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by Capricia Productions is a challenging game to review. First of all, the publishing team claims that it is a metal album presented as an interactive story, which would imply that one should approach it differently than one would a typical game. Secondly, the theme concerns trauma and abuse, physical and substance-related topics that are […]

Cassie is a blind woman whose dreams are haunted by an abandoned estate she finally tracks down at Echo Bluff, but she soon discovers the mansion is worse than her nightmares. A ghostly Presence has tormented its inhabitants over generations, and it now hunts Cassie. If she’s to avoid becoming its latest victim, she must […]

When I first heard of the game Elena by Catch A Cat, I was intrigued by its subtitle Displaced Reality. The concept of reality is an ambiguous one and while this indefiniteness has been portrayed in many games so far, its discussion never gets old. Elena follows in this direction, treating reality as a fabricated […]

In Homer’s Argos, the dog of Ulysses, awaits his master’s return for twenty years. When they finally meet again, Argos recognizes Ulysses even though he is covered up as a beggar, and then dies. This is one of many examples across time, cultures, and media that show the extent of canine fealty, and if anyone […]

Grimnir’s The Frostrune is a game that draws inspiration from Norse mythology and history. As the introductory sequence informs us, the story takes place in the summer of 965 CE off the coast of Norway. You play as Liv, a 13-year-old girl who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. You are cast away on […]

The Franz Kafka Videogame by mif2000 is a cute point-and-click puzzle game with minimal plot that still manages to capture the Kafkaesque ambience and adapt it to an interactive environment. Do not expect any intricate psychological interpretation of the famous author or his work here. Instead the game invites players to experience from a safe […]