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Hell Pie – Lacks seasoning
Hell Pie, or the second coming of Conker’s Bad Fur Day, is another in a long line of indie-made 3D platformers that aim to recapture the hey-day of collecting shiny things, to, once again, mixed success. It’s hard for me to quantify the…
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem is buggy, old school fun
In Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, players step into the shoes of one of the Children of Heimlock — a group of orphans rescued by the Grand Inquisitor of this dark fantasy world. As their — potentially demonic — powers awaken, they are sent on a…
Thrills and Chills twists and turns Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliances with several cool…
Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances continues to expand with the Thrills and Chills expansion, introducing three new heroes and some cool mechanics. As a board game enthusiast and a Disney fanatic, I've got to say that the core game is…
Resident Evil: The Board Game – Itchy or tasty?
You spend most of your actions, a few too many if you ask me, moving around the area. When in range of enemies you’ll often want to attack them by rolling the dice your weapon comes with. Early on, fighting really isn’t a good option as…
Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector – Daemons of Khorne
Most of the units you can play with here are already present in the incursion mode that was added to the base game some time ago, with only the somewhat underwhelming for the points cost Daemon Prince being a new unit. Even with that, there…
Verses of Enchantment asks, what if poetry was battle magic?
Forget beat poetry, in Verses of Enchantment you have to win magical duals by beating each other with poetry. When Verses of Enchantment was doing the press release dance there was a heavy lean on the super-cool procedural generation that…
Remedium: Sentinels – Remedium or Well Done?
The levelling up feels a lot fairer now too. Previously, late game enemies would give you very little experience, really stunting your levelling as a run went on. Now you seem to be rewarded much more reasonably, with stronger enemies…
Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Mayhem Card Game: Monster Madness is simple to learn, hard to master
Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Mayhem Card Game: Monster Madness is a two to six player card game that is pretty easy to follow, but becomes challenging as the players whittle each other down. There are plenty of characters to pick from,…
Venba – Tasty!
This is in part, a tale of the struggles of families who emigrate and find their new homes perhaps not as welcoming as they would hope, which I feel is an important narrative these days. But Venba doesn’t dwell on this, instead being more…
Dungeons, Dice and Danger — Bite Sized Dungeon Looting
Dungeons, Dice and Danger is a tabletop game that spans all ages. We’ve played this as a family, with our seven year old, and in our board game group with adults. Everyone always has a good time, and it’s sort of like an introduction into…
Jagged Alliance 3 successfully builds on decades old innovation
A West-African nation, Grand Chien, has entered a new era of turmoil as an upstart, rebel faction has rapidly laid claim to the country and kidnapped the president. The President's surviving family, his daughter has hired you to assemble a…
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition – Making a monks meal of it
For the most part, Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition is the exact same game, but at a much higher resolution and with an uncapped framerate, which is a good thing considering how insanely fast the gameplay is. That does mean that the…
Antstream Arcade – What is this? A streaming service for ants?!
There’s a lot on offer with Antstream Arcade. Currently there’s over 1400 games on the service, all of which are legitimately available through licensing deals. That’s a hell of a lot of games, and they stretch across a fairly significant…
Moving Out 2 feels like a huge upgrade
It is not a secret that I am a huge fan of local multiplayer games, especially ones that can be played with younger children like my daughter Robin, so that the whole family can join in on the action. After nearly 100 percenting Moving Out,…
Sea of Thieves: Voyage of Legends – Finding treasure
Given the large variation in events, voyages and fortune combinations; the replayability for those enjoying what Sea of Thieves has to offer is fairly high and subsequent games will keep players entertained
The Repair House – Fix a mixer
Anyway, you’ll receive a number of products, ranging from coffee grinders and pipe cutters to games consoles and arcade cabinets, and your job will be to replace broken parts and occasionally clean up or repaint them. Get them fixed and…
Little Friends: Puppy Island lets you create a pup paradise
As a child, I remember playing Nintendogs on Nintendo DS. Caring for my own virtual dogs when my parents wouldn’t let me have the commitment of raising one in the real world. Little Friends: Puppy Island has the same sort of vibes, but…
Shattered Heaven – Shattered Heaven is a place on Earth
Shattered Heaven does the classic RPG thing of asking you to fight monsters, get stronger, and kill a god. I had a good old time with the Shattered Heaven preview build earlier in the year. Mechanically it was quite excellent and the art…
Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar gives you the chance to succeed where InGen failed
If you've ever watched any of the Jurassic Park series and thought to yourself, "I could do this much better," then Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar might just be one for you. The much-loved Jurrasic Park series is one that's…
Viewfinder – Snapshot solutions
In each puzzle, you use photographs to manipulate the environment in order to reach a teleporter. By holding up a polaroid photo in front of you and clicking, that photo becomes part of the world. It’s hard to describe just how amazing this…