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Simon the Sorcerer: Origins isn’t just a throwback to your childhood. It’s a carefully revisited origin story of a beloved 1990s adventure franchise. What immediately hits you is the feeling of warmth and love that developers put into mixing classic point-and-click mechanics with modern mechanics to bring back Simon the Sorcerer. As a game, it feels familiar in structure and vibe,
Read MoreA24’s Eternity is a story about the journey rather than the destination. The question of whether an afterlife exists and what it consists of has been a topic of debate since the beginning of time. Since the advent of film, filmmakers have endeavored to explore this concept. Eternity presents an afterlife where the newly deceased must choose a destination to spend their
Read MoreAfter just one year in development, SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide has finally been released. Just like any SpongeBob game, it leans into the spirit of classic SpongeBob episodes, slapstick moments, goofy “stakes,” and the meaning of true friendship. But, this time, it’s wrapped in a ghost story of a legendary “battle” between mighty King Neptune and the legendary Flying
Read MoreWhat happened for the explosive sequel of a middling actioner no one asked for, Sisu, to be this good? Usually, sequels experience diminishing returns, where the director repeats what worked in the first film without offering much beyond an effective formula that audiences enjoyed the first time and will likely enjoy again. However, in Sisu: Road to Revenge, Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander refuses to
Read MoreIf you’re anything like me, there’s a good chance that you’re always on the go. Between my day job as a psychologist and my nights spent either attending shows or writing up my never-ending list of reviews, I’m constantly running from one place to another. I need technology that can keep up with me. Be it listening to music or editing
Read MoreTelltale Games was a studio that often delivered games considered by many to be Game of the Year contenders. After the company’s disappearance, and a long wait for more games after their unexpected return, there was a void in games that are like a TV show in which you decide what to do. Thankfully, AdHoc Studio has made a superhero game
Read MoreAt times, it can feel impossible to decide within a technological market full of similar products. No longer do we live in a world where similar devices from different companies truly diverge that far from each other, as every brand is outputting with relatively the same technology and at the same pace. So how exactly is one supposed to make a
Read MoreFollowing the smash hit Wicked on the Broadway stage back in 2003, it was only inevitable that a film adaptation would eventually follow suit with last year’s Wicked and this year’s Wicked: For Good. For Good marks an interesting crossroad of sorts in the story as it adapts act two and onwards of the show, which has been infamously cited as a
Read MoreCuriosity: A Cat Climbing Game is a challenging 3D platforming indie game that was developed by DarkBear Studios and iNightGaming LLC, with it being published by DarkBear Studios. As you make your way through Curiosity, you will be greeted by a slew of platforms, moving objects, and other obstacles that will require precision and patience as you make your vertical journey to
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