Category: Columns

As Dragon Quest XI S starts, your tasked with climbing a mountain in your town as your coming of age ceremony. What you find there are monsters waiting to waylay you. However, something goes awry and as you’re saving your friend something strange happens: a sigil on your hand glows a mysterious light and suddenly you’re both safe. Your adopted mother tells you you’re special and all of a sudden you’re off on a journey. This begins your adventure in Dragon Quest XI S.

Red Thomas gets his space-based combat on with Infinity: Battlescape and gives his impressions of the game. Red may or may not be taking a few shots across the bow of a certain other ambitious space-sim project.

Red Thomas tries Crying Suns and gives his thoughts on this new game from the French studio Alt Shift and published by Humble Bundle. Red explains why this is a roguelite that you should consider adding to your library.

Red Thomas updates his position on Epic exclusive deals after a new update from Steam and several conversations with others in the industry yield new information on the situation. Love… Intrigue… Betrayal… This article has it all.

Panned by journalists and loved by gamers, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is an unapologetically difficult game on many levels, yet it’s also one of those rare games that is educational while also being entertaining. Red Thomas swings in with his thoughts on the subject, along with some advice for players.

After watching Dragon Quest Builders 2 from the sidelines after release, our columnist Allyson decided to pick up the RPG spinoff on the suggestion of a friend. In her latest column, she explains exactly why she’s glad she did.

Red Thomas gives his impressions of Emberlight, a new roguelite game from Quarter Onion Games. Does the game live up to other recent games in the genre or is it just another indie attempt at passive revenue generation?

I don’t know why, but I was expecting a lot more out of this year’s Gamescom. Unfortunately, it ended up being mostly a dud. Still, there’s always a couple things of note to come from each show, so let’s round up a couple of the highlights.

Red Thomas recently discovered the indie game Crea. Developed by a tiny team of five, the game has flown under the radar. Red takes a look and explains some of what makes Crea different from other games in the genre.

Red Thomas takes on exclusive deals between publishers and distribution platforms. Is Epic hurting the community through exclusive deals with publishers that keep popular games away from other providers like Steam?