I’ve fallen into a kind of science-y mood, induced mostly, if not wholly, by marathon watching Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. It’s lighter than many other scientific series, serving more as an exploratory program to get people, young and old, interested in the wonders of our universe. And it got me thinking, there are games these days that also aim to show that science can be entertaining.

Oh man. This heatwave. I think I’m melting – my computer certainly is. I went to find some games I could run in the meanwhile and here’s a few I stumbled across.

In this week’s interview, we caught up with Alexander Kuvshinov, the art director, animator, and screenwriter at AuraLab. He’s the brain behind the wild landscapes and characters of point-n-click Karma.

It’s that time of week again where you’re close enough to the weekend that your brain starts shutting off, but you still have a day to go. To be honest, I’m still shell-shocked from Tuesday’s Germany-Brazil match (holy man, that was ridiculous), but for everyone else, here’s an assortment of goodies to gnaw on.

A challenging adventure through space in a vessel of your own creation. Solar Storm is not yet where it needs to be for a buy, but it has my attention. I predict great things for the finished version.

In this week’s interview, we spoke with Alice Gurska, the community manager and game screenwriter at Whale Rock Games. Along with us for the ride are Team Lead, Aleksey Moskovchenko, and Art Director, Pavlo Maksimenko, who will explain the concepts behind their game, We Are the Dwarves!