Today we’re talking about a title from the Heureka-Klett series of educational games that I like so much. While in Physicus we had to solve a lot of puzzles involving, well, physics, Mathica is about math – that can only be a lot of fun, right?
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The Universe in a Cocoon
Today we’re talking about one of those games that you play through in an afternoon: “Cocoon.” Advertising “world-leaping” puzzles and the unraveling of a “cosmic secret”, this game sounds very promising. The screenshots and videos also look interesting – but is it actually fun? Contains spoilers!
Continue readingWandering is Nino’s delight
I’m not saying it for the first time, and probably not for the last time either: finding good VR games is hard. Since the big hype of a few years ago, things have not gone completely silent in this genre, but most new games are more limited to casual gamers. “Wanderer” finally seems to be a welcome change – is it though?
Continue readingThe longest of all journeys – Part III
Today we will talk about the third part of the “The Longest Journey” series (parts one and two are of course also available). We end the small detour into the so-called “Dreamfall saga”, which revolves around Zoë Castillo – and there is another genre change. Can the game convince us? Let’s find out!
Continue readingThe longest of all journeys – Part II
In the last article we talked about the first part of the “The Longest Journey” series, today we are talking about part two. “Dreamfall: The Longest Journey” does not show any particular ingenuity in its title, but that is not the point. Today we’re looking at the story and the change of genre – and what I thought of it.
Continue readingThe longest of all journeys – Part I
Today we are talking about the first part of a long journey – the longest of all journeys to be exact. In the first part of the game series “The Longest Journey”, we get caught up in an adventure with art student April Ryan that directly threatens the existence of two worlds. Let’s talk about how that worked out here.
Continue readingNino in Wolf’s clothing
Recently we’ve ventured into a genre that I haven’t had too much exposure to in the past. The English “Graphic Adventure” doesn’t translate very well, but the German Wikipedia term – Point&Click – somehow doesn’t fit either. So let’s find out what it is and how I found it in this (spoiler-free) article.
Continue readingThe NinoBot-Army
I was really disappointed a little over a year ago when we couldn’t play VR anymore – some update, some setting suddenly ate up so much system performance that it was no longer enough to stream. Now it works again, and it started with the game “The Last Clockwinder”. What it is all about and how I liked it, you can read here.
Continue readingOuter Wilds
In today’s article we will cover the Outer Wilds game. It was suggested to me because at first glance it looked like “Subnautica” – I can tell right away, so it’s not. But it got me endlessly excited. You can read why here (no spoilers, but pictures included).
Continue readingFirewatch – A radio and solitude
Since Tunic was no longer fun for us last Saturday, we switched to another game at short notice: Firewatch. Not a long adventure at just under three and a half hours, but definitely a very interesting one. Let me tell you what I think about it.
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