Nate Hermanson
REVIEW: Jackbox Naughty Pack gives your dirty jokes a new home in this slight but saucy package
It's not the Jackbox Party Pack you break out at Thanksgiving, I'll tell you that.
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Nate Hermanson
- 5 days ago
- 7 min
REVIEW: PS2-era horror lives again in Hollowbody
Hollowbody’s blend of PS2 horror mechanics and modern-day anxieties is a different breed of scares.
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Nate Hermanson
- 7 days ago
- 9 min
REVIEW: Revenge is a dish best served bloody in I Am Your Beast
I Am Your Beast is a bold statement from a team known for making bold statements.
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Nate Hermanson
- Aug 9
- 10 min
REVIEW: The Crush House shows the cracks in reality (TV)
REALITY GONE WILD (GONE SEXUAL) (GONE CHORBY) (ALL FUN)
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Nate Hermanson
- Jul 31
- 7 min
REVIEW: This game slaps - Thank Goodness You're Here
The laughs come easily in this 2-3 hour "slapformer" where British humor reigns supreme.
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Nate Hermanson
- Jul 22
- 8 min
REVIEW: Tile and error - Find belonging in Arranger's slide puzzle world
The tile-shifting puzzle game Arranger and its heroine on a journey to belong give "sliding into home" a new meaning.
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Nate Hermanson
- Jul 18
- 6 min
REVIEW: Clickolding is one of the most interesting 40-minute games I've ever played
If there's one thing I can count on in a Strange Scaffold game... everything just clicks.
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Nate Hermanson
- Jul 18
- 9 min
REVIEW: After playing Dungeons of Hinterberg, I really need one of those life-changing vacations
Burnt out? That's okay. You still slay. Away to the mountains with you. The dungeons await.
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Nate Hermanson
- Jul 16
- 8 min
REVIEW: Find community through cooking in the surprising Metroidvania, Magical Delicacy
Magical Delicacy's world is like a comforting bowl of soup, although some of its systems seemed at odds with its laid-back, cozy nature.
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Nate Hermanson
- Jul 15
- 7 min
REVIEW: Rediscover childhood joy and imagination in your shadows with SCHiM
SCHiM is a delightful single-sitting summer game that cloaks you in the comforting shadow of reclaimed childhood joy.
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Nate Hermanson
- Jun 25
- 9 min
REVIEW: Until Then's beautiful recreation of the Philippines is only matched by its emotional metaphysical journey
One of the most genuine representations of Filipino culture in gaming, Until Then is an emotionally resonant story about human connection.
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Nate Hermanson
- Jun 22
- 6 min
REVIEW: #BLUD's got bite - A sharp-witted nostalgic take on dungeon crawlers and '90s cartoons
#BLUD is a zany and nostalgic wish-fulfillment game for '90s and '00s cartoon fans, not to mention a display of animation wizardry.
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Nate Hermanson
- May 23
- 7 min
REVIEW: Penny's Big Breakaway is 2024's best Dreamcast game
Sonic's speed. Mario's precision. Penny's sentient yo-yo. Evening Star's retro-inspired platformer has a recipe for success.
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Nate Hermanson
- Apr 27
- 7 min
REVIEW: Lucas Pope's silly community center work sim Mars After Midnight demands to be let into your Playdate library
Lucas Pope's 'Papers, Please-lite' for Playdate is all alien community-building charm.
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Nate Hermanson
- Apr 16
- 8 min
REVIEW: Life Eater is Strange Scaffold's most twisted game yet (and they made a black market organ trading sim)
Being a weird little freak behind my computer screen because god told me to.
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Nate Hermanson
- Apr 15
- 8 min
REVIEW: Harold Halibut is a grand artistic achievement and a humbly quiet adventure
A story about feeling different than the people around you and struggling to find purpose in a world that tells you what your purpose is.
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Nate Hermanson
- Apr 10
- 7 min
REVIEW: Botany Manor is an accessibly cozy and surprisingly defiant escape room puzzler
Botany Manor: Gently compelling and seeded with cleverness.
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Nate Hermanson
- Apr 4
- 7 min
REVIEW: Death Trick: Double Blind has more twists and turns than a high-flying acrobat
A slow burn of a mystery — full of surprising warmth, misdirection, tension, and surprise.
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Nate Hermanson
- Mar 28
- 8 min
REVIEW: Pepper Grinder is a drillin' platformer that's smooth as butter
Thrilling drilling and buttery smooth platforming. If this Pepper Grinder asked me to "say when" I simply wouldn't.
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Nate Hermanson
- Mar 25
- 7 min
REVIEW: Capitalism's a drag in the work-work balance simulator CorpoNation: The Sorting Process
CorpoNation's gameplay bravely toes a line between fun and total drudgery (on purpose) in this dystopian corporate world.
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