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New York Slice is pizza collecting fun.
I am a big fan of food-based board games. I have an entire bookshelf dedicated to the food theme games I have come across and picked up in my time. I am also from New York, and love Pizzas — my dad was a Pizza cook before I was born. So, I…
Pronty: Fishy Adventure — Dive Into The Apocalypse
Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a brand new metroidvania in the vein of Hollow Knight, except everything is underwater and Bioshock vibes abound.
Mechajammer is a grungy, dystopian cRPG full of chaotic potential
Mechajammer's Calitana is a grungy world stuffed with the dregs of a crime-ridden society. The only things scrubbing away at the grime is the unsustainable cycle of corruption and death, that and the fires from the open rioting and fighting…
I Am Fish is tricky, ball rolling fun
A long, long time ago, I got the chance to play a demo of I Am Fish, and was quite interested in the game when it came out. It has finally made its way onto my Xbox, as part of Xbox Games Pass, so I have had my chance to play as a fish,…
Spectrum Forces — Rainbow Power!
In this colourful shoot 'em up, decide which pilots will join in during the mission to defend three different planets from Abandonware.
Best Free to Play, Browser-Based Retro Games on Piepacker
Retro games always bring a lot of nostalgia gushing back, especially if you have memories of playing them with your family and friends as a small child. With so many retro games from the past in memory, it can often be hard to find good…
What Next? Angry koalas, that’s what
If you need a fun game to play when you have family and friends around, What Next? is a great choice for all ages.
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One —The Truly Great Detective
To preface: I have very limited experience with Sherlock Holmes. I have seen BBC's modern series, and thought it was kind of terrible. Vague memories of Jeremy Brett's take on Holmes linger in my mind, as a whip smart, vaguely fading…
Defend the Rook — Tactics, Tower Defence and maybe too much RNG
Defend the Rook is the new game from One Up Plus, the studio who brought us the underrated Dungeontop just fifteen months ago. Mixing the various flavours of roguelikes, turn-based tactics and board games with a seasoning of tower defence,…
Fights in Tight Spaces – It’ll be all fight on the night
Battles take place on a grid in a small area and you’ll always have the exact information on what your enemies will do on their turn, whilst you try to take them out using a deck of cards. On the surface, this is really quite simple, but…
Mix enemies and allies in Marvel Smash Up
Smash Up, much like Munchkin, is a board game that many people have played or at least heard of in their time in the board game space. There have been several different versions of Smash Up, but my first time playing this game has actually…
Grow: Song of the Evertree is a slice of life adventure all about nurture
The last few years have created a massive surge in the Slice of Life genre; with the outside world closed off for so many people, it's no wonder that they looked inside for somewhere to escape to instead. Animal Crossing was a phenomenon,…
Munchkin Spongebob Squarepants brings us back to Bikini Bottom
Munchkin is a game that everyone has at least heard of, if not played. There are tons of variations of the game, including lots of brand collaborations, that bring their own twist to the game. We got our hands on Munchkin Spongebob…
Let’s Cook Together is co-operative kitchen chaos
When it comes to cooking couch co-ops, the only game that normally springs to mind is Overcooked — a classic. So, when we came across Let’s Cook Together, we were excited to take on a new cooking challenge, together! Let’s Cook Together…
Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon Collector’s Edition is lovely package
Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon Collector's Edition is a limited run book aimed specifically at those looking to celebrate the history of one of gaming's most important icons. What can I say about Pac-Man (originally Puck-Man, because he looks…
MasterChef: Let’s Cook! sees you cooking up a storm
Last year, I bumbled across MasterChef: Dream Plate and was disappointed with the fact that I could not actually do any cooking. As it turns out, someone heard my cries, and MasterChef: Let’s Cook was born. This mobile cooking game actually…
Word on the Street rewards good spelling
Word on the Street is an educational tabletop game for two to eight players, split into two teams where players need to capture letters to win. Dann’s phone is full of spelling games. He can spell so many different words and basically is a…
Monster Train: The Last Divinity — More depth and challenge will keep fans happy
The first DLC to Shiny Shoe’s deckbuilding hit Monster Train, The Last Divinity, brings a new faction, adaptive mid-run difficulty and a serious new end-game challenge to the table.
Say No! More balances heart-warming and comedic delivery perfectly
Games are very good at eliciting emotions from players because of the way we interact with them, but Say No! More manages to not only deliver important, heartfelt messages about how we interact with others, but it's clever enough to make…
Go on slightly sketchy adventures in The Big Con
It’s the 90s again, with video stores, no modern cell phones, and with massive debt sharks about to take control of your mom’s store. She's planning on sending you to bandcamp, in the hopes that you will become whatever she isn’t. Yeah, The…