Isa Muhammad

1 month ago | isakaba.com | Isa Muhammad |Paul Semel

When is a video game not a video game? It's something I pondered as I "played" (and I use the term loosely) The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty!, a visual novel for the Nintendo Switch and PCs that was made by ZerocreationGame (零创游戏), a studio based in Guangzhou, China. Or maybe the correct verb would be "read," since I spent more of my time with The Hungry Lamb reading than I did pressing buttons or, well, doing anything. Which isn't to say I didn't have fun...

2 months ago | pocketgamer.biz | Isa Muhammad

The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) has launched its digital library in early access, making it publicly available on its website.

2 months ago | isakaba.com | Isa Muhammad |Paul Semel

Reviews — 5 min read While there are many things that are hard to do well, there are also things that are hard to do badly. For instance, while it can be done (trust me, I know), you've have to work hard to make a bad hamburger. Apparently, match-3 puzzle games are the same. Having played dozens over the last couple years, I can't think of any that were truly terrible.

Jan 8, 2025 | isakaba.com | Paul Semel |Isa Muhammad

Reviews — 5 min read While such big-budget racing games as Gran Turismo and Need for Speed have set high bars for the genre, making a smaller driving game that satisfies race fans is still possible. It's just a matter of including aspects they want and not ones they don't. I thought of it a lot while playing Hajwala 2, a racing game developed and published by Rababa Games as a sequel to its high-octane racing title Hajwala which first came out in 2018.

Jun 21, 2024 | pocketgamer.biz | Isa Muhammad

Gaming industry initiative Narwhal has invested an undisclosed sum in game tech company Magify scale its business operations and closes its current funding r...