Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022)

25 Feb 202226 Feb 2022

It's time for another Steam Next Fest! This means that you can currently find a lot of demos for upcoming games on Steam. The event runs from February 21 to…

Quick Impressions: Jurassic World Evolution 2

30 Nov 202130 Nov 2021

I actually find it difficult to even write any quick first impressions, because I don't know if the disappointment will stay or not. But it certainly is tied to the…

Quick Impressions: Mini Healer

30 Nov 2021

I had Mini Healer on my wishlist for a while now and always knew that I want to buy it! Now, I finally did. This game can be summed up…

Quick Impressions: Tavern Master

29 Nov 2021

I actually expected Tavern Master to go into Early Access before it releases. So when I saw the message from the developer that it was to actually release on November…

Involuntary gaming break

13 Dec 202013 Dec 2020

I've been feeling rather unwell lately and it comes with me being unable to play games most of the time. So much fun! Thankfully, it's the holiday season and I…

Steam Game Festival: Simulation Games

12 Oct 2020

As I mentioned in my previous post, some of the demos I tried there were already simulation games, but they were also listed as strategy games. There is sometimes a…

Itch.io bundle for racial justice and equality: Odd Realm and As We Know It

11 Jun 2020

I wrote about this bundle in my previous post, but the bundle for racial justice and equality is still available for a few more days and it's almost doubled in…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (April 2020)

23 Apr 2020

Tropico 6 released a new free update with several bug fixes, but with it also came the ability to cross play between GOG, Steam and Origin. MacOS will follow later.…

Making my own wine in Terroir

18 Apr 2020

A few days ago, I looked at the Kickstarter of Chinatown Detective Agency and as I wrote in my blog post about the game, I downloaded and played not only…

Free on Steam: Regions of Ruin

4 Apr 2020

Regions of Ruins is currently free on Steam (until April 7). That means that if you get it now, you get to keep it completely for free! A week or…

Returning to Planet Zoo in April

31 Mar 202029 Jun 2020

I'd previously just skimmed over the patch notes for the update coming on April 7 (alongside another paid DLC). I haven't yet bought the first DLC because I think the…

Screenshot Saturday: Panda Zoo

9 Nov 20198 Nov 2019

...I think I'm being watched... (IntPiPoMo count: 7 in total)

Screenshot Saturday: Aven Colony

19 Oct 2019

Aven Colony has been on my wishlist for a very long time already. Whenever it was on sale, I would take a look and then decide that I didn't need…

Screenshot Saturday: Pizza Connection 3

28 Sep 201928 Sep 2019

A couple of weeks ago, we got all three Pizza Connection games in the GoG version from a PC magazine subscription. Since it's DRM-free, bookahnerk and I didn't even have…

Screenshot Saturday: Abandoned…

21 Sep 201921 Sep 2019

The Parkasaurus developers have added the first three missions to the game to test and play through. I did not like the first one too much. It is well done,…

Mad Tower Tycoon and Project Highrise – What’s the difference?

25 Aug 201929 Jun 2020

(Updated: Jun 2020!) I bought Project Highrise back in 2016 and have played it for 56 hours. This number seems oddly low as I thought I'd sunk in much more…

First Impression Review: Equilinox

22 Aug 201916 Apr 2020

This is probably not a "first impression" piece, since I've been playing Equilinox for 30+ hours by now. But I still think it deserves more attention than just a few…

Parkasaurus Early Access: Where is the game now?

15 Aug 2019

Parakasure went into early access on Steam in September 2018 (I wrote about my first impressions soon after). Thankfully, the game's developers are still here and they are active and…

To Kickstart or not to Kickstart: To The Rescue

11 Aug 201914 Aug 2019

I saw a tweet about a new Kickstarter project yesterday: To The Rescue. It's going to be a PC game about running a dog shelter and it's already reached its…

Screenshot Saturday: Mad Tower Tycoon

3 Aug 20194 Aug 2019

I had some trouble deciding which screenshot to show here today. I'd repeat myself showing more of Equilinox. Especially as I am preparing a little "first impressions" piece for the…

Screenshot Saturday: Equilinox

8 Jun 2019

The past few days I've spent quite a bit of my gaming time playing Equilinox. It is a little indie game that simulates an ecosystem. You can put plants, trees,…