Reviews

Mimesis pits you and your friends… and your friends friends… and the imitations of your friends and the hollow empty voices of your friends… against each other in an incremental survival and retrieval scenario where you must venture into…

Computer Junkyard is a frantic, tactile race‑and‑build with excellent components and a clever spatial puzzle at its heart — it’s equal parts nostalgic charm and cut‑throat table play, though a few mechanical choices (notably theft and to a…

Gunnar glasses are as popular as ever and the Novatos, from the Titanium collection, are no different. Featuring optimum blue light protection, wide lenses and a solid frame; these stylish glasses don’t just ooze quality but also meet a…

The EasySMX X05 Pro is an Xbox style controller that comes with a charging stand and a USB dongle that you can plug into your device so that you can use it even if it doesn't have Bluetooth. This makes it compatible with things such as your…

Dead As Disco finds us in the extremely stylish shoes of Charlie Disco, the long dead drummer of a band who, for one night only, are reuniting — and giving you the perfect chance to bring the pain. Each boss has their own unique soundtrack…

Games have evolved since 'getting a high score' or 'completing levels in record-time' was the be-all-and-end-all. For me, Freebird Games’ To The Moon set a precedent for modern (Huh? To The Moon was 15 years ago…?) narrative adventures —…

Something that I liked was that the choices you make don’t just influence the path you take, they also determine your character’s development. You have three stats, those being physical, social, and technological, and when you make certain…

Over the years we've played a couple of different board games (and some video games) where the main concept is based around making silly noises, but YaGoBuGi does something clever: It uses one of the most recognisable gaming brands out…

With over 2000 blocks of altitude, six weapon types, three enemy factions and interesting world generation, Everwind is the procedural RPG sandbox I always wanted modded Minecraft to be. I'm sure someone could make a Minecraft mod that is…

Do you want to know what's satisfying? A simple concept executed to the top tier of its potential. When you sit there and look at a piece of media and go “You know what? No notes.” That is what Arashi Gaiden hits for me, gameplay-wise at…

Station to Station was a precision-placement puzzle game with the appearance of a management sim. I adored the fresh take on making an infrastructure game more cerebral, but for the sequel Town to City the devs at Galaxy Grove have…

Quagmire from Chris Handy and Perplext is a compact, charming and tactical family game that turns a simple programming premise into a vicious contest of route planning, opportunistic scoring and light player interaction. It reimplements a…

Grogu most certainly melted the hearts of millions when people first spotted him in The Mandalorian season one, and now you can have your very own Grogu at home thanks to the new Mandalorian and Grogu Cable Guys controller and phone holder.…

X: Seekers of Fortune from Mega Moth Studios is an unusually focused card game that blends set‑collection, hand management and tactical disruption into a short, high‑tempo duel that can also support up to four players. At first glance it…

Haste is a game I've been following for a while, ever since I saw early footage of its development on TikTok. If it wasn't for copyright infringement, I'd say the best way to sum Haste up was “Gotta Go Fast”. Haste has such a Sonic…

There are a few creepy moments though, and the visual design of the creatures is really quite solid. They genuinely look interesting in close up, and they, as well as the general cast of characters are really well animated even with the…

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is a retro‑styled first‑person shooter from Auroch Digital and Dotemu that immerses itself completely into the satirical, hyper‑militarised tone of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 classic. It’s loud, gory,…

The Majority Pulse 1 Bluetooth speaker is a highly portable, easily chargeable speaker that’s lightweight, easy to carry and absolutely perfect for both BBQ’s and family get-togethers — which is exactly what I used it for.  When I first saw…

I feel like I have seen a few of these different merge games, with the first one being a sort of fruit-bowl merge with lots of fruit going in. It's not surprising the concept has been turned into different skins, with Bun Buns being a more…

Altay from Ares Games and designers Paolo Mori and Ole Steiness is a compact civilisation game that wears its influences on its sleeve while carving out a distinct, table‑friendly niche. It is not trying to be a sprawling 4X epic; instead…