E-soterica Fans Have Spoken, and They Want a Knuckle Sandwich By Alyse Stanley • May 4th, 2018 When the frenetic gameplay of WarioWare, the dark humor of Fargo, and the aesthetic of Dragon Ball and Pokémon combine, Knuckle Sandwich emerges unscathed from the explosion, sunglasses lowered.
E -soterica Rythm is Lava By Alyse Stanley • April 25th, 2018 Egor Dorichev’s entry Rythm is Lava (typo intentional) stitches together RPG, puzzle, platformer, and rhythm game elements Frankenstein style into an experience as elegant as it is frustratingly complex.
E-soterica Retribution Never Felt So Punk By Alyse Stanley • April 10th, 2018 “It’s by girls for girls, expressing shared experience without context,” said Friedoff.Because of this familiarity, the duo’s motivations in Lost Wage Rampage don’t need extended citations to prove their merit.
E-soterica Speed Dating for Ghosts: A New Lease on Death By Alyse Stanley • February 22nd, 2018 Speed Dating for Ghosts proves that even the afterlife can get boring if you don’t have someone to share it with.
Digital Voyeurism – A Familiar, if Strange Game By Alyse Stanley • January 15th, 2018 We’ve come to regard phones as such intimate extensions of ourselves. That’s why taking the helm of another’s device is at once instantly familiar and strange.
Terry Crews, Silence Breaker By Alyse Stanley • December 15th, 2017 When the Time Magazine Silence Breakers cover was revealed, I was shocked by the person I didn’t see: Terry Crews.
Yuri Game Jam Inspires Some Queer Tales By Alyse Stanley • November 10th, 2017 Developers were given two months (September 1 through October 31) to complete their games this year. Entries ran the gambit from walking simulators to shooters to rhythm games.
