Varney Lake is a great little adventure game that will make a couple of hours on a weekend afternoon simply melt away. This review is spoiler-light and will touch on story beats from the game’s first twenty minutes. What is Varney Lake? Varney Lake is the second game in the Pixel Pulp series from developers…
Wayfinder Closed Beta Impressions
Wayfinder is an upcoming online free-to-play action MMO for PS5 and PC being developed Airship Syndicate and published by Digital Extremes. I spent a little bit of time playing this one single-player in the recent closed beta and wanted to share some high-level thoughts about the core gameplay and aesthetics. Airship Syndicate’s Pedigree Wayfinder follows…
DREDGE Review
Much like Neon White from last year, DREDGE is emerging early in the year as a contender for game of the year talks in 2023. The Core of DREDGE Dredge combines fishing, inventory management, and Lovecraftian horror together in a cocktail that’s easily one of the most refreshing of the last year. In DREDGE, you…
The Mageseeker Preview
The Mageseeker: A Legend of Legends Story checks a box that wasn’t even on my bingo card for 2023: a game based in the League of Legends universe becoming one of my most anticipated titles of the year. How This Project Came To Be At PAX East 2023, I had the chance to get hands-on…
The Gaming Brief’s 11 Best Games of 2022
Another year has come and gone and so it’s time for our list of the best games of 2022! This list was adapted from our editor-in-chief’s Twitter account so expect the opinions to be short and sweet. #11 – Marvel Snap This game is the spiritual successor to Cartoon Network gToons (look it up). The…
Wavetale Review
Wavetale is a game full of promise that delivers a great core movement mechanic. What is Wavetale? Wavetale is an action-adventure game where your playable character, Sigrid, gains the ability to move gracefully on the water. When her archipelago is suddenly threatened, it’s up to her to save the inhabitants that live on the islands…
We Are OFK Review
We Are OFK is a young adult drama that you must check out. What is We Are OFK? We Are OFK is an “interactive EP” that chronicles the origins of an LA-based group of dreamers trying to make it in the music world. Practically, it’s a narrative adventure indie game. In each of the game’s…
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope Review
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope perfects the formula for this character/genre mash-up and may be one of the most surprising games of 2022. What is Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope? Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope is the second game in the series that sees Ubisoft’s furry fiends, the Rabbids, come together with…
Pentiment Review
This review contains light spoilers about the first major gameplay event about two hours into the experience. Pentiment is the type of game that a subscription model like Xbox Game Pass enables. It’s an ambitious project from a small group within a very established team that smashes together two genres and explores an era not…
Video Game Tournament 101 (Updated for 2020)
In 2012, I released a video on YouTube called “Organize a Video Game Tournament”. It was a different time on YouTube (this is early 2010s one-shot content at its finest). My brother even made an appearance playing trombone in the background. Production quality aside, the video contains some great tips about video game tournament styles…