Unwording is a narrative puzzle game from Frostwood Studios. It takes you through the mind of Tom, an ordinary office worker, who’s struggling with depression. By solving word puzzles, you help him overcome his negative thoughts and look at life…

Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of video game. The first kind of game is what all the big publishers are doing with their AAA titles these days, the “more is more” approach: a dozen types of collectible, a gigantic…

A few months ago, I was able to try out a preview build of Afterimage. As a huge Metroidvania fan I was excited to play it, and while I did ultimately have fun with it, I saw nothing particularly special…

Games that essentially create entirely new genres are not too common nowadays. There are of course exceptions, such as the FromSoftware-inspired Soulslikes, or how Metroid and Castlevania’s influence spawned Metroidvanias. Such an occurrence is far less heard of amongst smaller,…