Phoenix Springs review: a point-and-click adventure as weird noir

In Phoenix SpringsIt's not so much the gorgeous hand-drawn images that attract attention, but rather the voice of the narrator and protagonist Iris. In keeping with her name, she behaves like a roving eye, examining and describing her surroundings with a clinical, almost robotic distance. But Iris is not a blank slate: you quickly realize … Read more

Space noir roguelike Ostranauts is aiming for 1.0 in 2025, with help from Kitfox as publisher

Post-apocalyptic roguelike Neo Scavenger is one of my favourite games, but its spacefaring followup Ostranauts, currently in Early Access, is currently too fiddly and complicated for me. Here’s some good news, then: Kitfox, masters of making impenetrable roguelikes more welcoming, have joined the project as publisher ahead of a planned 1.0 release in 2025.

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