Video Game Reviews, Articles
While Lee takes time out to deal with work-related madness, Alan and Paco get together to discuss such things as Anthem bricking PS4s, the Resident Evil Remake DLC that could have been, and, more importantly, what has been occupying their…
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The Monsters sing the praises of the surprisingly successful remake of Capcom’s beloved survival horror stalwart, Resident Evil 2, before talking over the mixed bag that was the Anthem VIP demo. Along the way, tales of Poland unfold, geek peeves…
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**SOME SYNCH ISSUES** The Monsters return after the festive period to indulge in a little time-travelling and talk over the games that were in the foul Year of our Lord 2018. What video games made the cut into their respective…
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Hail to the king, baby! This is an interview with professional voice actor and radio presenter Jon St. John, famously known as the voice of Duke Nukem. After the release of two successful side-scrollers and a critically-acclaimed first-person shooter, Duke was…
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We don our loin cloths, suck in our guts and polish up our best Paisley accents as we tackle the enormous spectacle of Ubisoft’s latest addition to the Assassin’s Creed story. We (still) childishly laugh at character names, size becomes…
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As Crystal Dynamics draw their Lara Croft origin story/reboot to a close, Paco and Lee quiz Alan about his time with the game. Does the story draw to a natural conclusion and give us a fully formed Tomb Raider for…
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In which a Spaniard semi-triumphantly returns! As Paco rejoins the Monsters, we learn of his recent wanderings and share his waterlogged pain before breaking down the 48 minute gameplay demonstration of CD Projekt Red’s highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077. We pour…
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Cross-Platform is the act of linking multiple systems (or platforms) together so they can all play with one another. For example, Xbox One Fortnite players can currently play with Fortnite players on the Nintendo Switch. However, Sony’s Boss is denying…
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As Paco continues his highland journey of self-discovery, Alan and Lee talk over a good chunk of the tidbits offered up from this year’s Gamescom in Germany (I say a good chunk because we will undoubtedly have missed items due…
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The Monsters dissect this year’s E3 offerings, starting with the House That Phil Spencer is Building – Microsoft.
In a spoiler-free in-depth review, Alan ‘SuperDiscoBacon’ Kerr talks over his time with mystery exploration game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter by The Astronauts.
After an extended absence, the Closet crew return to discuss what games have been preoccupying their time. Alan gives us the low down on the ongoing shambles that is Battlefront II and his new Xbox One X, Paco comes clean…
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This episode will be published in 2018 but was actually recorded in 2017, so, to clear up any confusion, there will be a lot of out of date news stuff as well as Alan’s thought on the then just released…
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The second in our rundown of the games revealed in this year’s E3. This episode we talk about the Bethesda, Nintendo, Ubisoft, and EA conferences, intermixed with lessons on Tingle, adventures in Paco’s nudity and our games of the show.
Every year, E3 is THE place for publishers and developers alike to unveil their latest wares and this year was no exception. In the first part of our E3 dissection, we focus on the console heavy hitters, Microsoft and Sony….
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