Inspired by his love of reading through the fictional bestiaries of Dungeons & Dragons, developer Nick Lives began work on Home Safety Hotline in 2020, going so far as to create a prototype that was later abandoned. After discovering the analog horror genre and inspired by Hypnospace Outlaw, Lives resumed working on the concept, deciding to lean into the 90's era media formats. Set in the year 1996, we play as someone who has been recruited to work at the titular Home Safety

As the name may suggest, The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a game that deals with a few very heavy topics that could be deeply triggering for some people. Over the course of the narrative, there's a continued focus on a young girl's suicide and the events that lead up to it, which include grooming, sexual abuse of a minor, teenage pregnancy, and a host of mental and emotional damage surrounding everything. While the game handles these topics with respect and nuance, I feel it b

As the debut title for studio Kaizen Game Works, Paradise Killer is a first person adventure mystery game that draws heavy inspiration from the works of Franz Kafka, HP Lovecraft, and the Danganronpa series to name a few. Having played and loved the studios second game, Promise Mascot Agency, I was interested to see if the studio had played it safe and made a more traditional experience for their first outing. To my utter delight, they did not, with Paradise Killer being even