It's the Steam Winter Sale and two of my purchases are solitaire card games. If you didn't know, I'm a huge fan of Zachtronics Solitaire Collection, but having already achieved 100 wins in Fortune's Foundation, I've been on the lookout for something new.

Honestly, I'm too old for the stress. I've tried to love Souls-like games, really I have. I put 20 hours into Dark Souls 3, 30 into Elden Ring, and 60 into Sekiro. I even have 280 hours in Hollow Knight. But the community that surrounds them? It's often insufferable. If you complain in any way whatsoever, you're just hit with…

I'm a big fan of match-3 puzzle games, but I'm disappointed with the lack of innovation in this genre. On mobile, almost all the games are exactly the same, just with a different theme, and on Steam, well, the vast majority are not Safe For Work.