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Unlock! Kids: Stories from the Past is a pleasant distraction that fulfils its brief
During Winter, parents need every tool in their arsenal to keep kids entertained — and sometimes a few short hours makes all the difference, especially if it doesn’t involve screens. Unlock! Kids: Stories from the Past may be relatively…
PDP Afterglow Wave Controller for Xbox – Stunningly impressive
When it comes to Xbox Controllers, we have quite the collection of official controllers that our children have picked out. They each have a custom controller, with the colors picked out themselves, and their names on them. These controllers…
Expeditions is the sequel to Scythe that we were not expecting
2016’s Scythe from Jamey Stegmaier and Stonemaier Games remains in the BoardGameGeek top 20, having already had a profound effect on the course of modern board gaming. Any potential sequel would be met with high expectations, and…
Teardown – Blown sky high
Here it is, the dream started by Red Faction: Guerilla, anger at Lego, kicking down a sand castle, all realised in glorious voxels. If you can see it, you can blow it up. Teardown delivers handily on the core idea that collapsing buildings…
Take aim with Zero-Seivert’s latest patch
Radiation, bandits and flesh-eating ghouls. Come visit Zero Seivert's Zakov today! Please note: Rad pills not supplied. I’m going to admit to this right out of the gate: I have a love/hate relationship with hardcore extraction shooters. Do…
Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting – Among Sus
You’ll want to make your way around the map quickly at times too, as occasional tasks will pop up that need to be completed in a time limit, much like the game this DLC is based on. These tasks simply want you to reach a certain spot on the…
Die Of The Dead – Guide Dice to the Living Realm
In an ever more crowded market place it’s always a treat to see a new game with a fresh theme. Die Of The Dead certainly stands out in terms of theme. Die Of The Dead supports two to five players and is designed by James Allen and Mark…
PDP Afterglow Wave Nintendo Switch Controller – Bright Lights!
I am someone who really struggles with the default Nintendo Switch controller, specifically when I am playing Switch on my TV. There is just something about the two disconnected halves of a controller that I cannot wrap my head around — but…
Cat in the Box has you playing Schrödinger’s suit
Cat in the Box is one of those games that as you're explaining how to play it's incredibly confusing, but the moment you actually start playing, it's really simple and easy to understand. It just takes a single round of playing to really…
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…