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There’s something about cyberpunk that I just can’t resist. While realistically frightening in the Orwellian sense, these fictional worlds contain a more stylish brand of horror—often dousing the city-lit atmosphere with rain and fog and shadowy, phantasmagoric darkness. And strangely, as gloomy and bleak as this world is, I’ve fallen in love with it. Truth […]

Slowly, gently, the Strong Bad series is gaining momentum. After beginning on a rather tame note in terms of plotline, puzzles and jokes, things are possibly on their way up, though the emphasis is decidedly on “slowly, gently”. Strong Badia the Free, like its predecessor, is fairly average as an adventure game. But unlike the […]

Jack Black, meet Strong Bad; Strong Bad, Jack Black. It seems only fitting the two should be introduced, as the similarities between them are starting to increase with each passing episode of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People. Both have proudly (if somewhat ill-advisedly) worn the mask of the luchador, and now both have […]

In Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective, the fourth episode of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, we’re reminded more forcefully than ever that the series really is for fans. No, not fans of action movies (though Shaft, Police Academy, Indiana Jones, Bond and more are thoroughly referenced in this latest adventure), but fans of […]

If Professor Layton and the Curious Village were a small child, I would adopt it immediately. That’s not to say I wouldn’t get frustrated with its behaviour sometimes, as it can be absolutely brutal when it wants to be. But with its unique, adorable charm, it remains just too damn cute to be considered a […]

When I first heard the title Cleopatra: A Queen’s Destiny, I cringed for two entirely different reasons. First, I had an image of a cheaply-made game for children. “A queen’s destiny”—it reminded me too much of cheap Disney spinoffs for preteens. The other reason was the fear of this game falling into the potentially gag-inducing […]