Marie Brownhill, our Modern Gamer columnist, continues to look at spooky and seasonal titles. This week, she dives into the Lovecraft inspired madness of Last Threshold, a visual novel that has a soundtrack driven atmosphere and is dripping in hand-painted haunting backgrounds.
The Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous was an epic RPG that was universally loved by players and reviewers. But the DLCs have been a bit lackluster so far. That changes with The Treasure of the Midnight Isles, depending on what kind of RPG you most enjoy.
Twinkly Squares provide gamers with the opportunity to light up their game rooms in stunning colors, or to create and display their favorite team logos, game characters or pixel art. We reviewed the starter Twinkly Squares kit and found quite an illuminating experience.
Just in time for the fall season, the cozy and relaxing visual novel/witchcraft simulator Witchy Life Story has arrived on Steam. A young witch has been exiled to a town by her grandmother, and you as the player must help her make the town’s harvest festival a success in order for her to be allowed to continue with her witch’s training.
Flush with the success of the Edgerunners anime series, the Cyberpunk 2077 game is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, with millions of players diving back into Night City’s dark utopia. And thankfully, the developers have released another patch that adds a bit more single player content and quite a few nods to Edgerunners.
Gunslingers and Zombies is a budget turn-based strategy game that is available for the PC through the Steam platform and is also on the Nintendo Switch. It’s well made and may provide a good starting point for those who are new to turn-based, tactical gameplay.
Our Modern Gamer Marie dons her overalls and work gloves to dig into Garden Simulator this week. If you are looking for a relaxing simulator where you can literally sit back and watch the grass (and other plants) grow, then Garden Simulator has got your perfect patch.
Hard West II is a turn-based strategy game where your band of western heroes and outlaws are almost always outnumbered by bad guys, undead, demons, and everything else. And yet, Hard West II rewards those who forgo cover for run and gun battling.
Over the past two weekends, Activision opened up a Call of Duty Modern Warfare II beta to the press and other invited guests. GiN had a handful of reviewers, columnists, and podcasters in the thick of the action. This is what three of them found in this thoroughly modern take on shooters.
With stunning visuals, a soundtrack that practically oozes tranquility, complex controls, and well-developed fish artificial intelligence, Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 is about as close to a real fishing experience as we can currently get in a video game. If you enjoy sports sims, you should definitely check this one out.
