June 11, 2019
I don’t know at what point I stop being a new gamer and just become a gamer. I keep wanting to start these reviews with “well I’m a new gamer, but….” In case you’ve missed my previous reviews, I first moved beyond Sonic and Mario-style platforming games in 2014, when I’d moved up to Austin and had a lot of…
Read More » May 15, 2019
At the end of March, I moved. I quit my corporate, soul-sucking job and moved to the countryside, to a small, run-down farm that my grandfather left me in his will. Since then, I have spent most of my waking hours at this new life, cultivating the farm, getting married, having some slightly creepy children, and fighting monsters in mysterious…
Read More » April 17, 2019
For this post, I tackle three games from my Steam backlog: Gris, Cultist Simulator, and Subsurface Circular. One is about a lost young woman, another is about finding your way through the seedy streets of Jazz-Age London, and the last is about riding the subway while looking for the truth. Let’s dive in, shall we? (No spoilers, I promise!)
Read More » February 20, 2019
I mentioned my resolution for 2019 here, but the long and short of it is, I have a huge backlog of games waiting to be played on Steam—I tend to binge on their quarterly sales—and I’m finally going to play ’em. First on the docket… What Remains of Edith Finch (2017) Developer: Giant Sparrow Publisher: Annapurna Interactive Written and directed…
Read More » November 9, 2018
Without getting in too deep, the last few years have been tough on a lot of us for a variety of reasons. Many things haven’t exactly gone the way that we would like them to. People are even throwing around the term “the darkest timeline” in reference to the way the world is going. When we find something that makes…
Read More » October 10, 2018
Title: Graveyard Keeper Published: Aug. 15, 2018 Developer: Lazy Bear Games Why I Chose It: This game has been billed as similar to Stardew Valley, which is one of my favorite video games ever. Add in the fact that it’s all about managing a graveyard, and I was 100% sold and ready to go. A gothic farming simulator? I was ready to…
Read More » June 2, 2018
Hi, I’m Kristina, a new contributor to Speculative Chic. Today’s Weekly Roundup is coming to you from Japan, where the Kyushu heat and humidity hath rendered me a beached whale, splayed beneath my apartment air conditioner. Maybe I’ll stay there until the rainy season passes. In the meantime, I hope your corner of the world is cool and comfortable!
Read More » April 3, 2018
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, log into the OASIS and discuss Ready Player One, which premiered in the United States on Thursday, March 29, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
Read More » March 9, 2018
So, it’s been a pretty brutal winter this year in North America (our home base). Are you as absolutely done with it as I am? It’s blowing snow as I write this, and the forecast predicts another snowfall this weekend. Fortunately, spring is just around the corner, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. When I started thinking about what our…
Read More » December 19, 2017
Hello my fellow shards gatherers, I’m here to tell you why you should all be playing The Frozen Wilds DLC for Horizon Zero Dawn (previously reviewed here), and it’s basically because it’s my favorite DLC since Mass Effect’s Citadel DLC. It has a little bit of everything: new storyline, new machines, upscaled difficulty, new outfits, new weapons, and completely new spoilers!…
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