I see everyone doing weeknotes or monthly recaps, and I want in. Except, I don’t want to tie myself down to a weekly or monthly format, so instead, these kind of posts will just appear randomly whenever I feel I have something to say. This will just be some sort of freeform rambling. I want to lower the bar as much...

You might have heard of Size Five Games, they’re the creators of other silly entertaining point-and-click games like Ben There, Dan That!, Time Gentlemen, Please! and Lair of the Clockwork God. I played the first two ages ago, and the last one is still on my to-do list. We’ll see when I get round to playing that...

What do you get when you cross a dungeon crawler with a typing game? It’s Cryptmaster! The premise is simple, you play as a party of four heroes that get resurrected by a powerful necromancer, the Cryptmaster. Your party is down in the depths of the earth and aims to reach the top. The visuals of this game are truly...

A friend of mine hit me with a question a couple of days ago. I don’t quite remember how it came up, but the question was: “Do you know how the stuff that happened in your childhood influenced how you became the person you are today?” This is such an important question that tells so much about who you are and what...

Brush strokes in the sky The Paintress calls for gommage When tomorrow comes I try very hard not to write any spoilers about the games I played when writing a review for them. As a player I like to know as little about the story of a game as possible before going in, I like going in blind and being completely...

As a preamble to this post, let me start off by saying, I agree. Yes, this is first-world problem. I realize how lucky I am, for this to even be a thing in my life. So generally there are two things that motivate my choices in life. Time and interest. The former is the finite resource of our existence. I’m 37, and...

Shifting halls unfold Looking for Room 46 Steps gone, dawn resets Ever since it was announced, I was really excited for Blue Prince. In Blue Prince you play as Simon, a young adolescent boy (I’m not sure if his age is mentioned in the game) who just inherited the manor estate of his uncle. However, Simon’s uncle has...

Shadows of the past Justice sought in truth untold Secrets now revealed I backed this game on Kickstarter a while back, something I haven’t done a lot for videogames. But this one caught my eye, because I love playing detective and it’s roots in true history really resonated with me. At the time I thought this would...

Hidden by the veil The Unavowed stand strong Protecting mundanes It’s the game of the month over at the Adventure Game Club. Since Avowed (which I’ve also played and probably will write a review for somewhere next week) came out this month, it seems only fitting to play Unavowed as well. As the game starts you’re...

His whip cracks the air Indiana seeks the path Fedora secured I’ve always had a soft spot for Indiana Jones. The Indiana Jones franchise is (along with Star Wars) one I’ve been introduced to by my parents. They named me after Luke Skywalker and named our second dog Indy. Just goes to show how much of a fan we all...

It’s been a bit quiet around here. That has mostly to do with two things. First, the Belgian deparment of defense releases its end-of-year puzzle (kind of like GCHQ does for the UK). This is the 7th year of the puzzle, and the 7th year I’m competing. What started is a fun thing I did with my dad, has turned into a...

Wouter roped me into playing Ultima Underworld. It’s the DOS Game Club of the months december, january and february. I haven’t played any Ultima game before. So now, here I am, playing a DOS game on a Linux machine. Oh how turns have tabled. I had to do a little tweaking, I installed the hack for easier movement in...