Leo Faierman

Skate Story might be a surreal skate sim, but its engine is solid as a board. After years of development delays, Sam Eng’s sublime paean to the pastime was worth the wait, blending a vaporwave VHS aesthetic and dreamlike dialogue with satisfying skateboar... See more

What a joy to be shrieked at by monsters in Trigger Happy Entertainment’s Total Chaos, a classically formatted first-person survival horror game with minimal downtime. First introduced back in 2018 as an impressive total conversion mod for Doom II, this s... See more

To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Thomas Olsson and Skeleton Crew Studios’ Forestrike adapts this aphorism into a turn-based/real-time Wuxia action hybrid. This strategic martial arts roguelite really makes you feel like a master when you get everythin... See more

I admit that oversized expectations for quality metroidvanias persist in this absolutely stacked year. Two months since the release of the rightfully hallowed Hollow Knight: Silksong, Heart Machine’s fourth title Possessor(s) presents another 2D genre ent... See more

I maintain that Streets of Rage 4 is one of the best beat 'em ups of all time. The revivalist sequel was a genre masterclass and celebratory evolution of the Genesis classics, which made me all the more excited about Guard Crush’s Absolum, a roguelite fol... See more