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Savukivi Games' "Finnish Cottage 8" doesn't reinvent the wheel but it does capitalize on the developers' understanding of the "anomaly hunting" Horror subgenre and their ability to craft a very cozy yet creepy atmosphere. Here's my review!

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I'm in love with #StarVaders and have been for so long that this #review ended up super late. Oops. Anyway, here's why I love this incredible game so much.

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#ZefyrAThiefsMelody by solo developer Oneiric Worlds is a testament to the creativity and passion that blossoms when you're free from the constraints of large studio expectations. It's a great indie adventure game that really captured my heart. Here's my review! :)

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Spilt Milk Studios is celebrating #TrashGoblin's 1.0 release with a charity event in support of the Immune Deficiency Foundation - Here's how to get involved! #CharityGoblin5K

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About the supposed "deprofessionalisation of video games"

The other day, I stumbled across this article titled “The ‘deprofessionalization of video games’ was on full display at PAX East” by Bryant Francis, Senior Editor at GameDeveloper.com… and it had me a bit stumped. Is this satire? No, of course not… and yet… Why does it ring so shallow? Why does it sound so absolutely stupid? I’m quite shocked that someone decided to look at the past few years of…

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#MazeMice, the new game by the Luck be a Landlord developer just headed into Early Access and I'm already losing too many hours to it. Here's my review!

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I planned to write more about anime, so here's a post I've been meaning to get out for a while now. I hope I'm not too late to tell you to not watch this absolute dumpster fire.

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#WitchOfOblivion seems like an incredibly promising Indie Souls-like with a vast variety of spells to press onwards into a dark yet whimsical world. At last year's #Gamescom, I had the chance to talk about the game with Tasto Alpha's Associate Producer, Lachlan Crompton, in this interview!

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#SteamNextFest just wrapped up and I wanted to highly recommend all these wonderful indie games here whose demos are still playable. Here are my highlights!

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Indietail - Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island

#MythwreckedAmbrosiaIsland is an unique and very enjoyable cosy exploration game that recontextualizes Greek mythology, making it feel more humane. In this #review, I'll tell you all about why I liked it so much!

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island is a narrative adventure set on a mythical island home to many different Greek Gods. Stranded in this enigmatic and long-forgotten place, Alex – a backpacker with a busy job who finally got some time off – has to help the Gods remember who they are by forging friendships, solving some light puzzles, exploring the island, and resolving the mystery behind the Gods’…

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Happy New Year! ('25) - Also, my year '24 in Review

With a new year starting, I figured it'd be good to review 2024 for me personally in various aspects of my life, talking a bunch about my mental health, the year in terms of content creation, as well as resolutions and my year in gaming. Enjoy!

Happy New Year! I hope y’all have had a wonderful time celebrating New Year’s (and Christmas! I didn’t write about that either. Oops.). I wish you all a great new year full of good health, success and a bunch of good times. May your problems be few and manageable! Cheers. The year just passed over and I figured it’d be high time to write one of those “year in review” posts for 2024 since I just…

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Venba just hits so close to home for me... (Review)

Today I share my experience playing #Venba and tell you about why I recommend it so much! It made cry a bunch.

This month’s Humble Choice featured a myriad of interesting titles and among them was Venba, a game whose demo I checked out a while ago, but that I never got to play because my backlog’s just too big. Anyhow, I got it now, I played through it and I loved it. I knew it would hit close to home, especially as a second-generation immigrant, but I didn’t think it would hit this close to home… So, I…

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Pokémon TCG Pocket - The Mysterious Island isn't so mysterious after all.

Today I talk about my Pokémon TCG Pocket struggles and first-world problems, I guess.

So, I’ve been playing Pokémon TCG Pocket for quite a while now and have steadily managed to complete a lot of the really rare cards, only really missing about 21 cards. From the Charizard pack, I’m missing Mewoth, Kangaskhan, Exeggutor, Charizard ex (the four-diamond one), Poliwrath, Alakazam, Primeape, Machamp, Kabutops and Melmetal. In the Pikachu pack, I’m only missing Gyarados, Raichu,…

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"Trash Goblin" and the Art of Upcycling... - An Interview with Spilt Milk Studios' Andrew Smith

I love #TrashGoblin. Such a great game! And today, I'm sharing an interview I got to do with Andrew Smith from Spilt Milk Studios who was able to tell me a ton about the game's development, inspirations and more!

Lately, I’ve been playing a lot of different games that let me dive into all sorts of exciting worlds full of action and cool combat, intriguing stories, and more… but from time to time, I just crave the sort of experience that lets me do very mundane tasks, at my own pace, to wind down for the night, take my mind off things or just relax for a bit. Games like Hardspace: Shipbreaker and Power…

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Indietail - Gorogoa

#Gorogoa is a hand-drawn and bite-sized puzzle game that made me feel nostalgic for those small adventures I had as a kid. More on that in my #review here!

When I was a kid, I used to go into our local mountains together with my younger siblings and we’d chase after imaginary goblins and dragons. I would tell them stories about these fantastical creatures and we’d play a lot out there. Nothing gave me more joy than seeing the bright smiles on my siblings’ faces as we explored the creek nearby, hunted for ghosts in the abandoned hospital, turned into…

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Digital Sun just announced Moonlighter 2 - and I'm so excited!

#DigitalSun announced #Moonlighter2 and I'm so friggin excited about this and many interesting pieces of information we've gotten! More on that in my post right here! I'm so hyped!

Moonlighter is one of my all-time favourite games, and as such, I was positively surprised to see that we’re not only hearing back from Digital Sun after their work on the Moonlighter DLC, their venture into the League of Legends IP with The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story, and their newest release Cataclissmo… but that we’re hearing back about a sequel to the aforementioned…

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Indietail - Mouthwashing

#Mouthwashing is a great journey to go onto if you're up for three hours of intense eeriness. I absolutely loved it. More on that in my review!

Nothing I have read and nothing people have told me about Mouthwashing could have prepared me for what awaited me in those three hours I spent on the stranded Pony Express freighter. I knew that it was kind of inspired by the claustrophobia you feel when playing Iron Lung. I knew it had themes similar to other games I’ve played and enjoyed. But none of that prior knowledge could have possibly…