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  • Castle in the Darkness – Games of 2015

    We’ve all be coddled by the maturation of various game genres which makes the nostalgic design choices in games like Castle in the Darkness so damn interesting. Older games made a lot of their design choices based on technological limitations. When those limits are gone it is fair to question why some old school tropes…

  • 2015 Games of the Coop

    Coop finally opens up about video games from 2015. It turns out he actually has a game of the year, but will he admit it to himself? Justin’s saw cleaver may help. Subscribe Horrible Night on SoundCloud New RSS Feed New iTunes Feed TuneIn Feed (Coming Soon) New Stitcher Feed Show Features Games of 2015…

  • Dying Light – Games of 2015

    Not all zombies are created equal. It’s actually kind of crazy that we now live in a time where pop culture can quickly identify the differences between zombies from different franchises. Dying Light’s zombies don’t mess around. They are oppressive, hungry, strong, and way too fast. It’s actually the first time that the hopelessness of a…

  • Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition – Games of 2015

    I mean, it worked. I tried Puzzle & Dragons a couple of years ago on my iPhone because I heard it was the biggest game in Japan at the time and it didn’t set my world on fire. Add Mario though, and apparently its worth losing all kinds of sleep over. Ok, the Puzzle & Dragons…

  • Downwell – Games of 2015

    I should apologize to Downwell, as I had the most convoluted excuse for not playing it when it came out. Long story short, its core mechanic was similar to a game my friends and I had started working on right before it came out. The joke’s on me though, not only did I waste time not…

  • Fallout 4 – Games of 2015

    I was married before Tinder came out, which is fine, but Tinder produced my Favorite Internet Thing in 2015 with this: I can’t say I was waiting with bated breath – while I had dumped a lot of hours into Fallout 3, I took a pass on New Vegas and have never ventured into the…

  • Evolve – Games of 2015

    The premise worked. Four versus one. Five friends playing one vicious game of hide and seek, except this time the person hiding wants to destroy the planet. Evolve nailed it. After every battle the voice chat would be filled with stories. The team would be going on and on about the mistakes they made or the…

  • Titan Souls – Games of 2015

    We get it, games can go hard again. I couldn’t be happier that difficult games come in all kinds of flavors these days, but Titan Souls stepped onto the scene quietly and asked all of us, "But can you beat me with one arrow?" Huh. I never thought about that before. 12 year-old Justin would have dominated…

  • Pequod – Games of 2015

    Pequod is… I can’t entirely quantify Pequod other than to tell you that it got me (momentarily) past my pixel-art-indie-game fatigue and flipped some sort of switch in my brain that dumped the same dopamine rush I got the first time I saw a Water Bear (tardigrade) in a drop of pond water. It’s supremely…

  • Galak-Z: The Dimensional – Games of 2015

    I actually don’t know how Galak-Z ended up on my list of games that I ignored all details about before release, but it just made my jaw go through more floors with each layer I peeled away in its design. You are immediately hit by the 80’s anime presentation that is so well done it’s…