Games

Indika is mad, there’s no doubt about that. But there’s a method to her madness. You see, we could say the same about her game, which plays with its own aesthetic, interspersing a more grounded, somber tone with sudden bursts of playful retro elements, while growing increasingly unhinged as time goes by. Indika is a nun in an isolated, snow-laden …

Pierre, the purist, doesn’t like change. Once, his favorite Italian restaurant went under and, in its place, opened a fast-food joint. Instead of spaghetti carbonara, they made cheeseburgers now, with fries deeply drenched in oil. There were some chicken nuggets, too. People loved it, but Pierre, as you can expect, wasn’t exactly thrilled. So, he did what anyone would do …

The Devil in Me is a step back from the previous title in the Dark Pictures Anthology, House of Ashes. This time focusing on a more grounded story than an ancient underground temple with vampires, the game follows a by-the-books horror structure that, despite the nature of its fascinating setting, holds no surprises. The game opens with a happy couple …

Everhood: An Ineffable Tale of the Inexpressible Divine Moments of Truth is as if Undertale and Guitar Hero had a rebellious son who became a drug addict obsessed with death. I don’t want to elaborate. But it’s my job, so here I am, elaborating. For you. The first minutes of Everhood: An Ineffable Tale of the Inexpressible Divine Moments of …

Timespinner is a narratively ambitious 2D Metroidvania that delves into a cycle of war and oppression while boasting a strong art direction and a brilliant soundtrack. It also leaves some of its mechanics underdeveloped, but you know, nothing is perfect in life. Except coffee. There’s nothing wrong with coffee. The game’s protagonist is Lunais, a young woman who lives in …

Based on Norse mythology, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is psychological horror disguised as dark fantasy: its suffocating atmosphere is the consequence of tackling such themes as depression and grief while diving into the mind of a character whose mental illnesses infuse each event with hopelessness and despair. Hellblade feels quite claustrophobic because it doesn’t observe these issues from a safe distance, but …

The third installment in the Dark Pictures Anthology, House of Ashes, is a much-needed improvement over its predecessors, abandoning the ambitious psychological twists that so marred their narratives to instead offer a more straightforward, yet effective, horror adventure. The story starts with an Akkadian king obsessed with blood sacrifices, and so deemed mad by his own general, facing an imminent invasion …

The other day, I went to the movies in a shopping mall near here to watch Amazon’s War of the Worlds (I tend to make bad decisions in life), but I never managed to get inside. For as soon as I saw some rails protecting the sides of the ramp leading to the parking lot, I did what anyone in …

This review contains all the spoilers. All of them. The second game in the Dark Pictures Anthology, the collection of short horror stories presented by a sinister entity called the Curator, is Little Hope, a disappointing follow-up to the already mediocre Man of Medan, falling into the same narrative pitfalls that so marred the first game: it once again suffers …

  The Dark Pictures Anthology starts with Man of Medan, a game with some good ideas up its sleeve that are ultimately wasted on a very problematic story, which fails to develop interesting characters and build an intense horror atmosphere – especially during repeated playthroughs. The story follows Alex, a young man who has prepared a diving expedition with his …