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Nate Hermanson

3 days ago9 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.

Nate Hermanson

Aug 118 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.

Nate Hermanson

May 19 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.

Nate Hermanson

Apr 77 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.

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.

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.

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.

Nate Hermanson

Jan 28, 20227 min read

Early Access Check-in: Meet us in the conversation pit with The Anacrusis

The Anacrusis is packed with potential and we're on board with its retro spaceship setting and alien horde adventures.

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