I’m many years into a period of chronic illness, which threw my life off the rails right in the prime of my young adulthood. I’ve got good at managing it, but I can’t deny how truly isolating, and ...

Jessica is a freelance writer with an unrepentant love of all things sci-fi and fantasy, be it in book, film, or video game format. Inspired in part by Byzantine art, creator and developer Jason ...

The award winning hand-crafted puzzle game developed by Jason Roberts of Buried Signal games, Gorogoa, will be launching on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on May 22nd. The game is currently available on ...

Perhaps like most video games in the puzzle genre, pictures don't quite do Gorogoa justice. Unfortunately, words are unlikely to either, as to accurately describe the short puzzle game by Jason ...

A prominent indie designer once explained the Game Developers Conference to me like this: E3, PAX, EGX and their ilk are the race, but GDC is the victory lap. The most distinctive creators from the ...

Jason Roberts devoted years to hand-illustrating the fantastic world of Gorogoa, a puzzle game that has no dialogue or directions. Instead players experiment with up to four square frames of art, ...

I’ve never seen a game like Jason Roberts’ Gorogoa, and that’s a good thing. It is an indie title where you play with illustrated art panels, like the frames of a comic book. You are looking for a ...

Playing Gorogoa, I'm struck by two notions. First, this is an unusually pretty game. Second, its spirit is fresh and original. Yes, it's a point-and-click adventure. But it's also a game about shapes, ...

Jordan is a Staff Writer at DualShockers, where he covers the latest in indies and collectibles. He has a degree in Creative Writing from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. He is currently based ...

If there is a word that both players and developers utter with equal enthusiasm it is 'immersion'. Game worlds are something we want to fall into, totally and utterly: craning our necks forward and ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew ...