Sep 19 2012Save9/19/12They Bleed Pixels is a Pleasurably Painful Way to Break In Steam's Big Picture ModeMike Fahey35SaveThe day Valve announced the availability of the television-friendly Big Picture Mode for Steam I hooked up my laptop…
Aug 8 2012Save8/8/12This Charming Indie Puzzler Isn't Mechanical At All. It's Unmechanical.Kate Cox7Save This is not actually a little blue apple, though you might be forgiven for thinking so. It's a lonely little…
Jul 11 2012Save7/11/12Hoodwink is the Biggest Con Job I've Played This Year. And That's a Good Thing.Kate Cox31Save Slow jazz? Check. Disheveled office? Check. Intimations that someone will walk through the door at any moment?…
Jun 20 2012Save6/20/12Brand-New Indie Game Resonance is the Best 1990s Adventure Game I've Played in YearsKate Cox30SaveI am a big fan of adventure games. They've been my favorite genre for decades. I like them quite a lot. Enough to…
Jun 13 2012Save6/13/12Miner Wars 2081 Takes Space Combat to a Creative New LevelMike Fahey31SaveThe early Miner Wars 2081 alpha I played last year was little more than a spaceship equipped with a mining laser…
May 23 2012Save5/23/12Journey Down to a Comic Adventure Romp in the CaribbeanKate Cox10SaveI'm a sucker for a classic point-and-click adventure game. The LucasArts adventures of the early 1990s are how I…
May 16 2012Save5/16/12Unravel Society's Disaster in Analogue: A Hate StoryKate Cox14SaveIt's the far future. You're a salvager, and you've been notified that a derelict, ancient 25th-century colony ship,…
May 9 2012Save5/9/12You Have to Win the Game, Even Though I Didn'tKate Cox42SaveYou Have to Win the Game, it tells me—it's right there in the title!—but I just can't. At least, not yet. I've…
May 2 2012Save5/2/12Dynamite Jack Might Be The Loudest Stealth Game EverEvan Narcisse18Save Most games concerned with keeping their heroes undetected create a reliance on a few familiar mechanics. Sticking…
Apr 25 2012Save4/25/12A Valley Without Wind Still Managed to Blow Me AwayKate Cox43SaveWhile I was playing A Valley Without Wind, someone asked me what I was up to. Here's what I said:
Apr 18 2012Save4/18/12The Splendid Botanicula Overflows With Weapons-Grade JoyfulnessKirk Hamilton20SaveJoy is a terribly underrated commodity in video games. Most of the games I play inspire all kinds of…
Apr 11 2012Save4/11/12At Its Most Primitive Aztez is Still More Fun Than Most Beat-em UpsMike Fahey31SaveI'm playing an April 2011 build of a game due out in 2013. It only has one level, one hero and only six enemies to…
Apr 4 2012Save4/4/12I Didn't Know What to Expect from the Wonderfully Random Really Big SkyMike Fahey14SaveWhy would I feature a game that came out last year in our relatively new weekly PC Indie Spotlight feature? I simply…
Mar 28 2012Save3/28/12Legend of Grimrock is Everything I Wanted in a Modern-Day Dungeon CrawlerMike Fahey134SaveOur beaten, bloodied and bruise party stood before the gold-trimmed door, attempting to unravel the secret means of…
Mar 21 2012Save3/21/12Ride a Musical Beam of Light Through the Solar System in WaveformMike Fahey10Save A single beam of light must travel through a solar system plunged into darkness in Waveform, a musical arcade…