Review: The Incident at Galley House
If there was a genre (or sub-genre) that I'd claim to be an expert on it would be the somewhat vaguely-defined narrative deduction genre, and one which will certainly have popped up on the radars of anyone who's a fan of these types of game is The Incident at Galley House, from Evil Trout Inc.
That could be for one of a couple of reasons, firstly that this is from the same team that brought us last year's The Roottrees are Dead, to overwhelmingly positive acclaim, and secondly because it is a self-professed remaster of another incredibly well-received game: Type Help.
Review: The Ratline
Frequent readers will have seen me mention today’s game a couple of times already this year, as The Ratline from Owlskip Games was, I think, my most anticipated release going into this year. I’ve spoken before about how that can be a double-edged sword: obviously it means I was excited to get my hands on it, but there have definitely been games in the past that I hyped up for myself and then, probably due to unrealistically high expectations, felt underwhelmed by. So, uh, no pressure.
Review(-ish): The Red Pearls of Borneo
I’ve got a bit of an odd one today, a review-ish, if you will, of an entirely free game: The Red Pearls of Borneo from hobbyist game developer Bushmonkey. I call it a review-ish because, while I will cover it in as much depth as any of our other reviews, there will also be some wider ruminations on stuff outside of the game itself – mainly the nature of free games – which is certainly of interest to me, and hopefully to you too.