NP Secrets

          Gruff dwarves, majestic spelunking, and corporate overlords come together with a singular goal in mind - crafting an awesome atmosphere.           A spacefaring dwarven empire worships the almighty profits while your boss, who reminds me of Colonel Cambell, calmly sacrifices you for the sake of the shareholders. A corrugated spaceship, devoid of any soft corners, blasts massive drop pods into a hostile planet. And we haven’t even started playing the game yet.           In Deep Rock Galactic you navigate mazes of cramped attrition as your team of miners bombard and shoot their way through minerals and beasties alike. It features light rpg elements and deadly swarms of countless bugs coming for your family jewels. Even seemingly easy missions descend into Cals-very-bad Caverns as you progress. You’re running out of ammo, you’re running out of life, and most importantly - you’re running out of ligh...

          A dim basement somewhere with shag carpeting. Staying up late for the third night in a row with no chance of stopping. Playing till your thumbs twitch, anticipating moves you haven't thought of yet. Words fail to capture the love I have for game nights as a kid. Memories of spilled sodas and playing till the mythical hour of 2am; of arguing strategies and dodging controllers thrown by sore losers. I hope you have at least one of these memories to draw upon. For me Towerfall is the freshest entry in a dusty drawer marked FUN.           As I played Towerfall for the first time I felt nostalgia. And I hated it. Not hate for the game, but hate that nostalgia is the best word for an experience I crave daily. Towerfall is a game made with distilled retro love and childlike glee. To understand it you have to go to the beginning. It takes a Village             We start with Matt Thorson...