Painters Guild
Cast yourself back a few hundred years to 15th century Italy, where artists roam free and paint inspiring masterpieces for all comers. It is a fine time to be alive, but there’s always room to make more Florins, and the…
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Reviews
Until Dawn Review
I’ll admit it, I was wrong about Until Dawn. While I suspected it would be a Quick Time Event (QTEs) marathon from what was shown in the little media I saw before release. This turned out to be a step…
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Dead in Bermuda
Dead In Bermuda is an interesting game. I can’t quite think of any game that is similar to it, although I’m sure there must be. It’s too strong a concept to not have anything else in the genre, but for…
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D/Generation
Factfile Developed by: Mindscape Released: 1993 Format played: Amiga CD32 Ruminations D/Generation is an isometric view puzzle / adventure game. Originally published on the Amiga in 1991 before being ported to the CD32, you play the rather underwhelming sounding…
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For the Hoard
Gold, lot’s of shiny gold, that is what Hoard dragons live for. They don’t care how they get this gold and are perfectly fine burning down much needed crops, or entire towns, just to get there golden fix. First these…
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Need to Know What is it? Influenced by Futuristic 1st/3rd person Action-RPG Deus Ex, System Shock Play it on Alternatively 2Ghz CPU, 2GB RAM Mass Effect 3 First of all, can we all as a nation as a society decide…
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Championship Manager ’93/94
Factfile Developed by: Intelek / Sports Interactive Released: 1993 Format played: PC Ruminations If there is a single game series that has come to define my videogame history then it is undoubtedly Championship Manager. Under the banner of Football…
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Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Exploration games have always been intriguing to me. Often called walking simulators, games like Dear Esther, Old City: Leviathan and now Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, have a certain something that always pull me in, and it’s not just because…
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Sound Shapes
Since getting a PS Vita and Playstation+, I figured I may as well make the most of the free games Sony give you every month, to make the most of their generosity and to see if any of the games…
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One Nation, under Red.
I like Nation Red, I do… It’s shooty, it’s got a good sense of achievement, it’s difficulty is progressive, it has a good multiplayer set up, it encourages teamwork, it’s simple and has simple mechanics. I like all of…
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Retro Game Review – Moon Patrol
Factfile Developed by: Irem Released: 1983 Format played: Atari 2600 Ruminations One of the benefits of writing a regular retrogaming feature is that I find out things about some of my favourite games that I never knew before. Take…
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The Swindle
Set in a steampunky Victorian London, The Swindle is a game about nicking things. It’s a game currently available on PC and various Playstation consoles, which features many platforming aspects with a whole bunch of interesting stealthy features thrown in…
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Survivalist
I’ve had Survivalist on my list of games to play for a little while now. I bought it after Fallout 4 was announced to try and cover the nuclear apocalypse sized hole in my heart, but always assumed it was…
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Retro Game Review – Donkey Kong Country
Factfile Developed by: Rare Released: 1994 Format played: SNES Ruminations Released in 1994, DKC was a significant title in the history of the SNES. Faced with stiff competition from Sega’s Megadrive and the ever reliable Amiga, and with Sony’s…
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8BitBoy
I played BiT Evolution recently, and it didn’t quite quench my thirst for platforming games, so I figured I’d go looking for another one. I found one right at the top of my Steam list – an indie game called…
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