While Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hearts and Minds is a good overall story, calling it a Star Trek tale is a bit disingenuous. Even Picard, who graces the cover, is barely window dressing for the story.
The core gameplay of Drifting Lands is addicting and highly satisfying, with surprisingly deep role-playing elements just below the surface of what at first appears to be a slick and dazzling shoot-em-up packed with heart-pounding action and explosions.
We absolutely loved this pixel-based throwback to 80’s crime dramas. Beat Cop is filled to the brim with absurd, borderline offensive, humor, a pretty cool storyline, and some sort of magic that makes mundane tasks like writing parking tickets a heck of a lot of fun.
While still in early access, Dead Cells is shaping up to be an extraordinary 2D game where a player must get as far as they can in the castle before restarting from the beginning. Every run can change as new levels and areas open up, and new items and abilities are obtained to enhance the gaming experience.
The main character for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Enigma Tales is Elim Garak, the mysterious, manipulative and charming tailor and spy of the TV Show Deep Space Nine. That pretty much sets the tone for this diabolically good story.
At its core, Perception offers a creepy, first person narrative horror adventure. The difference here is that the main character is a young blind woman, so players must investigate a deadly haunting using only their ears to navigate.
This week our Time Waster is a puzzle game for Android devices called Stellar Fox that uses lines and physics to challenge players. It’s a beautiful game, but perhaps a bit too easy for clever Time Wasters to fully enjoy?
As the name implies, Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days is a top-down shooter using the license of the titular budget cult film, Reservoir Dogs. Only here, every heist goes bad, and it’s your job to get Mr. Pink, Brown, Blonde and the rest of the crew home safely.
This week we look at the debut novel, Game of Shadows, by Erika Lewis. It’s a really great start for a first-time novelist, and might just be your cup of tea if you enjoy fantasy novels and complex plotting.
Take control of a mechanical squid named Ann 2.35f as she is forced to journey with the mysterious Dark Train. Created completely with paper cutouts, this artistic puzzle adventure is more than worth the price of admission.
