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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Ages 6 and up |
| Genre: | Match 3 |
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In this frantic Match 3 game, you're trying to break yourself out of a dungeon by scoring one million points in a single run. While that might sound easy, you'll need to match your tiles carefully in order to defeat the many different fantasy monsters and traps that block your way.
Brief thoughts: Even with the fantasy elements, this game is pretty clean.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Ages 6 and up |
| Genre: | Platform Shooter |
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In this Mega Man inspired adventure, a pair of scientists have contracted your chosen hero (or heroine) to save the world from a group of renegade robots. Every attempt is unique, as 20XX generates the levels on the fly and you can't predict which robot you'll face next or what upgrades will be available.
Brief thoughts: While there is some minor violence as the protagonists destroy robots, there is a dark twist towards the end of the game that some people may have issues with.
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| ESRB Rating: | E - Everyone |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Match 3 / Hidden Object |
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The world is in grave danger as the four magical altars that control the natural elements have been neglected and lost their power. With the help of a friendly faerie, it's up to you to repair the altars, restore their power, and bring order to the world once again in this fantasy-themed Match 3 game.
Brief thoughts: Overall, this is a clean title. The main issue is the use of magic altars, though there are treated as the level's goal rather than something religious.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Board game |
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Ready for a game of Chess with a unique twist? This version of the iconic board game allows you to send pieces back in time, creating new timelines and alternate universes.
Brief thoughts: This video game is essentially an upgraded version of a very well known board game, so there's nothing remotely offensive to be found here.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Ages 13 and up |
| Genre: | Sports |
| Platforms: | |
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This game is all about virtual BASE jumping. In each level, you jump off of a very tall building or cliff, and plummet towards a landing area. As you fall, you must dodge buildings, flying cars, birds, and other obstacles or risk making more of an impact than you originally intended.
Brief thoughts: The main issue here is the attitude promoted by the game: it's edgy and rebellious, to the point that being rude to people and hitting birds on the way down is rewarded.
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| ESRB Rating: | E - Everyone |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Adventure |
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In this beautiful and meditative game, you control the actions of a humanoid robot who brings life to a large undersea world. But this robot is not entirely alone; a dark presence waits in the deep, bringing suffering and even death into paradise!
Brief thoughts: While there is some violence, none of it is without reason, nor does the player inflict any of it. The majority of the "violent" content is nothing more than sharks eating smaller fish anyway.
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| ESRB Rating: | M - Mature Audiences |
| My Rating: | Adults - 18+ |
| Genre: | Hack and Slash / 3D Platformer |
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This is a very, very dark take on the old story of Alice in Wonderland. Having suffered the loss of her family, Alice Liddel has gone quite insane, and Wonderland, the fantasy world where she can escape her bleak reality, is falling apart.
Brief thoughts: There is a large amount of objectionable material in this twisted version of Wonderland, but the clincher is that the darkest part of the story will crosses a line that many people, even non-Christians, will find abhorrent.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Driving Simulation |
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Ever wanted to drive a big truck? Now you can - enjoy driving through the United States in this surprisingly fun and relaxing simulation. Once you've made enough money hauling freight, you can even hire help and build a proper delivery company!
Brief thoughts: Every so often, there's a new DLC or in game billboard that exists to raise awareness of some real life issue, but this is hardly a problem.
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| ESRB Rating: | M - Mature Audiences |
| My Rating: | Adults - 18+ |
| Genre: | First Person Puzzler / Horror |
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During an archaeological dig, a man named Daniel became the target of an ancient curse. Now hunted by a being known only as the Shadow, he fled to Castle Brennenburg where a man known as Baron Alexander would be able to protect him. Under Alexander's guidance, Daniel began performing a disturbing warding ritual, but eventually Daniel couldn't rationalize his actions anymore. Distraught, he drank the Amnesia Mixture and prepared to undergo a journey to atone for his actions.
Brief thoughts: While there is a lot of dark and unsettling content, a key part of the game's storyline involves the player character redeeming themselves. Whether this is enough to offset everything else is up to you.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Adults - 18+ |
| Genre: | First Person Puzzler / Horror |
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent was a tough act to follow, and unfortunately, this sequel didn't live up to the hype. Once again, you're sent wandering through dim hallways in an attempt to right past wrongs, but this time the stakes (or porkchops as the case may be) are too low to really care.
Brief thoughts: There is a lot of graphic and sexual imagery in this game, but the way the antagonists have perverted and desecrated Christianity is particularly noteworthy.
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| ESRB Rating: | T - Teenagers |
| My Rating: | Ages 13 and up |
| Genre: | First Person Puzzler / Horror |
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In this unique horror game, you take on the role of a toddler who's trying to find his mother. You're not alone, however, as your faithful teddy bear has accompanied you on your adventure.
Brief thoughts: While this game may seem like a strange supernatural horror story, it's actually telling a pointed story about a common problem many families face - everything just seems supernatural and weird because the protagonist isn't old enough to understand what's really going on around them.
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| ESRB Rating: | E - Everyone |
| My Rating: | Ages 6 and up |
| Genre: | Puzzle Platformer |
| Platforms: | |
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And Yet It Moves is a game about a little paper man in a larger paper world. All the player's character wants to do is reunite with the piece of paper he was originally sketched on, but there are a lot of things in his way. So it falls to you to guide him through the surreal (and dangerous) world he lives in.
Brief thoughts: This is a very relaxing and non-violent game, even when you take into account how easily your character falls apart.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Ages 13 and up |
| Genre: | Platform Shooter |
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Everyone's favorite Nerd has found himself trapped in some crappy games, again. In order to free himself, he must play through the slock and defeat the person responsible for this mess.
Brief thoughts: The large amount of swearing and unnecessary gore in this game is a big issue, as is the level based around old erotic games.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | First Person Puzzler |
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Your goal is simple: find your way to the exit. Your environment is a non-euclidean geometrical nightmare from a place where logic has no meaning. Hallways turn in on themselves, walls and floors disappear when approached, and sometimes when you turn around, whatever was behind you isn't there anymore. Hope you enjoy confusion!
Brief thoughts: The primary thing to worry about in Antichamber is the possibility of a headache, though I'm not entirely sure if they are caused by eye strain or the very unique gameplay.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Ages 13 and up |
| Genre: | Metroidvania |
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In this underwater Metroidvania, a mermaid named Naija has allowed her curiosity to lead her farther and farther from home, and as she explores the ruins of past civilizations, she discovers that there might be a disaster looming over her head as well.
Brief thoughts: Creatures in Aquaria regularly eat one another, as you'd expect in a ecosystem or food chain. However, the real problems come from the game's story, which describes people being punished for severe crimes like cannibalism and blasphemy.
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| ESRB Rating: | E - Everyone |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Shoot 'em up |
| Platforms: | |
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It's time to fight against a never ending armada of aliens in this classic arcade game by NAMCO. Just be sure to keep your starship from getting captured while you're aiming for that elusive high score!
Brief thoughts: As this is one of the earliest arcade games, there's not much to worry about - just some very mild violence as players and aliens shoot each other.
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| ESRB Rating: | E - Everyone |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Arcade |
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This is a Steam rerelease of the classic Pac Man game. Everybody knows the drill by now: you spend the game guiding Pac Man around the maze while eating dots, munching fruits, while avoiding Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde!
Brief thoughts: This is a rerelease of the classic Pac Man game; there's really nothing to worry about here.
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| ESRB Rating: | T - Teenagers |
| My Rating: | Ages 13 and up |
| Genre: | Rhythm / Dancing |
| Platforms: | |
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Earn a high score and get a good workout by blocking the beats in this fast-paced virtual reality rhythm game!
Brief thoughts: This game would be completely inoffensive if it wasn't for the music that comes with it - some songs contain profanity or graphic album artwork.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Rhythm / Racing |
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Audiosurf takes its name extremely literally, as it's a game about riding (or "surfing") along roads that were created from your music. The colors and contours of the road follow the beats, and with fourteen ways to play, there'll be at least one mode you'll enjoy.
Brief thoughts: The only thing that might be offensive about this game is the music used to create the levels. Since you provide the music from your own collection, you also have total control over this game's contents.
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| ESRB Rating: | E - Everyone |
| My Rating: | Everyone |
| Genre: | Point and Click adventure |
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This point and click adventure started when Axel decided to take a long winter's nap with his faithful dog, Pixel. When he awoke, a giant red rat caused a huge icicle to fall and crush his home before scurrying away with a magical key. Now Axel and Pixel must track down the monster rat and retrieve the magic key before the Ice Giant causes the dream world to become frozen over in a permanent winter!
Brief thoughts: This is a very clean game, as the worst it has to offer is some slapstick.
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| ESRB Rating: | NR - Not Rated |
| My Rating: | Ages 6 and up |
| Genre: | Twin Stick Shooter / Dungeon Crawler |
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When Death came for a powerful wizard, his pet lizard decided to go after his master. This leads you into an adventure that is a twin stick shooter / roguelike hybrid, though there is an additional feature that makes this game unique. Namely, if you die in the dungeon, you continue to play on in the afterlife!
Brief thoughts: Although some players may be uncomfortable with the way this game has their character fight on in the afterlife, a big problem is the way defeated enemies burst into a shower of blood and gore. Fortunately, this can be disabled by turning off particles in the options menu.
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