Video Game Reviews, Articles
First-person puzzle games – aren’t they crackin’? There’s something so appealing about being dumped into a small, confined area with a few switches, cubes and other gadgets required to remove a barricade in order to progress. Maybe it’s just that…
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Factfile Developed by: Taito Published by: Taito Released: 1978 Format played: Arcade Ruminations Is it possible? Are there gamers who have never played Space Invaders? Or even *GASP* never heard of it? Forming the second part of my Holy…
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I know, I know. I’m late to the party and all. It’s been over 4 years since Naughty Dog presented us Uncharted 4, and while the world raves/argues about The Last of Us 2 and PS5, patient (and well, poor)…
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I’m not overly sure where to start with Teenage Blob to be honest. I like to start with the positives, but in a game that took me less than half an hour to complete, these are a bit few and…
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Where better to prove how much of a toughie you are than in the arena? Developed by Tomasz Dziobek of TomiGames and published by Teyon, Cubers: Arena is a top-down hack ‘n’ slash game that pits you, a black sphere…
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There are a few games that I have strong nostalgic feelings for. Premier Manager 99, Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX, but one that stands out – and is more relevant for this particular review – is Sid Meier’s Simgolf….
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Developer: Sucker Punch Productions Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Release Date: July 17 2020 Platform: PlayStation 4 Premise Jin Sakai, a samurai from the Sakai Clan, is one of the few survivors from the first wave of attacks of the…
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I’ve always wanted to try doing parkour. Picking up speed as you clamber across different articles and surfaces to feel a ‘flow’ that seems to guide you as you go along. But eh, who’s gonna bother risking a broken rib…
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With all of these shooters cropping up, it’s easy to miss out on titles that are trying to stand out by adding a peculiar twist or unique spin to their gameplay. ODIA, designed by Captain Bear Games, has taken a…
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Hedon is a first-person shooter created by a one-man developer, known as Zan, within the GZDOOM (a modified and modernized version of the DOOM engine). Taking inspiration from the likes of Hexen, Thief and other classic titles of yesteryear –…
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Emerging from 2 years of PC early access onto consoles, Memories of Mars is a MMO survival RPG FPS that casts the player as a freshly birthed clone tasked with investigating the disappearance of human settlements on the red planet….
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Looks like we’ve got another Switch controller on our hands for an accessory review. The Plusysee Wireless Controller, a Switch accessory with a budget price tag, looks awfully uncanny. Does anyone remember the failed excuse of a games console that…
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When Death Stranding came out on the PS4 in November, I had a few people telling me to get it, that it’d be a game I’d greatly enjoy, but due to various reasons – mostly Final Fantasy VII Remake reasons…
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This is my first foray into a Story of Seasons game. I’ve played Stardew Valley before, which, as I was playing Story of Seasons felt very similar, so I did have some idea of what to do, but whereas I…
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Now here’s a title that few expected a remake of. Everyone’s favourite talking sponge seemed to have really impressed fans of the series in Heavy Iron Studios’s adventure game SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom back in 2003. Now it’s…
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