Kentucky Route Zero By: Cardboard Computer / Annapurna Interactive / Netflix Kentucky Route Zero is a strange narrative-heavy game about an antiques delivery man named Conway and the people he meets on his journey. I don't think you can see everything in one playthrough, but I'm including my playthrough below. Walkthrough: Act 1: Act 2: Act 3: Act 4: Act 5, The End: And that's everything!
What Remains of Edith Finch By: Annapurna Interactive / Giant Sparrow It was hard not to hear about Giant Sparrow's What Remains of Edith Finch back when it released in 2017, as anyone within the games sphere was talking about it. Still, I didn't want to play on my computer, so I kept my head down and managed to avoid any spoilers. When it came to the Nintendo Switch in 2019, I…
Telling Lies By: Sam Barlow / Annapurna Interactive Telling Lies is the latest nonlinear, searchable full-motion video game (FMV) by Her Story creator, Sam Barlow. It's a much bigger game, and therefore it takes more persistence to find all the clips. I wrote a review here, but also recorded my first playthrough with it. So I'm going to include all my gameplay videos here, as well as offer some helpful info to…
Telling Lies By: Sam Barlow / Annapurna Interactive Last week, I wrote up a very vague preview of Sam Barlow's Telling Lies, the spiritual successor to one of my favorite games ever, Her Story. I emphasized the length and scope of the game as, instead of one actress, we now get a full cast. The four main characters are played by Logan Marshall-Green, Angela Sarafyan, Alexandra Shipp and Kerry Bish╬ô├╢┬ú╬ô├«├ë, and the…
Telling Lies By: Sam Barlow / Annapurna Interactive Sam Barlow's Her Story is one of my favorite video games, perhaps the one that's stuck with me the most. I clearly remember back in 2015, getting it a few days ahead of release and thinking I would just play for a little bit and then get back to cleaning my apartment. But my home stayed dirty that day, because I couldn't put my…
What Remains of Edith Finch By: Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive Giant Sparrow's What Remains of Edith Finch released on PC and consoles back in 2017, and since then I'd been holding out, hoping it would one day come to mobile devices. Unfortunately, that day has not come, but the next-best thing happened -- it was ported over to the Nintendo Switch. As I personally don't have a great PC setup, the…
Gone Home By: Annapurna Interactive / Fullbright Company After waiting years, wondering if I'd ever get to play Gone Home on my iPad and pretty much giving up all hope, this December brought a huge surprise. With the help of publisher Annapurna Interactive, the Fullbright Company ported their multi-award-winning adventure game to iOS this past week. Since I was told a while back by co-founder Steve Gaynor that it was unlikely to…
Gone Home By: Annapurna Interactive / Fullbright Company Gone Home released on PC in 2013 to critical acclaim, won a bunch of awards and, along with it, a ton of controversy. Dubbed the original Γò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö¼├║walking simulator,Γò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö¼├æ the lack of any meaningful challenge prompted questions on whether itΓò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö£├╗s even a game. Basically, you walk around an empty house, picking up objects and reading notes left around by the family. There arenΓò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö£├╗t really any…
