Tom Ravencroft, Author at MonsterVine

Night Call Review: Cabbie in a coma, I know it’s serious

Cab drivers have an exalted place in noir as a genre. They’re like bartenders: They see lots of shady characters, make polite conversation and...

Tom RavencroftSeptember 11, 2019

For gamers of A Certain Age–that’s a fancy way of saying “Old as all hell”–titles like Starlancer and Wing Commander conjure up a heady...

Tom RavencroftAugust 22, 2019

It’s not every day that a new genre appears, seemingly full formed, but that’s how it went with Auto Chess. One minute I was...

Tom RavencroftJuly 20, 2019

What if you took Bioshock and removed all the shooting and action-y bits? Close to the Sun is going to say it’s not Bioshock,...

Tom RavencroftMay 28, 2019

While True: learn() promises Machine Learning, cats, puzzles, and the prospect of a lucrative career if you use it as a jumping off point....

Tom RavencroftApril 22, 2019

It’s a weird time to be playing a dictator sim. If you pay attention to politics at all, it can feel like we’re tottering...

Tom RavencroftApril 17, 2019

I have a confession to make. Despite my love of sports games, my constant flexing, and my Chad-like abuse of Spencer, I can be...

Tom RavencroftFebruary 21, 2019