Jordan Hurst, Author at Infinite Monkey Labs

RONIN

So much of RONIN’s design impedes its intended experience.

On the whole, A Short Hike is uncommonly charming, funny, and heartfelt.

The Messenger is a solid throwback that’s more ambitious than it looks but also too ambitious for its own good.

Into the Breach is nearly the perfect turn-based strategy game.

Beneath a Steel Sky has vastly more mature subject matter and writing than anything else from 1994. The problem is that that’s all it has.

DK: King of Swing is one of the most frustrating premises I can imagine.

Impostor Factory is a confident game, but that confidence is a double-edged sword.

When you ignore its price tag and credit length, Iji is merely competent.

80 Days is a great example of the power of interactive fiction, although it doesn’t execute it consistently.

Emily is Away isn’t remotely engaging.