Tag: sim

Consume Me is a devastatingly accurate insight into diet culture and how all-consuming it is trying to attain the perfect lifestyle

Consume Me is a…

This piece discusses themes around disordered eating, dieting, and diet culture throughout. I’ve spent far too much of my…
This year’s biggest surprise co-op hit is 30% off in the Steam Autumn Sale

This year’s biggest surprise…

Every year there’s space penciled into the PC games release calendar for an unlikely indie game hit to blow…
If you’re a House Flipper or PowerWash sicko you’ve gotta check out The Lift, a game about being a space-repairman in a spooky faux-Soviet research base

If you’re a House…

It’s odd, I think, that so few videogames focus on the tender process of repair. Restoration is satisfying in…
‘Overwhelmingly positive’ rover-building sim Mars First Logistics rolls out of early access with a new automation system and a 40% discount

‘Overwhelmingly positive’ rover-building sim…

Mars First Logistics is one of those beautifully singular ideas that reminds you why Steam is ultimately a good…
Someone made the Metal Gear Solid 4 channel-surfing section into a game and it’s absolutely perfect

Someone made the Metal…

There’s something about over-the-air broadcasting. Tuning a radio has a way of making the world feel vast: picking up…
I wish I’d known this one stupidly simple trick when I started Baby Steps—it makes some of the harder early climbs much easier

I wish I’d known…

I’ve only played about five hours of Baby Steps, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned during that time,…
Baby Steps review

Baby Steps review

Need to know What is it? There is only one set of footsteps in the sand, because you are…
Baby Steps review roundup: ‘Is it possible to love and hate a game at the same time?’ (The answer, clearly, is yes)

Baby Steps review roundup:…

Baby Steps, the “slapstick walking simulator about a slob climbing a mountain” co-developed by Bennett Foddy (the Getting Over…
Eric Barone says he doesn’t want ‘too much hype’ for Stardew Valley’s 1

Eric Barone says he…

Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone can’t help himself. The long and glorious journey of Stardew Valley development was supposed to be…
Shadows of Doubt’s hilarious new modifiers let you play as a wall-crawling rat detective and evade a killer snail

Shadows of Doubt’s hilarious…

I didn’t think there were many ways to make Shadows of Doubt a better detective game—aside from giving the…