Video Game Reviews, Articles
2D space shooters may be as common as blades of glass, but you’re bound to find some doozies. DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge doesn’t really pull off any fancy tricks or original ideas to help it stand out from the…
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What is it? Death And Taxes is a a narrative-based title by Placeholder Gameworks, that responsibility is placed upon your bony shoulders. Created by a celestial being known only as “Fate”, your job as the Grim Reaper is to sign…
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What is it? Save The Astronaut is a side-scroller by Open Maw Productions. You must guide an astronaut through numerous dungeons, all the while avoiding traps and keeping an eye on his oxygen levels – he always starts off with…
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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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Don’t Make Love, a romance simulator featuring praying mantises, is now free on Steam. This decision was made by the team at Maggese, following the recent passing of one of its developers, Dario D’Ambra. The Steam store page describes the…
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As part of SEGA’s 60th anniversary, the company has been pumping out some big sales and a few free minigames. One of them is a cancelled Golden Axe sequel, dubbed Golden Axed (ha), originally developed by Australian developers Eccentric Ape….
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Sonic’s second outing is currently free on Steam. Dr. Eggman (aka Dr. Robotnik) is once again turning innocent critters into robot slaves, and is forcing them to create his latest evil invention, the Death Egg! With his flying fox buddy…
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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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What is it? The Fan is a point-and-click title solely made up of photographs. It also puts you in the shoes of a sociopathic stalker who’s locked a woman in his basement. The game starts in the kidnapper’s lair, a…
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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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What is it? Blood & Bacon is a first-person shooter developed by Big Corporation and published by Grunge Games. A farm is being overrun by crazed pigs. You need to help the farmer by killing all the lifestock that are…
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Fall Guys looks like a mash-up between Takeshi’s Castle and Wipeout (not the American one, it sucks), only in the form of a video game, courtesy of Mediatonic and Devolver Digital. Competing in slalom courses and dodging obstacles with up…
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We’ve all fantasized about making our own action movie at some point (you’re probably an exceptionally boring person if you haven’t), but the vast majority of us either can’t be bothered to rob a few banks to fund such a…
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Fans of Valve Software’s beloved war-themed hat simulator Team Fortress 2 are in for a treat today. The game’s official soundtrack release, TF2 Fight Songs, has recently received a free expansion pack featuring a trio of previously unreleased tunes from…
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Sure, we’ve all seen our fair share of pixel art games, but wireframe vectors aren’t as much of a common sight. Of course, the selling point of Paradox Vector isn’t merely its art style. This first-person shooter is currently in…
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