Video Game Reviews, Articles
What is it? Quake is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996. An army of monsters are invading the human realm via Earth’s teleportation technology. As a lone soldier named Ranger, you must…
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Mighty Switch Force Collection bundles together the original Nintendo 2011 platform puzzler game, 2012 HD remake, 2013 direct sequel and 2015 PC outing co-op puzzler, giving good value for money at a price tag of just under £17 on PS4,…
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What is it? Reventure is an indie adventure game that sees you play as a hero trying to rescue a princess, kind of. The actual goal of the game is to find every different and unique way to die. Platform(s)…
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What is it? Latte Stand Tycoon is a game that puts you in the shoes of a new owner of a stand on the side of a street where you sell lattes to pedestrians who walk by. You’re in charge…
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There are only a few games that have managed to implement multiple endings well. Chrono Trigger and The Stanley Parable are two, but there are a fair few that have flopped when they attempted it. It’s a pretty difficult thing…
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What is it? Gato Roboto is an indie, two toned metroidvania game featuring a cat in a mecha suit. You have to try to make your way through a perilous alien underworld in order to help your stranded captain. Platform(s)…
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Leisure Suit Larry, a game series that no-one will ever admit to actually playing, is coming back for an eleventh entry, and the first since 2013, in Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry. It’s not a series that I…
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Byte Driver is an arcade classic from the late-seventies (well, not really – that’s just what the fictional blurb says) created by Vector Hat. The highways of the futuristic world of 1999 are plagued with self-aware cars, and it’s up…
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Paco and Alan enjoy gaming pursuits elsewhere as Video Game Alamanac creator Edd Harding joins Lee to discuss Final Fantasy Tactics-inspired turn-based strategy RPG Fell Seal, why reviewing 1000 games in 1000 minutes isn’t insane and the finer points of…
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The sequel to an episode recorded over two years ago, Alan, Paco and Lee are tasked with choosing some of their favourite video game scores or music tracks (along with some worthy mentions if it gets too hard to choose!)….
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What is it? Guard Duty is an indie point and click adventure game which takes inspiration from the old LucasArts and Revolution Software point and click adventure games of the early-to-mid-90s. In it, you mostly play as Tondbert, a dim…
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The Monsters may appear to have been gone for some weeks but there are physiological circumstances for our absence as we relate in this episode *dials up the intrigue*. Our triumphant return to the Internet sees us mull over the…
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Our next minute takes us back in time to the Wild West, where we play Westerado, a game about one man’s adventure to find and kill the man who killed his family.
What is it? Hypnospace Outlaw is a game in which you play as an enforcer for an internet-like service, called HypnOS, where you remove content that breaches the company’s guidelines. It’s set in 1999, and features a very Geocities-esque theme….
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Factfile Developed by: Sabotage Studio Published by: Devolver Digital Released: 2019 Format played: PS4 Ruminations In many ways, The Messenger is a standard, old school action adventure. Sprinkled with a distinctly retro flavour, you take the role of a Ninja,…
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