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Splash banner for video games are good, features the colors white, yellow, and red. The V in video is in the shape of a thumbs up. The white in the top portion of the banner floats upward and away, like a lava lamp.

A screenshot from Bubsy 4D, with Bubsy rolled up in a ball and spinning rapidly through the air across a body of water toward the next land mass.

A screenshot from Bubsy 4D, with Bubsy rolled up in a ball and spinning rapidly through the air across a body of water toward the next land mass.

REVIEW: Bubsy 4D? More like delightful, desirable, dashing, and damn is this really happening?

Sometimes it takes a cat 30+ years to achieve greatness, and that's okay.

Nate Hermanson

6 hours ago6 min read

An in-game screenshot of Mixtape. Three teens lay on top of a car, dreamily looking into the sky. One wears a blue-green jacket and headphones around their neck. One wears a yellow beanie and holds a hand against their chest. The third crosses their legs and contentedly holds their arms over their stomach.

An in-game screenshot of Mixtape. Three teens lay on top of a car, dreamily looking into the sky. One wears a blue-green jacket and headphones around their neck. One wears a yellow beanie and holds a hand against their chest. The third crosses their legs and contentedly holds their arms over their stomach.

REVIEW: Mixtape is a stunning artful testimony to music, adolescence, and the power of whimsy

Well, I guess this is growing up.

Nate Hermanson

May 117 min read

An in-game screenshot of Forbidden Solitaire. A board full of playing cards arranged in a specific pattern. The four cards that are flipped up near the center are surrounded with sharp crystals. In the middle of the screen, an eyeball can be seen peeking out of a rippling pool of purple and blue water. The majority of the cards are face down.

An in-game screenshot of Forbidden Solitaire. A board full of playing cards arranged in a specific pattern. The four cards that are flipped up near the center are surrounded with sharp crystals. In the middle of the screen, an eyeball can be seen peeking out of a rippling pool of purple and blue water. The majority of the cards are face down.

REVIEW: Forbidden Solitaire is perfect execution of an absurd idea born out of a genius partnership

Geeked about spooky solitaire.

Nate Hermanson

Apr 307 min read

An image from Cairn, with Aava climbing up a steep rock face, is the background. Overlaid are elements from two other games. From Hermit and Pig, there are the titular characters with the word "cringe" over Hermit; a crowd of protestors holding signs that say "right to work" and "our kids are hungry"; and a person with a speech bubble that says "And don't forget, chaos and idiots rule this world. So, always be prepared to fight back." From Perfect Tides: Station to Station, there's a bust of the main character Mara looking dejected and a speech bubble that says "It's fine, let's just go." In the middle of the image, white text says "climbing out of the pit."

An image from Cairn, with Aava climbing up a steep rock face, is the background. Overlaid are elements from two other games. From Hermit and Pig, there are the titular characters with the word "cringe" over Hermit; a crowd of protestors holding signs that say "right to work" and "our kids are hungry"; and a person with a speech bubble that says "And don't forget, chaos and idiots rule this world. So, always be prepared to fight back." From Perfect Tides: Station to Station, there's a bust of the main character Mara looking dejected and a speech bubble that says "It's fine, let's just go." In the middle of the image, white text says "climbing out of the pit."

A Third Life Crisis or . . .

Games that have been my unexpected tethers to hope and persistence lately.

Nate Hermanson

Apr 2416 min read

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