May Kickstarter Compass: Back It or Bin It?
Your survival-flavored Kickstarter compass. Back smart. Mock freely!
Fixed or Rebuilt?
Does modding breathe new life into games — or erase what made them memorable?
HumanitZ Isn’t an Immersive Sim — But It Shares the Same Spirit
Didn’t know what an immersive sim was. Turns out it’s the thing that makes some survival games slap and others feel like walking sims with a hunger bar.
When Did Genre Stop Being a Warning Label?
What’s the dividing line between mechanical betrayal and the cost to play?
Friday Forage: April 25th
This week’s Forage proves that dying alone in the woods is still an evolving art.
Whatever Happened to Serum?
Is Serum relegated to Early Access purgatory, or buried under a failed studio and a flickering roadmap?
Thin Ice and Thinner Skin
A breakdown of Short Snow, its troubled launch, and one very avoidable Streisand situation.
Friday Forage: April 11th
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days hits Early Access, HumanitZ drops a new patch (with thoughts on why horses beat cars in survival games), and I highlight a few standouts from the recent Triple-i showcase.
Into the Sub-abyss
The good, the bad, and the utterly baffling from the survival Subreddit.
Friday Forage: April 4th
Here's the stuff worth knowing.