Video Games

It’s kind of known now that my time consuming media as a child was both limited and observed. I was not allowed to watch Samurai Jack — probably due to Aku looking like a demon, or the amount of violence. Samurai Jack: A Battle Through Time…

Surviving in the cradle of civilisation, or trying your very best to not screw up evolution for everyone.

As (just about) the main tabletop reviewer here, my attention is often more on paper and card than it is on digital games. When a video game chooses to root itself firmly in board game mechanics however, my interest is always piqued. Faeria…

With its power-punk rock duo setup, No Straight Roads comes out of left field with an amazing blend of action, music, and platforming to create a stunning game that will keep your toes tapping along to the violence of bashing robots to the…

Just as I think that there are enough arena fighting games, then someone brings a style I just can’t say no to, a theme that I just want to try, and Boomerang Fu was suddenly downloading, waiting to be played. The first thing I love about…

Even if the combat were fully functional, there would be little narrative incentive to pick this game up again after setting it down.

With some really stellar tactical action games already out on Nintendo’s Switch console, 1971 Project Helios was always going to need to find some way to differentiate itself. At face value it might appear to do just that, with an…

Now I’ve played quite a few roguelikes/roguelites at this point, and it’s fair to say that I’m a bit worn out on the whole genre. With so many vying for attention and little done to stand out, it can often feel like I’m playing the same…

Rigid Force Redux plays like a traditional horizontal side-scrolling shmup and may seem like a game that you’ve already played, but it also offers a unique pod-placement system that gives a fresh face to the classic genre.

My idea of a good horror game is one that paralyses me with fear. It’s a game that is so terrifying I can’t get out of my chair to perform basic functions like visiting the toilet, or getting a drink. These are games so frightening that you…

There’s a fine line between imitation as flattery and outright copying the work of a person or group that you admire. In the case of Mortal Shell, the line is so blurred that I could hardly see it, and if you put screenshots from Mortal…

At first, things seem quiet but it doesn’t take long for you to overhear people being assaulted, murdered, and sacrificed by the family and staff. From this point, you’ll be finding keys and solving puzzles to unlock more of the hotel…

Sand beasts, gladiatorial duels, alchemical weaponry and much, much more are added into the already expansive Battle Brothers world by its new Blazing Deserts expansion. Six years is a very long time in video games, almost a whole console…

The city walls were breached five days prior and now the survival of the citizens is entirely down to small squads of soldiers, fighting against the odds to recover resources and save survivors. Shardpunk: Verminfall is a modern,…

Goosebumps: Dead of Night is broken into three stages. The first has you sneaking around Stine’s home, avoiding monsters and collecting the lost pages, followed by a jaunt through a conservatory to collect potion ingredients, culminating in…

Look, I have been playing demos of Radical Rabbit Stew for absolute ages. I can get through the entire first world in so little time, beating the first boss and moving into the greater campaign in my sleep. However, now that the game is…

Where recently reviewed Red Star, tackled the pre- and early years ('38-'41) of WWII from the Soviet perspective, Order of Battle: Red Steel takes the conflict through '42 through to the critical battles of early '43. As I noted in the Red…

The Plague: Kingdom Wars is the next entry in the Kingdom Wars grand strategy series. We have been playing it.

You’re out for a nice picnic with your partner. She’s talking gibberish for some reason, but maybe that’s why you love her. You decide to go and get her a rose, only to return to the sight of a giant hand made of meat pulling her into a…

When it comes to exploration in games, it needs to accomplish one simple, yet lofty task for me to stay interested: Feed my curiosity. Let me explore a world that feels alive, teeming with possibilities and with so much character that I…