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The Comforts of Playing With Food in Nour

By Khee Hoon Chan • October 10th, 2017

One food I grew to love during my childhood is actually broccoli — not because of how it tastes, mind you, but because of its endless possibilities for play.

a series of things that at first glance look like doves, but on closer appraisal appear to be made of tiny hands. This is the cover art for and then we held hands.

and then we held hands is a Game of Discomfort

By Sam Desatoff • August 24th, 2017

There’s a fine balance at work in …and then we held hands, and you must take care of yourself before you can help your partner.

Kodama: The Tree Spirits cover art with some soft creatures with long arms and happy faces peering around trees.

Kodama: The Tree Spirits Puts Nature Before Rules

By Sam Desatoff • August 17th, 2017

Kodama: The Tree Spirits is a game about growing trees. In nature, trees to not follow a blueprint or a predetermined path; they grow how they please, their branches forming a unique natural fingerprint. Like snowflakes or people, no two are exactly alike, which makes building a board game about growing trees tricky. Games have structure and rules, a literal book that tells you how to play. Nature and games are seemingly at odds, but Kodama manages to pull off a well-balanced game about growing trees while capturing the free-form, aimless beauty of nature. In Kodama, players aim to please the titular

A bright blue demonic figure standing next to a burst of blue light with a wooden cabin in the background.

Rail Theory Stops You From Feeling Heroic

By Khee Hoon Chan • August 8th, 2017

Rail Theory, an upcoming survival horror videogame, feels like the sequel Dead Space 3 could have been.

A table top all set up with the board game By Order of the Queen.

By Order of the Queen: An Order of Frustration

By Sam Desatoff • July 27th, 2017

I have no inherent dislike for small amounts of luck in board games, but when a lengthy game comes down to a single dice roll, it can feel like a huge middle finger when you fail.

Fight Knight Embraces Repetition

By Khee Hoon Chan • July 11th, 2017

Dance like a butterfly, sting like a knight in shining armor.

A hovercar pushing out into an open blue futuristic city, peaking out from under a beige overhang.

Antigraviator Doesn’t Give A Damn About Realism

By Khee Hoon Chan • May 23rd, 2017

Antigravitor, an upcoming futuristic racing title, has no qualms about tossing realism out of the proverbial window; most of the time I’m just careening through the race tracks, the hoverbike whizzing by so quickly that the lights trails in the course make me feel like I’m inside a long-exposure shot.

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