Game Reviews7.5/10
de Blob: One Great Idea, Several Small Ones
de Blob review: the 2008 Wii paint-platformer where color is both mechanic and reward, and its soundtrack reacts as you repaint Chroma City.
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Game Reviews8.2/10
Checking Passports in a Video Game Taught Me More About Power Than Any Lecture Could
Papers, Please review: Lucas Pope's 2013 bureaucracy simulator turns passport stamping into a moral trap. Score 8.2/10, ports, and why the desk job works.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Surgeon Simulator 2013 Review: Bossa Studios’ Dark Comedy Where the Surgeon Is the Hazard
Surgeon Simulator 2013 review: Bossa Studios' surgery game where one button per finger and a passive patient make the surgeon the real hazard.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Starbound’s Infinite Galaxy Still Can’t Hide Its Empty Centre
Starbound review: Chucklefish's procedural 2D sandbox from early access to Xbox, covering story, mechs, bounty hunters, and an 8.7/10 score.
Game Reviews8.7/10
The Walking Dead: Season Two hands the controller to a child and never lets go
Telltale's 2013 sequel puts Clementine in the lead, and the switch mostly works — but trimmed hubs and soft choices keep it below Season One.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Gunpoint’s wiring puzzle still holds up 13 years later
Gunpoint review: the 2013 stealth puzzle game where you rewire buildings with the Crosslink. Cross-sections, trapdoors, and a spy who shops on his PDA.
Game Reviews7.7/10
A 7.7, and Worth the Trip
Dead Rising's 2006 debut dropped Frank West into a Colorado mall with 72 hours, 250 weapons and a zombie problem. A review of Capcom's stubborn classic.
Game Reviews8.1/10
ModNation Racers Review: Style Beats Sameness
ModNation Racers review: Sony's 2010 kart racer pairs tight drifting and boost-meter combat with a deep Play, Create, Share track editor. Score: 8.1/10.
Game Reviews8.3/10
NBA 2K10’s career mode was the real addition, not the roster update
NBA 2K10 review: Kobe Bryant's cover year, MyPlayer's Summer League grind, the Wii and PSP ports, and the 30,000-copy Anniversary Edition.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Fight Night Round 3 Ditched the Health Bar and Made You Read the Fighter’s Body
Fight Night Round 3 review: EA Chicago's 2006 boxing game ditched the HUD, added Total Punch Control, and earned 8.4/10.
Game Reviews7.1/10
A Brawler From 2005 Still Throws a Good Punch, 21 Years On
Rockstar Toronto's 2005 brawler The Warriors stretched the 1979 film backward into Coney Island turf wars, flashbacks, and a soundtrack that lost songs.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Always Sometimes Monsters: A 30-Day Journey Through Morality and Desperation
Always Sometimes Monsters review: a broke author has 30 days to cross the country and stop a wedding. Vagabond Dog's 2014 RPG scores 8.1/10.