Monthly Archives: July 2022

Let’s Talk About Mario!

Super Mario Sunshine recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and made news at this year's SGDQ. A speedrun rarity occurred, causing speedrunner SB-runs to reset their playthrough 46 minutes into the run. Super Mario Sunshine isn't the only Mario game favored in the speedrunning community, and it's not surprising. The franchise features and showcases its excellent… Read More: Let’s Talk About Mario! »

Update: Keita Takahashi Is Making a New Game Under a New Company Called Uvula

Update 7/28/2022 2:45pm: Apparently, Keita Takahashi's next game may not be called Uvula. Uvula instead appears to be the name of his new studio. In the trailer published to the Annapurna YouTube page, the game is just called "???" with the YouTube description including "Developed by UVULA." Does that mean Takahashi's game will be about… Read More: Update: Keita Takahashi Is Making a New Game Under a… »

Gorgeous PlayStation Exclusive Hohokum Surprise-Launches on Steam

Hohokum – the beautiful, exploratory 2014 PlayStation exclusive – launches on Steam today. Announced during today's Annapurna Interactive Showcase, the game became available on PC as soon as the show ended. Hohokum was originally released for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita, and has players piloting a space worm-kite-thing through abstract, colorful environments, affecting elements of… Read More: Gorgeous PlayStation Exclusive Hohokum Surprise-Launches on Steam »

‘D&D Meets Scribblenauts’ Game Cryptmaster Revealed

Developers Paul Hart and Lee Williams along with publisher Akupara Games have revealed Cryptmaster, a new narrative adventure game with a distinct black-and-white art style and an even more distinct gameplay hook: it mixes text-based adventures with modern graphics to enable a sort-of Scribblenauts-meets-D&D experience in which you type out what you want your character… Read More: ‘D&D Meets Scribblenauts’ Game Cryptmaster Revealed »