If there was a week that was going to get me interested in VR, it would be this one. Two Ghostbusters “experiences"? If it weren’t for the bugginess, prohibitive cost and extreme nausea, you could sign me right up right now!
Fortunately, the rest of the PC release list woke from its temporary lull and came up with some worthwhile titles. Let me hit you with my now-customary top five.
You might notice a fifty percent reduction in the number of PC titles coming out this week. I’m torn. On the one hand, vetting the list was a lot faster this week, but on the other the reduction seems to have come mostly from the ranks of the games that are interesting to me. Maybe next week we’ll be back on pace.
Fortunately, the Nintendo Switch is bringing the noise this week!
Games sure have changed a lot in ten years. It would appear that I, on the other hand, have not. That puts me in good company, because Red Faction hasn’t changed much either.
Every week, compiling the list you see below is like a birthday party. Some weeks it’s one of those off-year birthdays when your relatives don’t know what to get you because you’ve already hit double-digits but aren’t yet in the teens, so you get a nice shirt that doesn’t fit, in a color you hate.
This past PAX East was loaded for bear with a massive overload of new IP to gawk at. One title that caught my eye was what appeared to be a colorful top-down shooter, but on closer inspection turned out to me much more. I had an opportunity to chat with Maxx Burman, game designer and co-founder of We Are Fuzzy games. I’ll let him give you the pitch for Sleep Tight:
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