Latest articles by Abbie Stone
SUPERB METROID Who needs Silksong anyways?
ON THE BALL What do you get when you combine a tree, a piggy bank, a trampoline, and a pachinko board?
SHAPE UP A soulslike made of shapes.
BLEEDING TIME There will be blood.
TETR-ACE Flowstone Saga is an inspired spin on the iconic puzzle formula.
HOME ALONE It's a flawed gem that richly deserves a second chance.
PLUCKY CHARMS This cute puzzle-platformer that goes brilliantly off-book.
WALL ABOARD The Monkey King's realm is plagued with invisible walls.
RAW DEAL A clever new spin on deckbuilding, held back by some frustrating balance issues.
Solslike The developer of iconic horror games Devotion and Detention has turned its hand to Sekiro-inspired combat.
LACK OF SOUL This "Souls-lite" struggles to stand out among FromSoftware's many imitators.
CLAW-SOME A seaworthy mashup of platform game and soulslike.
MIXED VESTIGES Occasionally brilliant, often maddening, and just a bit too messy to be a new roguelike classic.
FLIP OUT This psychedelic pinball shmup is a journey into flipper-fueled chaos.
Drill dazzler A challenging and thrilling burst of platformer action.
ROLL AGAIN Collecting dice instead of cards is a fun twist on the genre, but it's undermined by a limp campaign.
STRAIGHT FIRE This poker-themed roguelike deckbuilder revels in the thrill of cheating.
Tidy Don't sleep on this one.
CORE BLIMEY This spaceship roguelike deckbuilder swoops and soars to the top of its genre.
STACKED DECK Balatro turns the classic card game on its head, and it's so good it's my GOTY even though it's not even out yet.
GOOD FOR THE SOUL The dos and don'ts of the growing genre.
Heartbreaker An RPG, a cooking game, and a skateboarding game walk into a town full of exes...
