The Nintendo DS’ influence is felt on all levels in Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved, from the carefully pre-rendered and blurred 3D backgrounds to the larger than average text size.
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The five best things we played on itch.io this spring, brought to you by our editor-in-chief
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MIO: Memories In Orbit is a game about hope lost, about the moment in the journey where the crush of the world wins and you curl up and wait for the end. About a tiny robot. About a little spark of hope?
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If you were curious what you should be looking forward to on Steam this year, look no further. Here are eight of the best demos we played this fest alongside our (objectively) correct opinions.
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Heart, humor, and horror are balanced expertly with the stupid simple cooking mechanics and delightful Dreamcast-era graphics. In short, this game cultivates a vibe.
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Sometimes I enjoy things that are bad.
Zelda CD-i cutscenes. The Johnny Depp remake of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” Fallout 4 base building.
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Towerbolt manages to successfully pull off a piece of advice often thrown at indie projects: do one thing and do it really fucking well. To be clear, the thing in question is jumping, which is pretty much all you’re going to be doing.
Amnesiac protagonists may be an overdone trope, but Fantasian: Neo Dimension pulls it off.
Few albums can withstand the test of time; but Super Mario 64’s soundtrack is an exception, truly defining a generation of video game music.
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