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Emerging Thoughts for Emergent Fates

Emergent Fates is an IOS RPG that’s inspired by classic Japanese titles like the Final Fantasy series, Secret of Mana, and Chrono Trigger…

5 min readJul 7, 2020

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Emerging Thoughts for Emergent Fates

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Ferreting Around: A Widget Satchel Review

Last year, Noble Robot came out with the adorkable Metroidvania-lite Widget Satchel, an all-ages title that puts a new spin on a popular…

5 min readJun 24, 2020

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Ferreting Around: A Widget Satchel Review

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Code Romantic and Self-@ware Tutorial Design

Language is what got me into video games. The first games I was the most invested in had snatches of exposition or compelling dialogue…

9 min readJun 8, 2020

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Code Romantic and Self-@ware Tutorial Design

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Sharpening the Blade: An Early Look at Two Strikes

Two Strikes demo is hands down one of the most aesthetically pleasing fighting games I’ve played. I don’t know of many fighting games that…

7 min readMay 25, 2020

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Sharpening the Blade: An Early Look at Two Strikes

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Early Reveries of REM Cycles: A Dream-centric Roguelike

Despite still being in development, Indispensable Studios’ oneiric roguelike REM Cycles has a strong identity. As someone who’s fairly…

5 min readMay 13, 2020

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Early Reveries of REM Cycles: A Dream-centric Roguelike

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Wintermoor Tactics Club: How Our Hobbies Offer Solace and Encourage Connection

It would be a disservice to call EVC Games’ Wintermoor Tactics Club (WTC) cute, despite this tactics and visual novel mashup title aiming…

6 min readMay 5, 2020

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Wintermoor Tactics Club: How Our Hobbies Offer Solace and Encourage Connection

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Nostalgia for Summer — My Full Imprints on A Summer with the Shiba Inu

Disclaimer: I was given a Steam key to give my imprints on this game.

7 min readDec 2, 2019

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Nostalgia for Summer — My Full Imprints on A Summer with the Shiba Inu

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Journey to the East: A Quench Review

Disclaimer: I was given a steam key to review this game.

5 min readAug 27, 2019

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Journey to the East: A Quench Review

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Sharing a Slice: Rocket Adrift Discusses Their New Visual Novel

Since its release after Nanoreno 2019, Toronto-based indie game studio Rocket Adrift’s colourful and humorous visual novel (VN) Order a…

8 min readAug 12, 2019

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Sharing a Slice: Rocket Adrift Discusses Their New Visual Novel

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Ritual of the Moon: A Last Quarter Check-In

I’ve noticed that there’s been more talk recently of rituals, and how they transform our internal lives via external symbolic action. Brie…

8 min readMay 28, 2019

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Ritual of the Moon: A Last Quarter Check-In

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Phoenix Simms

Phoenix Simms

Freelance game critic, writer, and advocate for indie and diverse game development. For more rambling thoughts follow @phoenixsimms on Twitter.

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