Teacup Game Review   Teacup is a short and sweet little adventure game that’s all about relaxing and exploring at your own pace. You play as a shy, quiet frog named Teacup who’s on a mission to gather ingredients for her upcoming tea party. That’s pretty much the whole setup — and it’s honestly kind of perfect. Set in the charming little town of Little Pond, the game invites you to slow down and just enjoy the moment. You’ll wander through soft pastel environments filled with gentle acoustic music, cozy animal homes, and little clues pointing you toward different types of tea. Everything about this place feels hand-crafted and peaceful…

Mika and the Witch’s Mountain Review   Mika and the Witch’s Mountain is a cozy little game where you play as Mika, a young girl training to become a witch like her mom. She arrives at Mount Gaun, where an old, powerful witch named Olagari lives at the top. Olagari actually taught Mika’s mother, and Mika hopes to learn from her too. She even brings a recommendation letter—but things don’t go as planned. Olagari isn’t impressed with Mika’s attitude and, after a short and disappointing talk, literally tosses her off the mountain. It’s a rough start, but also the beginning of Mika’s first lesson: if she wants to become a…

Peak Game Review   Don’t even think about looking down or lunging for that far-off ledge — that’s just asking for trouble. Just hang on tight, and let me tell you why Peak isn’t some goofy co-op craze. It’s this crazy mix of wild chaos and adorable pastel colors that somehow just clicks. You play with up to three friends, and the goal? Climb a massive mountain to escape a deserted island after a crash landing. Sounds intense, right? And it is! You’ll need some serious teamwork and quick thinking because there’s this deadly fog creeping up behind you. If you get caught in it, or fall off the cliff,…

Nuclear Nightmare Game Review   If you’re into intense post-apocalyptic games, Nuclear Nightmare is definitely one to check out. It’s this wild mix of survival, horror, and open-world exploration that throws you right into a radioactive wasteland where danger is everywhere. You’ve got mutated monsters lurking around, scarce resources to scavenge, and some tough choices that mess with your head morally. The whole vibe of the game — from the creepy atmosphere to the changing weather and the story that really pulls you in — makes it stand out in the survival-horror crowd. The setting is pretty grim: a world totally wrecked by nuclear war, with humanity barely hanging on…

Zoochosis Game Review   Zoochosis calls itself a “bodycam horror simulation game,” and honestly, that’s not totally wrong. But when I played about an hour and a half on my stream. It wasn’t scary in my opinion. Zoo Life… With a “Horror” Twist You play as a new zookeeper on your first day, getting a tour of this clearly messed-up facility. The place is grimy, they lock you in overnight, and at one point, a human body in a body bag gets dumped into a grinder to turn into animal food — and my character just kind of shrugs it off. Same with the first “jump scare”, which didn’t even…

Fast Food Simulator Review   Fast Food Simulator isn’t about a big story or deep plot — it’s all about running your own fast-food restaurant the way you want. You’re in charge of everything, from ordering supplies and cooking food to cleaning up and serving customers. The game gives you full freedom to manage your place, so you can create your own experience and get into the role of a fast-food employee. You get to work with a bunch of different stations like grills, fryers, ice cream machines, soda dispensers, and cash registers. Beyond just cooking and serving, you also deliver food to tables, organize storage, run the drive-thru, and…

Unpacking Game Review   moving in real life is the worst. But in Unpacking, a game its creators call a “Zen puzzle,” it somehow becomes cozy and comforting. The game takes you through a series of homes that represent the life of a character you never actually see, spanning from 1997 to 2018. It turns out, you can learn a lot about someone just by looking at the stuff they bring with them from place to place. The gameplay is super simple—you’re basically taking things out of boxes and finding where they go—but it works. And it sticks with you. It’s the kind of game that reminds you how creative…

Strange Horticulture Review   he plants in Strange Horticulture do all sorts of things: There’s one that can open anything that’s locked. Others can make someone brave, ease their pain, lure them to their death, or protect them from the cold. These plants and plenty, plenty more line the shelves of a small shop tucked away in the dark streets of Undermere, a strange, rainy town that sits by a forest and a lake. In Strange Horticulture, I play as a person who’s just inherited a plant shop after a family member’s death. But Strange Horticulture offers plenty more: A mysterious, occult story that unfolds around the very plants you sell, along with clever…

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me I’m reviewing The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me today. The Devil in Me takes us to Chicago, first at the turn of the 1900s to introduce–or, for horror fanatics, more likely remind us of–H.H. Holmes, who is dubbed “America’s first serial killer.” Holmes’ “murder castle”. A meaningful choice-and-consequence system makes a second or even third playthrough alluring. Particularly when playing online co-op, where you each control one character and independently make decisions with the potential to fuck everything up. When I played, I did a co-op run with a fellow streamer. She played the first character, and I played as the…

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes I’m reviewing The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes today. House of Ashes begins in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Akkad in 2231 BC, with a compelling prologue that takes inspiration from the “The Curse of Akkad. then jumping to taking place during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, its setting is a far cry from the ghost ships and witch trials. Fortunately, House of Ashes uses the Iraq War as more than a simple backdrop for jump scares, focusing on both sides of the war as allegiances fall by the wayside in the face of a more terrifying threat. A meaningful choice-and-consequence system…