Phantom Brigade Adds Turn-based Mech Combat to the Battlefield

Phantom Brigade follows a group of young people using powerful mechs to try and liberate their country from invaders. The combat is unique, using turn-based battles paired with a prediction engine to show how players’ opponents will probably attack.

 
 
Dread Dawn Offers a New Take on the Zombie Apocalypse

Combining elements of role-playing, survival, exploration, crafting and tower defense, Dread Dawn could become a major force in zombie apocalypse type titles. There is even a pretty nice story to tie all the horror together.

Creating Amazing Model Railroads in Train Yard Builder

Planning and building out amazing model railroads is a wonderful pastime, but it can be expensive while also requiring quite a bit of space. Train Yard Builder offers players the thrill of creating their own model train paradises without the challenges of trying to do it in real life.

 
 
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Revives a Beloved Classic Series

The newly released Ace Attorney Investigations Collection brings all of what players enjoy from the classic Ace Attorney series, but it puts a nice twist on the gameplay and localizes the second title in the series for the first time.

Copycat Offers a Surprisingly Dark and Compelling Narrative Adventure

Although it has a cute premise, a unique cat’s eye view of the world and some cheery moments of genuine levity, Copycat is a surprisingly dark tale that touches on some serious topics that are avoided by most titles.

 
 
Cleaning Up Dirty Deeds in Crime Scene Cleaner

This week Modern Gamer finds some realistic October gruesome gore for the Halloween season with Crime Scene Cleaner, a simulator that has players transforming grisly crime scenes into neat and tidy spaces once more.

Getting a Horror Gaming Fix With The Casting of Frank Stone

The Casting of Frank Stone follows characters through three timelines, including a group of teens in the 1980s making a horror film. It offers a good narrative adventure but is also somewhat trapped by its association with the Dead by Daylight universe.

 
 
Tiny Glade Is a Beautifully Artistic, Peaceful Builder

One of the most beautiful, peaceful builders ever created, Tiny Glade offers players a robust set of simple-to-use tools so that they can construct the majestic castles, cozy cottages and rustic villages of their dreams.

Grabbing Quaffles and Snitches in Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions

If you have ever watched the Harry Potter movies, read the books or played Hogwarts Legacy and really wanted to play Quidditch competitively, then the action-packed Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will help you score that goal.

 
 
Vampire The Masquerade Trilogy Finishes With Reckoning of New York

Following up on the excellent Coteries of New York and Shadows of New York graphic novels, Vampire: The Masquerade Reckoning of New York gives players one last chance to have a little fun with a familiar group of vampiric characters.

Enjoying A Stealthy Sci-Fi Adventure in Evotinction

Evotinction is a rare title that almost completely focuses on stealth gameplay with some puzzle elements added in. And if you do everything right, you probably won’t need to engage in combat in this innovative sci-fi adventure.

 
 
Building Great Stories With the Innovative Oh Captain, My Captain Card Game

The Oh Captain, My Captain card game challenges creative players to spin captain-themed yarns told collectively with the help of prompts and question cards, with each addition to the story ultimately helping to shape the final ending.

Fresh Look Examines the Golden Age of Video Game Cinema

This week Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich looks at the golden age of video game cinema, otherwise known as full motion video, during the 1980s and 1990s. Although they were sometimes mixed in quality, there were more good than bad ones.

Save State Searches for the Perfect Fight Stick

Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney this week shares his research about finding the perfect fight stick to both meet his Street Fighter needs and can fit safely inside a drawer and away from his fight stick destroying pets.

Gary and the Galapagos Islands Part Two

Gary and Porkrine talk about Gary’s vacation to the Galapagos Islands.

Critical Hits with Roll20’s Corey Rosemond

Roll20 is one of the best platforms available for playing role-playing games remotely with friends. But it could always be better, and that is just what COO Corey Rosemond is working on right now. We find out what’s up on the platform, and what is coming soon.

 
Burning Bryte With A Brand New Game System

BurnBryte is the first roleplaying game made for the virtual tabletop world of Roll20. Just like how Amazon, Netflix and Apple TV went from streaming other peoples’ content to creating their own shows, this is Roll20s first original content. We chat with the show’s creators.

 

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