THIS MONTH
THIS MONTH ON EDGE
Some of the other things on our minds when we weren’t doing everything else
DREAM
This Place Is Cursed
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Videogame spells are seldom more than glorified weapons. A conjurer’s arm is often just a surrogate gun, firing ethereal bullets whose otherworldly glow is the only thing that distinguishes them from regular rounds. This absorbing puzzleled adventure, however, strives to put the magic back into spellcasting. Trapped in a woodland cabin, a young woman must gather arcane knowledge from scattered scrolls and rules, assembling clues in a forbidden grimoire to unlock powerful and transformative spells. Here, sorcery is made to feel like a ritual act, involving sequential stick movements and button presses to pull off. As you light candles to reveal secret rooms, gesture to travel to umbral realms and flourish to dispel ghosts, whispered voices and crackling static ensure that the title rings unsettlingly true.