Hollow Knight: Silksong Reinforces the Metroidvania Genre’s Accessibility Barriers
There are overarching accessibility problems in the Metroidvania genre, and Hollow Knight: Silksong is just perpetuating and reinforcing inaccessible barriers.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s Latest Teaser Might Make You Think It’s Switched Genres
Pokemon Legends: Z-A is out in a couple of months, but as of right now there's plenty we don't know about the game. However, it seems that later this week…
Doom The Dark Ages is great, but OG Doom’s fan levels remain the genre’s apex
Have you played Doom: The Dark Ages yet? Good, isn’t it? id Software keeps finding new places to take one of the oldest formulas in gaming, and the fact it…
Cthulhu Keeper Revitalizes Classic PC Game Genres Through A Lovecraftian Lens
Some hardcore PC game genres have had a renaissance in recent years. Baldur's Gate 3 reinvigorated love for the CPRG, while Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 tapped into a communal love…
Carbonflesh is a cyberpunk life game blending endless genres and ideas
I wasn't sure what to expect from Carbonflesh. Members of its creative team were involved in several of my favorite point-and-click games, including Primordia and The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow,…
New soulslike FPS Covenant already channels the best parts of both genres
I love a good genre mashup. There's just something about taking multiple tried and true categories of videogames and throwing them together, potentially creating something unique in the process. Well,…
5 Final Fantasy spinoff genres we somehow haven’t seen yet
Considering how many spinoffs there are, these omissions stand out!
New Callisto Protocol roguelike has some of the best ideas the genre’s ever seen
A Callisto Protocol roguelike is, frankly, the last thing I expected to come out this year. The Dead Space spiritual successor was quite the debut from Striking Distance Studios, so…
No More Room In Hell 2 Succeeds In The Zombie Genre’s Most Important Way
Sometimes people talk about zombie games with an air of fatigue, like they've had their fill and are ready to ignore the concept, but you'll never catch me sounding that…
No More Room In Hell 2 Succeeds In The Zombie Genre’s Most Important Way | Hands-On Preview
I'll never get tired of zombie games so long as they keep doing what No More Room In Hell 2 does so well.