We spoke with Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone about the game’s 10-year anniversary, the difficult art of managing creativity and unexpected celebrity, and how Haunted Chocolatier – though still far from release – fits into his plans.
I was happily surprised by this Wii U exclusive. Even with a few small problems, it feels like a breath of fresh air for the long-running line of Lego games.
When it came time for Tim to challenge another co-worker to play Dead Space 3, I knew I was destined to be his guinea pig. Like it or not, it was time to step back into Isaac's space boots.
I accepted Jeff Marchiafava's challenge to play Metro: Last Light, a game he decided to champion for our year-end Top 50 list. I went in blind. Though I'd heard good things about it, I'd never played Last Light or its predecessor Metro 2033.
For hundreds of years we've been reading printed words off a page and
imagining the story they tell. Device 6 preys on that convention,
betraying your expectations, and delivering an engrossing tale that's
hard to put down.
Being an immigration officer sounds boring, but Papers, Please is adroit enough to make this paper-pusher a very viable candidate for Game Informer's Top 50 Games of 2013.
BattleBlock Theater is a massive game of platforming, puzzling, cooperative, and competitive fun. Matt Miller makes his argument for the game's inclusion as one of 2013's top 50 games.
Payday 2 puts you in the role of a self-serving armed robber hell bent on one thing: Getting the biggest score you can without losing your life or those of your partners in crime.