Author: Nicky Bleakley

Despotism 3k Konfa Games Strategy/Simulation Playstation 4 Despotism 3k is a dark but goofy simulation/strategy game with some elements from various roguelikes.  You play as a rogue and very angry butter-churning robot who has decided to rebel against its original purpose and focus on world conquest.  Think AM from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream but more comedic.  You control the robot’s claws to move around your tiny human slaves between the various tasks you can force them to complete, and the goal is to survive as long as possible.  Four times a day, you use some power…

-KLAUS- La Cosa Puzzle Platformer Nintendo Switch Klaus is a puzzle platformer with a very meta-narrative.  The game stars the titular character Klaus, who wakes up in a dark factory basement with no memory.  Klaus must get through multiple floors of the factory, which are split into stages and then split further into small rooms separated by doors, in an attempt to escape and remember why he is there.  Along with controlling Klaus, the player is tasked with moving platforms and opening doors for him, and later must simultaneously help the much bigger and bulkier K-1 through rooms.  As you…

Seeds of Resilience Subtle Games Strategy Simulation Nintendo Switch Seeds of Resilience is a turn-based survival colony sim about a group of castaways shipwrecked on an island.  Using the natural resources provided by the island, you are tasked with providing the group with the food and shelter needed to survive.  Each day you are given a number of work hours for each survivor, and you have to use the hours well to harvest resources and build tools and structures that will allow them to keep going.  Providing better quality of life for the survivors will give them more work hours…

Megabyte Punch Team Reptile Beat Em Up Nintendo Switch I’ll start this off by admitting that I’ve never been a big fan of beat ‘em ups.  It’s not that I think they’re bad, I just was never very good at them.  That’s why it was very surprising that Megabyte Punch caught my attention the way it did.  Obviously the first thing to get my interest was the fact that you play as a funky little robot.  The more substantial points were the two-dimensional platforming and the customizability of your character’s moveset and skills.  I love customizing my characters in…