Nick Mangiaracina, Author at MonsterVine

Open Roads Review – Take Me Home, Open Roads

I think for the most part, the walking simulator genre of games can be split into two distinct categories. The first category is games...

Nick MangiaracinaMarch 27, 2024

It’s not very often we get a strategy role-playing game, or rather, just a game like Unicorn Overlord. I’m a big fan of management...

Nick MangiaracinaMarch 25, 2024

I’ve been excited for Hundred Heroes since I played Rising back in 2022 and subsequently, some Suikoden games to tide me over. When the...

Nick MangiaracinaMarch 19, 2024

It’s a cool, foggy evening in June 1695 as Antea Duarte and her protege/lover Red mac Raithe approach New Eden Town for a job....

Nick MangiaracinaMarch 7, 2024

We’re hitting a point where the roguelike genre has become so saturated we’re beginning to expect the same thing from every game. Dicefolk might...

Nick MangiaracinaFebruary 23, 2024

I’m pretty pessimistic for an optimist, so just about every year of mine is a tumultuous year. I got diagnosed with chronic pain which...

Nick MangiaracinaFebruary 20, 2024

I think the first time I played a deck building video game was when Wizards of the Coast put out their Magic the Gathering:...

Nick MangiaracinaOctober 27, 2023