Two Point Campus is a rather laid-back experience, but like your students, it is possible to fail. Some careful planning and clever management skills can mean the difference between a lavish graduation and a series of lawsuits that label your post-secondary institution a scam. Surprisingly, there’s a lot of nuance …

Students are an intolerable nuisance, but unfortunately, they pay for your monthly bonus and other incentives. That means you have to keep them happy. Sometimes just borderline content is enough, but other times, Two Point Campus actually requires you to elevate their joy past a certain threshold. I know, what …

Living in prehistory was tough. The Prehistory chapter of Live A Live is no different. The enemies descend on you in hordes, and farting on them only goes so far. However, this chapter has a unique mechanic that you can take advantage of to make things a bit easier for …

There isn’t much combat in the Distant Future chapter of Live A Live. Not unless you count the arcade machine, Captain Square. Captain Square is a fun distraction that lets you play with the game’s combat system to solve some violent puzzles. There’s no real point to it aside from …

The Twilight of Edo Japan chapter of Live A Live is the most open-ended one of the bunch. While some of them push you along in a fairly linear fashion, Twilight of Edo Japan drops you off at the front door of Ode Castle and leaves it to you to …

The climactic battle at the end of Escape Academy is another gauntlet of puzzles, not unlike the rival challenge seen earlier in the game. However, if you don’t want to be put into status afterward, there are some important steps you’ll need to go through. It’s time to show your …

You probably shouldn’t go into the attic in a horror game like Madison, but video game protagonists rarely get that choice. Lucky for Luca, the only horrors waiting for him up in the attic of his grandparents’ house is one of the game’s most difficult puzzles. It’s a head-scratcher, but …

Get ready for a dose of backstory. In Madison, after you cut the power in search of the red lightbulb your possessed self drew in your notebook, the front door will open. It isn’t freedom you’ll find behind it, however; it’s an elevator and mausoleum for the victims of Madison’s …

Wow, your father had some colorful decor in his childhood room. When you finally unlock the door to your dad, John’s, room in Madison, you find it primed for puzzles. That’s definitely not something unusual for the horror puzzler, but nor is it the most wholesome family environment. The puzzle …

Clocks always seem to be the hobby of madmen. An obsession with time would be enough to make anyone crack. Albert Maxwell, the grandfather in Madison, is no exception. Once you have the clock key and can descend into the house’s third(!?) separate basement, you’ll find what he was up …