But to Connect: What It Means To Be A Community
As the Discovery undergoes necessary repairs, President Rillak calls a conference about the DMA. Stamets and Adira discover that Zora has the origin coordinates for the DMA, and an independent player makes a ghastly proposal at the conference, testing Book and Burnham. This week: “…But to Connect.”
Creating an Island of Fishy Goodness with Aquarium Designer
The first game reviewed in the New Year is Aquarium Designer from Sigur Studio. This serene aquarium designer game offers a surprising amount of depth and even has a single player campaign. It’s a perfectly peaceful way to ring in the New Year.
Stormy Weather: Do You Want Skynet? Because You’ve Got Skynet
Captain Burnham takes the Discovery into the substance rift created by the DMA, and the ship and her crew find themselves embroiled in more danger than they expected. Meanwhile, Book encounters a face from his past. This week: “Stormy Weather.”
Holiday Fun with Too Many Santas FMV Game
If you are looking for a little holiday fun, then Too Many Santas makes quite an impression, like an ugly but somehow still amazing Christmas sweater. The game has the player dating one of six Santas in this really fun, low budget full motion video game.
The Examples: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?
While Stamets must work with rival Ruon Tarka to crack some of the DMA’s deeper mysteries. Michael Burnham and Book in turn head off to rescue a colony’s worth of people caught in the DMA’s potential path. However, what they find there tests Book in ways he could not have anticipated. This week: “The Examples.”
Silicon City: A Blast From the Past
If you fell in love with city builders back in the 1990s when games like SimCity were first hitting their stride, then Silicon City is a first-class trip back to that nostalgia. It might struggle to capture a huge number of modern players, but the developers are highly active and supportive of their community.
Star Trek: Discovery – All is Possible: You Just Have to be Open to It
Lieutenant Sylvia Tilly heads a team building mission that goes awry while Captain Michael Burnham and Mr. Saru must repair the rifts appearing in the Federation/Ni’Var negotiations. Book tries therapy, and theoretically, Stamets continues to work on analyzing the DMA data. This week: “All is Possible.”
Painting Away Stress with Beautiful Colors
Love Colors is a painting game where you use your mouse, keyboard or game controller to color and paint beautiful, pixelated portraits and other works of art. It’s amazingly relaxing, and a perfect way for gamers to escape the stresses of real life.
Choose to Live: What is the Right Path?
A string of dilithium thefts culminate in the murder of a Starfleet officer, so Burnham must team up with her mother to bring the guilty party to justice. Meanwhile, Gray Tal endures an unusual zhian’tara, and Tilly begins to seek out a new path.
The Wheels on Bus Simulator 21 Go Round and Round
This week our intrepid Modern Gamer starts her own company in Bus Simulator 21. She will have to do nearly everything to make it work, from planning the routes to driving the buses. So come onboard as we travel around the virtual city in style.