Charles, the snob, and Bob, the cynic, are FaceTiming together: Charles is walking down the sunny streets of Thebes, thousands of years ago, after a hearty breakfast in a famous local cafe, using his iPhone 16 Pro Max, while Bob is at home (where else) alone at night, after a couple of strong drinks and doomscrolling on Twitter for an …

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom marks the first time the series’ titular character is the main playable one: it’s finally Zelda’s moment to shine, and she doesn’t disappoint, for her game manages to blend the modern Zelda ethos of favoring player expression with the series’ classic dungeon template even more successfully than the recent 3D outings. Her game …

This review contains some general spoilers. Batman: The Telltale Series offers a great take on the Batman mythos, focusing its attention on Gotham and the role the Wayne family has in shaping it as a hopelessly corrupt and violent city. Despite following Telltale’s uninspired formula, the game’s story shines by framing politics and wealth disparity as the core reasons for …

With a wholesome vibe and some simple mechanics, Haven is a cozy game that celebrates friendship and love. Successful at developing its central relationship, the game is only occasionally hampered by an overall lack of obstacles and conflict: things here can be just too nice. Haven is about two runaway lovers, Yu and Kay, who have managed to escape together …

The Lovecraft Project: Howard Phillips Lovecraft is the father of cosmic horror – the genre constructed around the notion that we humans are just a tiny, insignificant part of the universe, which holds much bigger, ancient, more powerful beings. We are nothing compared to what lies out there, beyond our reach and understanding. The plan is to write a few …

This review is full of spoilers for the entire trilogy; you could say it will… ruin most twists and turns. The Hero of Ages marks the conclusion of the first Mistborn trilogy. It’s an uneven novel that struggles under the weight of its many plotlines and themes, with redundant character development and some disappointing pay-offs. The story begins a few years after the …

The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening presents an old classic with a new but problematic coat of paint. It still offers the same adventure set in a memorable setting that is both mysterious and tragic, but now with an art style that robs the narrative of some of its impact. The game opens with Link sailing alone …

Have you ever had the pleasure of hearing an artist talk in length about their work? Listening while they go on for hours about the tiniest of stuff, explaining how complicated it was to make those little things work within their original vision, how painstakingly hard it was to create a small bit you didn’t even pay proper attention to, …

Bioshock: Rapture is a flawed complement to its great source material: Bioshock’s greatest strength was its fantastical setting – the grandiose underwater city of Rapture – and how it managed to tie the philosophy behind it to its horror elements. The novel may try to follow suit, focusing on the city’s initial years before its terrible downfall, but fails to …

Close to the Sun is a narrative adventure game that falters when it comes to its most fundamental component: its narrative. With shallow, boring characters and undeveloped themes, the game even commits the modern sin of foregoing a proper conclusion in favor of leaving doors open for a sequel. The story takes place in 1897 in a reality where Nikola …