Difficulty is the bread and butter of roguelikes, but sometimes I wish there was more to the genre than just difficulty for the sake of difficulty. Why just bread and butter? How about some meat and b…
Tuesday 10: Most Badass Weapons in Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry has become one of the most badass franchises to grace video games. The series is filled with fast-paced action and awesome set pieces that separate it from any other action games out the…
Screenshot Saturday – Graceful Guns a Blazin’
Screenshot Saturday is a weekly feature on GameLuster, based on the Twitter hashtag, focused on upcoming indie games. On Saturdays, developers will post screenshots or GIFs of their games on Twitter. …
Review: YIIK: A Postmodern RPG – New Millennium, Old Mechanics
This January is filled with some pretty big, long-awaited releases. With Kingdom Hearts 3, Resident Evil 2 and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes all releasing in the span of only two weeks, it̵…
Review: Battle Princess Madelyn – Retrograde Throwback
Usually when I play a game, I finish it knowing fairly well what my opinion of it is. I tend to know what I thought worked and what made me angry. Battle Princess Madelyn is one of the few games I fee…
Friday Freebies: Everhood – Lost in Dubstep Wonderland
There’s plenty of games out there that inevitably slip under the radar. For Friday Freebies, we suggest a game every Friday that’s free of charge! Rhythm games are arguably one of the most frustratin…
Review: Mulaka – Edutainment Done Right
When thinking about edutainment (educational entertainment) games, the image that usually comes to mind is either puzzle games such as Brain Age or the Zoombinis, or children’s’ games such…
Review: Not Tonight – No Really, Let’s Not Do This Tonight
“Welcome to Hell,” the digital red letters flashed as I entered the pop-up bar that would lead to my inevitable death. Why did I need a sign? I already knew where I was. And by the time I …
Review: Guacamelee! 2 – Luchador, Chicken and a Completion Percentage
I do not have much experience with Metroidvanias. Beyond failing miserably in Rogue Legacy and circumnavigating every boss encounter in Hollow Knight, I have only seen walkthroughs of them. I am aware…
Fantasy Survival Game CardLife Set for Early Access Release in October
As a little kid, I spent hours making castles, houses, and fantasy scenes from shoe boxes, construction paper, and a ridiculous number of markers. But while I had fun playing with my makeshift toys, t…
