The best underrated survival games
What makes survival games great is how they manage to bring many of the best features of other genres in one single challenging attractive package. Whether it’s combat, strategy and…
Video game music and creativity with Miguel Hasson
We speak with the developer of metroidvania 9 Years of Shadows, Miguel Hasson, about creativity and video game music.
Stray’s ending made a dog’s dinner out of a good game
Stray was always going to be a cult hit. A game about a cat going on a wild adventure in a dystopian city full of robots? I'm in. We're all…
Rising from the gutter – interview with Danny Hayes about CHANGE
Resisting change is futile. Change happens, whether you're prepared for it or not. Some changes will completely turn your existence upside down, dragging you away from the place where you…
Our favorite Steam Next Fest demos of 2023
Is it that time of the year already? We can sit back and try a bunch of demos, while hurrying before the Next Fest is over? Indeed it is, our…
Splatoon 3 shows why it’s Nintendo’s best series ever
If you've been playing video games for any length of time, then you'll know Nintendo has brought us some of the best experiences out there, like Mario, Zelda, Metroid Prime,…
The most anticipated RPGs of 2023
Now that 2023 has officially entered the chat, has the thought of what RPGs are releasing in 2023 crossed your mind? If it did (and even if it didn’t), why…
Best games of 2022 – the Voxel Smash awards
It's the end of 2022, innit? It has been quite an interesting year for the industry, which seems to have picked up again after the pandemic and while many games…
The websites that are saving gaming history
Gaming history is a fascinating topic, despite the media being relatively recent. Surely, we can trace the origins of videogames even further back than the 70s, but that would be…
Warhammer 40K Darktide is not ready for prime time
How was your weekend? Mine was great, thanks for asking. Most of it was spent slaying the hordes of Chaos in the bowels of Tertium, as I got to try…
Surviving burnout – Alan Wake should get some sleep
Strange things lurk the forests of Bright Falls, while the Darkness bubbles and toils on Cauldron Lake. A strange presence beckons artists into its waters and Alan Wake is another…
We Are OFK defies categorization in the best way possible
We Are OFK offers players a window into all the hookups, heartbreak, and disagreements that lead to virtual band OFK’s forming. The game, released last August, is described as a…
Marvel Snap – hands-on demo
While some of us might have grown up playing traditional card games, like Magic The Gathering or spending hours on Hearthstone, we might want to reconsider our free time cause…
Hitting it out of the park: Bullfrog’s Theme Park and Hospital
Everyone has fantasized, at least once, about running a theme park. Is there something more fun than freely trying all the rides and the greasy food? Sure, but then who's…
The best Steam Next Fest games
Steam Next Fest recently returned to grace our screens and, if you’re anything like me, you spent the whole time binging indie demos like it’s going out of style. If…
The best indie games to play in October 2022
News around the world is really grim, isn't it? Well, before we have to go out in an antirad suit and fight huge mutated rats, perhaps we should savour that…
The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow interview
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow turned out to be one of the best horror point-and-click adventure games released in 2022. Its mix of folk horror with a solid narrative and…
5 of the best must-play JRPGs on Steam
The fall season is rapidly approaching and it’s time to heat up the coco (with marshmallows of course), power on that PC and boot up Steam. There’s no better time…
Return to Monkey Island feels like a Disney game
When Ron Gilbert announced he was going back to finish what he started thirty or so years before, fans were thrilled. Not only we were going to see our favorite…
The odyssey of Life is Strange Remastered on the Switch
If you could rewind time, what would you change? In the original Life Is Strange, Max, a high school student with a penchant for photography crosses paths with her ex…