Carrion Review: No, The Monster is the Real Monster.
Singular in intent and action, Carrion sees the monster of the story take revenge on so many men. An interesting take on the idea of reverse horror, if not an entirely successful one.
Geek Errant Recommends: Alan Wake
Celebrating its ten year anniversary, and still stuck firmly in the mindscape of its many fans, Alan Wake is a luminous example of genre storytelling.
XCOM Chimera Squad – More than the sum of its parts
An experimental spin off of the XCOM series, Chimera Squad definitely lives up to its name. Small scale tactical battles in a counter terrorist themed version of the core XCOM 2 game. But with a few key changes to keep things interesting.
Yes, Your Grace Review: Modest Monarch Management
Developed by studio Brave at Night, and published by No More Robots. Yes, Your Grace is a linear Narrative strategy game. Emphasis more on the narrative than the strategy in this instance. Be the king, make decisions, keep your throne under you and your people away from the pitchforks.
Geek Errant Recommends Mirror’s Edge
Mirror’s Edge is a brilliantly designed experiment of a game. A first person platformer with an iconic style and highly focused gameplay.
Geek Errant Recommends: Gang Beasts
Gang Beasts is a comedy focused physics driven arena brawler game. It’s also one of the best local multiplayer games that you can play with friends.
Geek Errant Recommends: Mount and Blade Warband
It’s so easy to get lost in Mount and Blade: Warband. A game that offers you a world of politicking and trade and system driven combat. One of those games where systems drive everything that’s interesting about the game.
Geek Errant Recommends: The Unbelievable Gwenpool
The Unbelievable Gwenpool is the third in the Marvel Un-trilogy, sharing a prefix with The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and The Unstoppable Wasp. Each book was a new and interesting take on a female character in the Marvel comics universe. For Gwenpool, that’s playing with the idea of comics and comic conventions, and what they mean to the people who read them.
Geek Errant Recommends: Until Dawn
Supermassive Games did something truly special with Until Dawn. They made a game that encapsulates horror films, and the potential of being inside one.
Geek Errant Recommends: Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons is one of the most wonderfully clever games I’ve ever played. There’s no hyperbole in that. This is an understated adventure puzzle game that uses gameplay for narrative purposes in the best way.