It’s hard to engage with Forspoken without considering what came before. And that was Final Fantasy 15: a large, beautiful, open world game, where the main character used aggressive magic to fight against a range of beasts, enemies and bosses. And that genetic code is felt here. With much of the same team and the … Continue reading Forspoken Review
GOD OF WAR: RAGNARÖK review
The almost entirety of 2018’s God of War felt like a setup for a large, world-shattering plot. And, it’s safe to say, with Ragnarok, the devs at Santa Monica have successfully delivered on that payoff. It does not feel like a sequel so much as a logical continuation of the first game: What I mean … Continue reading GOD OF WAR: RAGNARÖK review
Dot’s Home premiering at IndieCade October 22!
World premiere of Dot’s Home, a video game that tackles race and real-estate, nominated for IndieCade Impact Award, is Friday, October 22!
Life is Strange: True Colors review
The Life is Strange franchise is a curious piece of work. It specifically engages with fascinating concepts, often ones confronting difficult themes that largely affects marginalised communities. From racism to child abuse, trauma to immigration, it is a franchise unafraid to deal with these themes as part of the games’ plot. Life is Strange games … Continue reading Life is Strange: True Colors review
Far Cry 6 Review
Ubisoft is a toxic as hell corporation because of its leadership, which these days is akin to saying Covid sucks. Corporations, which are designed to prioritize profits over people, foster environments of tyrannical control and the undermining of subordinates. Despite widespread calls and attention being drawn to Ubisoft, the process of reform seems slow. Some … Continue reading Far Cry 6 Review
Panda Game Manufacturing is Hiring!
Do you love tabletop games? How about pandas? Panda Game Manufacturing is hiring four full-time, fully remote positions! An Asian-owned, tabletop game manufacturer, they work with first-time game designers as well as established industry titans to create products from small card games to deluxe board games. Their passion is to produce (and play) the best … Continue reading Panda Game Manufacturing is Hiring!
Hades (PS5 review)
Hades was the critical darling when it came out on the Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, not being an owner of that platform, I had no opportunity to experience it. It is now on PS5, with some minor and adorable features. Hades is a beautiful, top-down, roguelike action game that shuns the punishing parts of roguelike mechanics, … Continue reading Hades (PS5 review)
So you want to get into podcasting? Let INDG & the McElroy family help!
I Need Diverse Games has benefited quite a bit from community generosity in a year of stress for the world. Thanks to the generosity of the McElroy family, we're in a position to offer a five bundles of a Yeti Blue Microphone & a copy of "Everybody has a Podcast (Except You) to Black and … Continue reading So you want to get into podcasting? Let INDG & the McElroy family help!
The importance of next-gen speed
The embargo on Xbox Series X previews have lifted, where professional (US?) reviewers got their hands on next-gen consoles. What has most excited me, even during the early stages, for both next-gen consoles was not the potential graphics but the speed with which games are loading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elP0Eeu9BtE While naturally we want games to look beautiful, … Continue reading The importance of next-gen speed
Offering up our Twitch channel & site as a home for canceled talks & panels.
If you were going to give a talk or present a panel at a now canceled event, let us know if you'd like to stream it on our Twitch channel or use it to host a virtual conference! We're opening the door to let folks do online events. Drop a note to indg@ineeddiversegames.org Or if … Continue reading Offering up our Twitch channel & site as a home for canceled talks & panels.
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