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Dann’s Top Games of 2023
Forget the rest, here are the ones that I thought were the best: Dann's Top Games of 2023. Ah 2013, what a year, huh? We had a new Pikmin game, The Last of Us Part One, a new Diablo game launch. Somethings never change — eh? A decade on and…
PDP Rematch Glow Space Dust Controller – Glow Up
Our household is a big fan of colorful controllers, as well as ones that feel unique. We’ve had our fair share of light-up and rainbow controllers, but never before have I had a controller that glows in the dark. The PDP Rematch Glow Space…
Blobby’s Pizza: A fractions learning tool stuffed with pizza and monsters
Maths is hard, it's one of the few things in life where there are no real shortcuts to learning, you just simply need to acquire that knowledge through repetition and rationalising. Blobby's Pizza is aimed at making learning fractions fun…
My Time At Sandrock successfully builds on Pathea’s sandbox formula
My Time at Sandrock is a sandbox story-oriented RPG freshly released by Pathea Games, whose name you might recognise from their previous titles; Ever Forward, Planet Explorers and sister game My Time at Portia. Within My Time at Sandrock,…
Party Animals is the latest party physics game, with a furry twist
Party Animals burst onto the gaming scene as a new, intense multiplayer brawler, one where you take control of an adorable animal with the ability to send opponents flying. Developed by Recreate Games, Party Animals utilises vibrant…
Caverna – Cave vs Cave – Two-Player Dungeon Crawling
If Caverna (which are yet to review) is known as one of Uwe Rosenberg’s most complex and expansive board games, then it’s exclusively two-player sibling Caverna - Cave vs Cave must be one his cleanest and most straightforward designs. This…
RIG 600 Pro HS – High Quality Sound!
When taking the RIG 600 Pro HS out of the box, I was a little concerned at first, as it looked as if these headphones were broken. You see, they come with the ears of them disconnected from the plastic headband, allowing you to pop them…
Block Party tests your quickfire building ability
Block Party is a really fun, two-to-six player game that is all about creating pictures using little blocks! We played the game as a group of more than two, using the various cards to pick what we made, but there is a board for two players…
Alien Hominid HD: A flash return
When it comes to producing humourous platformers, The Behemoth never misses. Their distinctive art style is instantly recognisable, however, many forget where it started. Alien Hominid HD is a timely reminder. While some could argue that…
El Paso, Elsewhere is a slow-mo shotgun blast from the past
El Paso, Elsewhere is a recent release from Strange Scaffold Studios. A third-person shooter where you fight through hordes of vampires, werewolves and fallen angels in the hope of stopping a plot to destroy the world. You play as James…
Dungeons 4 – a Keeper’s dream
When I was maybe thirteen or fourteen years old, Dungeon Keeper and its sequel (to a lesser extent) were two of my absolute favourite games. Since then, few games have managed to capture the same sentiment as the cheeky, Peter Molyneux led…
I Am Die is a puzzle game where your movement is the literal roll of a dice
This puzzle game leaves your fate at the roll of the dice, the difference is that in I Am Die you are the die yourself. I Am Die is a fully interactive puzzle game where you play as a die, rolling around, completing challenges and…
Palia brings the cosy style into a charming MMO
Palia is a newly released ‘Cozy MMO’, as dubbed by its developers at Singularity Six. After having played this game since its alpha 2 stage back in July 2022, it's certainly starting to meet that description. In Palia, you can expect to…
Apiary – in space, no one can hear you buzzzZzzzZ
In Apiary, the brand new worker placement game from Stonemaier Games and first-time designer Connie Vogelmann, up to five players take on the role of space bees as they explore and expand through the galaxy. These bees will carve lasting…
Pizza Possum sets a new standard for approachable co-op stealth games
Brightly coloured, chaotic and cooperative, Pizza Possum is great at what it does, even if it doesn't do much of it. Pizza Possum is a game built entirely around that exact moment in stealth games where things go wrong — however, unlike…
Honeycombs is tactile and versatile kids game that you can play anywhere
Imagine picking up a bright yellow bag that weighs a lot more than it should. Now picture yourself putting your hand into the bag and finding it full of thick, smooth-edged hexagonal tiles that have considerable weight and character to…
Wildshade: Unicorn Champions – Unikart
Mechanically, this is even simpler than Mario Kart, which likely is due to its mobile game roots. There’s no accelerating here, with your steed hurtling off right from the start and automatically jumping over small obstacles. Amusingly, the…
Not For Broadcast has good news for you
It’s been a long time since the idea of using full motion video (FMV) as a core feature in video games first emerged, but if you’re expecting Not For Broadcast to play like Night Trap or Phantasmagoria then you’re definitely living in the…
Teardown’s voxel-based destruction is unlike any other
TearDown is the most advanced voxel physics game I have ever played, in both a graphics and physics-rendering perspective. It is also the most fun I have ever had during my time playing games on PC. Teardown is about finding your own…
The Vanishing Gambler – Mystery Solving in a Box
We have played a few of these murder mystery tabletop games over the last while — they seem to have boomed in popularity. The Vanishing Gambler was more challenging than previous games in the same category, with more reliance on the players…