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Nate Hermanson
Nov 12, 20249 min read
Early Access Check-in: Creature collecting goes sports anime in the charming and competitive Beastieball
VGG's resident Sports Guy has a lot to say about sports anime-flavored creature collector Beastieball. Go figure.
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Nate Hermanson
Sep 16, 20246 min read
PAX West 2024: Ender Magnolia balances beauty and brutality, just with fewer difficulty spikes | Interview with Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Ender Magnolia publisher Binary Haze talked to us about the "oppressive and dark, but still beautiful" Metroidvania releasing winter 2025.
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Nate Hermanson
Aug 11, 20248 min read
Early Access Check-in: The '90s are back in Fields of Mistria's community-driven farming sim
Checking in on the 40+ hours of content available at Early Access launch for the farming sim Fields of Mistria.
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Nate Hermanson
May 1, 20249 min read
Early Access Check-in: Abiotic Factor is already one of my favorite games of 2024
Abiotic Factor is packed with the sci-fi flavors of Half-Life and Control, sprinkled with an undeniable cheeky dorkiness.
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Nate Hermanson
Apr 7, 20247 min read
Early Access Check-in: Lightyear Frontier's great prelude to more farming mech sim action to come
We're just a couple'a stocky farmers inside giant mechs inside a lonely, alien world.
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Nate Hermanson
Oct 9, 20238 min read
Narrative RPG Long Gone Days centers humanity in a time of war - PAX West 2023 hands-on/interview
As Long Gone Days approached its October release date, we talked with Lead Programmer Camilo Valderrama at PAX West.
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Nate Hermanson
Jun 8, 20235 min read
Not-E3 2023 Mini-Preview: Farming fans thrive - Sugar Shack and One Lonely Outpost
Early demo impressions with Freedom Games' Sugar Shack and One Lonely Outpost.
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Nate Hermanson
May 27, 20237 min read
Early Access Check-in: Havendock gives a playful spin to survival and base building games
Havendock is doing Early Access right, building on its strong foundation as a cheeky survival game and colony sim.
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Nate Hermanson
Apr 16, 20238 min read
Early Access Check-in: Creepy meets cozy in Voltaire the Vegan Vampire
Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire — the game where your dad is Dracula and, no, he does NOT respect your plant-based lifestyle.
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Nate Hermanson
Oct 11, 20228 min read
Early Access Check-in: Save the ocean, tend to your farm, and fall in love in Coral Island
Let us tell you about Coral Island, the hottest — and we do mean hottest — thing to come to the farming sim landscape in quite some time.
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Nate Hermanson
Jul 21, 20227 min read
REVIEW: Shopping never felt more like (bullet) hell in Neon Blight
Skipping an Early Access period was not the right call for Neon Blight. Here's hoping for its brighter future.
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