Critical Play: Hollow Knight August 11, 2026 When I first played Hollow Knight, what stood out to me was not just how large Hallownest felt, but how little the game directly…
Critical Play: BABBDI August 11, 2026 Last year, I came across BABBDI for the first time through a YouTube video about strange and unusual games. At first, it seemed like…
Sketchnote: Cursed Problems – Owen Sample August 11, 2026 One last sketchnote for the road. High def link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/x4LWHi6uguWiKKKa8
Critical Play: Mysteries and Escape Rooms August 10, 2026 The game I played last week for this was Escape the Room: Mystery at the Stargazer’s Manor, it was made by Rebecca Bleau and…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis August 9, 2026 The most tense moments in Among Us happen when everyone has a different explanation for the same event. A player reports a body, everyone…
Critical Play: Her Story August 8, 2026 This week, I played Her Story, an interactive mystery video game created by Sam Barlow and released in 2015 for PC, Mac, iOS, and…
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms August 8, 2026 While many mystery games succeed because of the tension between their narrative and game mechanics, Cube Escape: Paradox (developed by Rusty Lake, and found…
Critical Play: Tiny Room Story August 7, 2026 Target audience: Players and designers interested in mystery games, environmental storytelling, and puzzle design Game: Tiny Room Story: Town Mystery Creator: Kiary Games Platform…
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms August 7, 2026 This week, I played Cube Escape: Paradox, which is an escape room-like game created by Rusty Lake. I played the first chapter for free…
CS247 – Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms August 7, 2026 The mystery game Boxes: Lost Fragments, while successfully enthralling the player with its beautifully designed three-dimensional mechanical puzzles, does this at the expense of…
Aksel – Danganronpa V3 – Mysteries & Escape Rooms August 7, 2026 [This post contains spoilers for the Danganronpa series.] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is the third installment of the Danganronpa series. Released by Spike Chunsoft in 2017, Danganronpa…
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms August 7, 2026 Escape the Room: Mystery at the Stargazer’s Manor is a story-driven escape room board game designed by Nicholas Cravotta and Rebecca Bleau and published…
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – Marcus Polson August 7, 2026 Yesterday I played Virginia, a 2016 game by developer Variable State and published by 505 Games. I played it on Steam, where the game…
Critical Play: Mysteries & Escape Rooms – Owen Sample August 7, 2026 In Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery, a free game designed by Kiary Games and released for mobile platforms and PC, players step into the…
