Latest articles by Dominic Tarason
I can't believe how well this new roguelite combines twin-stick shooting, pinball, and Sonic the Hedgehog-style spindashing
Ballin' Go Mecha Ball is a hyperkinetic slice of twin-stick shooter joy.
Palworld vs. Ark: Survival Evolved shows just how much survival games have changed in 9 years, even when they seem so similar
Stompy Showdown NotPokémon versus Dinosaurs: How does Palworld stack up against the survival game the landmark survival game?
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Dondoko Island guide: How to earn $500,000 and break the economy
Last Resort How to break Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s Dondoko Island for fun and (mostly) profit.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth review – An indulgent double helping of Yakuza
Hawaiian punch A dizzyingly huge all-you-can-eat Yakuza buffet.
20 hidden gems from 2023 to grab before the end of the Steam Winter Sale
Top picks Underrated, under played games from 2023 that are at least 20% off in Steam's biggest sale of the year.
Cross Blitz delivers charming Hearthstone-lite fun for the single-player crowd
deck-swabber The Hearthstone-inspired card battler built for solo play is now in early access.
I've played more than 100 indie games this year—these are my top 3 hidden gems
Treasure trove The cream of a bumper crop: 2023's greatest indie underdogs.
There's still hope for the future of this 42-year-old RPG series, despite its brush with NFTs
Eternal The iconic Wizardry games may still return in a more faithful form.
Lethal Company's co-op horror comedy is like an immediately more chaotic and deadly Phasmophobia
oh no oh no Lethal Company delivers slapstick on demand.
The Talos Principle 2 review: A satisfying and beautiful puzzle game
Big Ideas The Talos Principle 2 brings fresh human context to its beautiful world of puzzles.
14 console games that should've been on PC instead
Deplatformed When is a PC game not a PC game? When it’s one of these misplaced gems.
Railgrade looks like a sandbox train builder, but it's actually the rare sim with missions that keep me on track
Training Sim Railgrade's mission-based train sim may leave sandbox fans feeling railroaded, but I'm onboard.
Excellent stealth game Spirited Thief was so sneaky it came out on Steam and nobody noticed
Ghosted Spirited Thief makes you feel like a heist-planning master criminal.
El Paso, Elsewhere's mashup of Max Payne and breakup ballad shouldn't work, and yet it's one of the boldest, freshest games of the year
High Stakes El Paso, Elsewhere elevates retro gunplay with bleeding-edge writing and music.
Wargroove 2 review: Bigger, better, more refined than its predecessor
Groovy A familiar but filling all-you-can-eat strategy buffet
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles review: New pair of shoes
No Whammies Astrea raises the deckbuilder stakes with gambling tension.
A seemingly innocent puzzle game is hiding what might be the most subversive, fourth-wall-breaking adventure since Undertale
Stranger days Void Stranger is a boundless puzzle-box in Game Boy disguise.
Retro FPS Amid Evil borrowed a famous anime attack to create one of the most satisfying videogame punches ever
Back in Black The follow-up to one of 2019's best FPSes is a punchy, focused shot of fantasy boomer shooter fun.
Homeworld 3's roguelike-inspired War Games mode is perfect for strategists in a hurry
Space race Time for a change of pace.
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew review: superb stealth strategy that embraces the magic of save-scumming
Shiver me timbers! Superb squad-based stealth strategy that embraces the magic of save-scumming.
Jagged Alliance 3 review: Back in business
Tropic Plunder After 24 years, Jagged Alliance is back to take a shot at the squad tactics crown.
20 hidden gems to grab before the Steam Summer Sale ends
💎💎💎 20 games under $20 that you've likely never heard of.
7 games with big ideas that were years ahead of their time
First! Unloved innovations across gaming history have a way of coming back around years later.
