Video Game Reviews, Articles
I’m a big fan of simulation and management style games, so I’m always willing to give any in the genre a go, no matter how niche they are. I’ve not ever come across one quite as niche as the London…
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Apogee Software was a pioneer in the PC gaming world in the nineties. When it came to side-scrollers specifically, you were spoiled for choice. The Commander Keen and Duke Nukem games were best-sellers for the publisher, though there were numerous…
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With Shantae dancing through the danger in three games on the Switch, it was only a matter of time until WayForward decided to port another title in the series. Originally released on the DSi in 2011, Shantae: Risky’s Revenge –…
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Running With Scissors is no stranger when it comes to shocking content in video games. For the first time ever, one of their games has finally made it to consoles, and it just so happens to be the vastly underrated…
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Developer: Toys For Bob Publisher: Activision Release Date: October 2nd Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One After 12 years, Crash finally gets a brand new game. No remakes, no living in the past. Continuing the story left open in Crash Warped, it…
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There are some pretty damn good games out there that’ll cost you less than a few quid, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find them unless they’re on sale. If you love eighties-inspired sidescrollers, then Save The Astronaut might be just…
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As I started playing Drake Hollow, it gave me vibes of Unturned with maybe a touch of Dungeon Defenders tossed in there too. Both of which are games I thoroughly enjoyed, so I had high hopes. Drake Hollow is a…
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Art of Rally is an arty look back at the golden age of rally driving. Casting you back in time to the late 60s, and driving era-appropriate cars, you’re taken through randomly generated courses across a multitude of countries. I’ve…
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What is it? Wolfenstein 1-D is a demake of Wolfenstein 3D created by Mike Lacher. The game is reduced to nothing more than small coloured lines – representing the player, enemies, doors and items – sliding left and right on…
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What is it? Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge is a golf game by Aaron Demeter. It’s a reference to an episode of The Simpsons. In ‘Marge Not Be Proud’, Bart is caught stealing a copy of Bonestorm from the store before Christmas….
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What is it? Ubongo! is a tetromino puzzle game by Nementic Games and published by United Soft Media Verlag GmbH. The objective in each puzzle is to fit the pieces inside the shape as quickly as possible. Platform(s) Switch Pros…
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Bright, colourful and designed by award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jesse Jacobs, Spinch is a platformer where colour is the enemy. You are playing as a white blob known as a Spinch, on a quest to save your offsprings from the onslaught…
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What could be a better idea than playing a game centered around the rat plague while being stuck at home during yet another pandemic? It might even add to the immersion at best or might hit a little too close…
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In the last ten years, with indie games becoming more and more prominent, we’re seeing game concepts become much more varied and unique than ever before. We’ve got games similar to the one I reviewed yesterday – Booth – which…
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Developer(s): Crystal Dynamics & Eidos-Montréal Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: September 4th 2020 Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, XBox One, Stadia This Review follows an early build of the game (patch 1.05). This is a service game that will likely…
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