of the planet Mercury in general, whether I’m playing Crucible, strikes, or the weekly Flashpoint. As of now, there are two exceptions, both temporary: the seasonal variations on the Infinite Forest, the Haunted Forest and the Verdant Forest.
