Alex Santa Maria

May 8, 2024 | gog.com | Alex Santa Maria |Jordan Ramée |Daniel Bloodworth

Creature in the Well is a top-down, pinball-inspired, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler. As the last remaining BOT-C unit, venture deep into a desert mountain to restore power to an ancient facility, haunted by a desperate Creature. Uncover and upgrade powerful gear in order to free the city of Mirage from a deadly sandstorm. Pinball with swords: Charge up energy orbs, then bounce and ricochet them to reactivate dormant machinery and stop the sandstorm.

Jan 18, 2024 | theouterhaven.net | Alex Santa Maria

For a certain generation of players, it may be easy to forget that Prince of Persia started life in the days of floppy discs and cinematic platformers. Ubisoft’s The Sands of Time casts a long shadow over the entire franchise, so much so that it was easier for the publisher to move on to their own historically-themed hidden blades than keep going after just seven years of time warping out of bottomless pits.

Jan 15, 2024 | open.substack.com | Alex Santa Maria

Magic Monday: Forcing Great MistakesUchbenbak isn't a Great Mistake in StandardBy Alex Santa Maria

Dec 3, 2023 | deusexmacinema.com | Alex Santa Maria

Hello. Did you know I like wrestling? I like wrestling. Mostly, the stuff that isn’t on anymore because Nostalgia is my favorite drug, and I haven’t found a good enough reason to get sober. Still, on every Wednesday and most Saturdays, I sit down in front of the boob tube so that the man from the Jacksonville Jaguars can give me a good hit of the best the art form has to offer.

Jul 26, 2023 | store.epicgames.com | Alex Santa Maria

Moonlighter from developer Digital Sun is a game that combines two seemingly disparate genres: roguelite combat and shopkeeping. This merging could have been a risky move, as it pulls from two sides of the gaming landscape. However, Moonlighter pulls it off brilliantly, creating a challenging and rewarding game regardless of what genre you prefer. The developers at Digital Sun draw you in with deliberate, fast-paced combat, a la The Binding of Isaac.