by Beau | Apr 28, 2023 | Review
Cognitive distortions are irrational thought patterns that can lead to self-doubt, anxiety, and depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches people how to recognize these distortions, reframe them to something rational, and then change their behavior to match....
by Beau | Apr 19, 2023 | Review
Tape: Unveil the Memories, the first release by indie developer BlackChiliGoat Studio, bills itself a narrative mystery adventure where you can rewind time, which gave me the impression I would be playing a clever time travel game. So when that didn’t happen, I was...
by Beau | Mar 24, 2023 | Review
A Tale of Two Cities is a wonderfully dark, albeit uplifting story that I would recommend to anyone. Yet I never would have finished it had Ms. Kubella not tethered my doing so to passing the 9th grade. As a teenager who grew up on Dean Koontz thrillers, I did not...
by Beau | Jan 11, 2023 | Review
Despite the tantalizing and highly suggestive title, murder is just game on in the new point-and-click mystery from Hitheryon Games. And yet it is indeed game over soon enough, not only for the victim but also for the player in what turns out to be a highly...
by Beau | Nov 18, 2022 | Review
One daunting goal for any game designer is ensuring the player experiences the story as intended while affording them enough agency to experience it at their own pace. Immortality is the third interactive film by Sam Barlow, following Her Story and Telling Lies, the...