This week, Ellie explores an alien planet as, uh, a kitten in a mechsuit?! Video games are rad, y'all.

Gato Roboto

May 2019 | Doinksoft | Devolver Digital

PC

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This week, Ellie takes some time to reflect on her own privilege after playing Venba, an arresting, powerful story about immigration, culture, and parenthood, all contained within a gentle cooking puzzle game.

Venba

Jul 2023, Visai Games

PC

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This week, Ellie looks back on the radical age, joining Leo, Raph, Mikey and Donnie on their journey to defeat the villainous Shredder in an infamously tough NES game.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

May 1989, Konami / Ultra

NES

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This week Ellie explores the haunting ruins of Arcadia, fighting back against the sinister virus that has infected the mechanical denizens of a desolate world.

Haiku the Robot

Aug 2022, Mister Morris Games

PC

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This week Ellie immerses herself in the grim, gore-soaked world of Cvstodia and joins the Penitent One on his journey to bring an end to the Grievous Miracle.

Blasphemous

Sep 2019, The Game Kitchen / Team17

PC

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This week, Ellie returns to Dracula's monster-infested halls in Castlevania Chronicles, a double-duty port and remake of a Japan-only home computer Castlevania title.

Castlevania Chronicles

Jul 1993 / May 2001, Konami

PS1 [reviewed], Sharp X68000

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This week, Ellie continues her journey through the licensed LEGO games, joining the conniving captain Jack Sparrow on the rolling seas in the plastic brick adaptation of Pirates of the Caribbean.

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean

2011, Traveller's Tales / Disney

PC

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This week, Ellie joins adventurers Melody and Allison as they quest around their sleepy village and uncover a deadly reality-altering plot, but mainly we spend time musing about the power and importance of joyously queer games.

SLARPG

2022, ponett

PC

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This week, Ellie rides the roiling seas of Wavetale, a modern action-platformer that follows one young girl's journey to save her island home from a monstrous dark cloud called The Gloom.

Wavetale

2021, Thunderful

PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

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