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Author: Jake Boyette

Jake Boyette is a games journalist and reviewer at Fix Gaming Channel, covering reviews, interviews, features, and wider editorial stories. He has a particular interest in indie games and game development, with a strong writing background that shapes his approach to reviews and developer-focused coverage. Jake also covers new releases, industry news, and events for Fix Gaming Channel. His public portfolio lists a Writing Studies degree and his work at Fix Gaming Channel since December 2025.

SULFUR Is Our Game of the Week #56 Because It Remembers Games Should Be Fun

Posted on May 31, 2026September 25, 2026 By Jake Boyette
SULFUR Is Our Game of the Week #56 Because It Remembers Games Should Be Fun

SULFUR earns our Game of the Week #56 spotlight because it remembers the most important thing: games should be fun. Perfect Random’s roguelite FPS mixes sharp gunplay, chaotic upgrades, cooking, loot, and risky experimentation into a loop that keeps pulling you back.

Game of the Week, Gaming News, Indie

Fail Fail Succeed Review: A Clever Indie Platformer Built on Mistakes

Posted on May 13, 2026October 16, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Fail Fail Succeed Review: A Clever Indie Platformer Built on Mistakes

Fail Fail Succeed turns repeated failure into the path forward, using clever puzzle design, compact worlds, and strange dreamlike platforming to make every solved room feel earned.

Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

Flock Around Review: A Charming Birdwatching Collectathon With Real Heart

Posted on April 30, 2026September 22, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Flock Around Review: A Charming Birdwatching Collectathon With Real Heart

Flock Around turns birdwatching into a relaxed collectathon, with memorable bird calls, photo challenges, and multiplayer for up to 10 players. Its quiet charm and playful outings with friends stand out, even when the journal goals become repetitive.

Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

Retro Rewind – Video Store Simulator is Fix Gaming Channel’s GOTW #46

Posted on March 22, 2026September 22, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Retro Rewind – Video Store Simulator is Fix Gaming Channel’s GOTW #46

Retro Rewind – Video Store Simulator is our Game of the Week #46, and for good reason. Blood Pact Studios has delivered a cozy, nostalgia-driven management sim that understands how to make simple progression feel satisfying.

Game of the Week, Gaming News, Indie

Funi Raccoon Game Review | A Weird Little Game With Big Personality

Posted on March 17, 2026September 23, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Funi Raccoon Game Review | A Weird Little Game With Big Personality

Funi Raccoon Game is a strange, funny, and inventive 3D collectathon packed with weird ideas, strong personality, and memorable level design.

Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

Five Steam Next Fest demos that still stand out after the event ended

Posted on March 5, 2026September 26, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Five Steam Next Fest demos that still stand out after the event ended

Steam Next Fest 2026 brought no shortage of interesting games, but a few demos stood out well beyond the rest. These are five that left a real mark on me after the event ended.

Gaming Lists, Gaming News, Indie

ShipShaper Evolving Demo Impressions: A Good Start to a Chill Ship Builder

Posted on February 25, 2026September 25, 2026 By Jake Boyette
ShipShaper Evolving Demo Impressions: A Good Start to a Chill Ship Builder

ShipShaper’s evolving demo already shows real promise as a calm, creative ship-building sandbox. It looks great, feels relaxing, and only needs some placement logic smoothing to become even better.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

Tearscape is GOTW #41 — tough bosses, smart backtracking, and pixel-perfect mood

Posted on February 13, 2026September 22, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Tearscape is GOTW #41 — tough bosses, smart backtracking, and pixel-perfect mood

Game of the Week #41 goes to Tearscape, a 2D action-adventure blending Souls-like pressure with Zelda-style exploration, tough bosses, deliberate backtracking, hidden paths, and atmospheric pixel art.

Game of the Week, Gaming News, Indie

About Fishing preview: fishing mechanics with uneasy answers

Posted on February 4, 2026September 22, 2026 By Jake Boyette
About Fishing preview: fishing mechanics with uneasy answers

A calm cast, then something pulls back About Fishing is a fishing-themed murder mystery from The Water Museum. It’s also currently playable via a Steam playtest — and based on my first short session, it already feels like one of those games that looks simple until you notice how many little systems are hiding under…

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Gaming News, Indie

Vital Shell turns the survivor-like genre into an intense bullet hell (GOTW #38)

Posted on January 25, 2026September 22, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Vital Shell turns the survivor-like genre into an intense bullet hell (GOTW #38)

Game of the Week #38 goes to Vital Shell, a survivor-like that turns the formula into an intense bullet hell with tight dodging, character-specific mechanics, weapon synergies, and screen-filling projectile pressure.

Game of the Week, Gaming News, Indie

Cyberpunk action-platformer REPLACED is locked for March 12, 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026September 22, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Cyberpunk action-platformer REPLACED is locked for March 12, 2026

REPLACED launches March 12, 2026 with cinematic 2.5D action-platforming, pixel-art cyberpunk visuals, fluid traversal, close-range and ranged combat, and an alternate-1980s America setting.

Gaming News

Red Bow: Strange Dream Review — Strange and Sweet

Posted on January 10, 2026September 22, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Red Bow: Strange Dream Review — Strange and Sweet

A Short Walk Through A Dream Reviewed on PC.Score: 8/10 I’ve played many RPG Maker games that failed at what Red Bow: Strange Dream did. Despite only being an hour-long game, it was able to linger in my mind long after I was done with it. You play as Roh, a young woman who heads…

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Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

The Liminal Dimension — First Impressions: Airem’s looping hallway nightmare hits hard early

Posted on December 29, 2025September 25, 2026 By Jake Boyette
The Liminal Dimension — First Impressions: Airem’s looping hallway nightmare hits hard early

The Liminal Dimension earns a 7/10 first-impressions score for turning a looping corridor into focused psychological horror through subtle environmental changes, disorientation, tension, and restrained storytelling.

First Impressions, Gaming News, Indie, Indie Game Showcase, PC Reviews, Reviews

Forestrike Review – Win the Fight Before It Begins

Posted on December 15, 2025September 20, 2026 By Jake Boyette
Forestrike Review – Win the Fight Before It Begins

Forestrike review after around 15 hours on PC: a martial arts roguelite where Foresight turns each fight into a puzzle of practice, planning, and execution.

Gaming News, Indie, PC Reviews, Reviews

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