Reviews

I wasn’t in the market for a new watch when the Honor Watch 6 landed on my desk. My Garmin Instinct Solar has served me well for more than three years, and its exceptional battery life and solid, simple interface still do what I need them…

Games are more than entertainment in a variety of ways, and charity-led endeavours like the Devcats games show that real-world action and education can be tied directly into gaming to great effect. Enter Find Your Words, a free game made by…

So Rhys, I hear you saying to yourself through a raised eyebrow and a sip of coffee - this is all very well and good, but what the heck *is* Poker Night at the Inventory? Well, put simply, it's a game of Texas Hold ‘Em against some of…

Each time Dakota discovers a creative spark, she finds herself in a dreamlike version of a place that she recognises and needs to find her way out of and back to the cabin to begin recording. You’ll find puzzles that need to be solved that…

This week’s genre-mashup is the Roguelike Soulslike. Here you can dodge and block, as well as perform light and heavy attacks as you make your way through levels of interesting, varied enemies complete with “Door does not open from this…

There’s a strong leaning into vehicles this time around, with you having a Gladiator, Invictor Tactical Warsuit, a pair of Dreadnoughts, and a Stormspeeder to add to your force, all with an array of different wargear to kit them out with.…

An adorable, short, bug-catching and battling game that feels like the perfect moments of summer, Kabuto Park has a cute graphic style that pairs with fun interactions that feel like something you'd have done if you grew up in a small…

Roadside Research has you and up to 3 other friends take on a very normal human job of running a gas station out in America while also researching your customers and avoiding the all seeing eye of the government forces that might try and…

Gunnar Glasses are a brand that my editor and his lovely wife recently set me onto after a long period of complaining about headaches following on from long editing and gaming sessions. Rather than me having to spend time on heading to the…

Cairn, designed by Audrey Leprince and developed and published by The Game Bakers, is a game that looked absolutely nothing like the sort of thing I would enjoy. Don’t get me wrong, in my twenties, I was BIG into climbing. I haven’t climbed…

Games that feature technology do really depend on that technology not changing in any way. We found ourselves stuck with this risk in Spot the Intro. Spot the Intro is a very fun idea; it’s a music-based board game where individuals or…

Mouse: P.I. For Hire is a hugely distinctive first‑person shooter that delivers a focused single‑player campaign built around its unique, hand‑drawn noir aesthetic and fast, movement‑driven combat. Everything in the game is presented in a…

You’re given a space with a desk, a shelf and box full of your games. That’s it. Do as you wish. Do you want to leave the games in the box? You can, but you’re sort of missing the point. Feel like putting them on the shelf in alphabetical…

Sektori comes across as a fairly unassuming and run of the mill shooter at first —  perhaps just another minimalist twin‑stick shooter with neon visuals and a pulsating techno soundtrack — but once you start playing, it becomes clear that…

CLAWS can most closely be described in game terms as a role playing experience. You are an operator for the Etcetera Helpline, a nondescript company that helps out those who get in touch. When your shift starts you are immediately contacted…

Rocky Roads is the third expansion for Days of Wonder’s fantastic HEAT: Pedal to the Metal, and very much represents a kind of “more of what you like” expansion in the best possible sense. There’s no attempt to fiddle with what works well,…

The Kinfire Delve series by Incredible Dream is a set of cooperative fantasy card game that I was not expecting to get as hooked on as I have. Kinfire Delve sits comfortably with the other high energy huge sprawling fantasy epics that have…

Finspan: Sharks and Reefs is a “no bloat”  expansion that feels pretty clear in what it wants to offer: a richer, more varied version of the base game built around a single new mechanism that integrates cleanly into everything that we…

Gunnar Glasses are a brand of eyewear that specialise in reducing eye-strain, and they’ve got hundreds of pairs to try - from more mundane to these Mad Moxxie branded ones — which has come about as a result of a special collaboration with…

There’s a certain charm to a world run by raccoons. Nighttime heists, furtive eyes peering over stolen loot, the occasional dumpster dive. Charming, opportunistic, slightly terrifying. This might be why I consider raccoons an avatar of…