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A Summer with a Shiba Inu contains cute doggos
A Summer with a Shiba Inu is a visual novel by Quill Game Studios that combines a dystopian world with Shiba Inus.
Afterglow Deluxe+ Audio Wired Controller — Pretty Colors
I’ve been playing my Nintendo Switch more and more recently due to being stuck at home. Subsequently, I've been falling in love with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Often, I find that playing on a bigger screen is more fun, so I like…
Airship City — Unique movement mechanics are not enough to propel this game to greatness
Airship City sees up to four players competing to provide the most for the betterment of a great metropolis in the sky. Harvest resources, contribute towards communal social projects and fulfil supply requests but plan carefully because, in…
Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage DLC — Vacation Cancelled
Does the Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage DLC offer new heights for our spacefaring hero’s adventure or just end up feeling mostly recycled?
Wartile is a Real Time Board Game with an unusually authentic look
When I think of board game adaptations, I put them into two camps: those which retain a near-exact replica of the game that inspired them, and those which simply take the IP and produce a completely different sort of game. Wartile, which…
Pong Quest is much more than just Pong
A new entry in the long-running Pong series has released in the form of Pong Quest, but as you might imagine from the name, it's not just a game of a ball and two paddles now.
Freakout: Calamity TV Show — Just how calamitous is it?
The environments are very hard to navigate due to the camera. It’s often difficult to tell if something is an obstacle until you run into it, and considering how fast-paced this is, that’s pretty much a death sentence. Enemies can often…
In a world of inequality, Children of Zodiarcs delivers a strong message
Having played about five hours of Children of Zodiarcs, I feel like I’ve barely even scratched the surface. This Kickstarter funded tactical role-playing game from Cardboard Utopia hits all the right notes for me, with deck building, dice…
The Wind and Wilting Blossom — Art and War
I’m definitely no expert in it, but I do enjoy some Japanese culture. Give me some ramen and ill scoff it down in seconds. Good anime? I'll binge watch it all day. But good Japanese games are my bread and butter. Whether they are from…
Playing solo game The Ratcatcher is a great way to pass time during lockdown
Although we haven’t covered many solo board games here at B3, when we have come across them we’ve enjoyed them. Nemo’s War, Cities: Skylines and The Rise and Fall of Anvalor all managed to put a smile on my face, but The Ratcatcher, which…
Tharsis — Our Survival or Humanity?
Tharsis presents an interesting take on board game mechanics in a mission to Mars in video game format. There's cannibalism too.
Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries of New York is a visual novel lacking in bite
While it should probably pain me slightly to admit it considering the game I’ve just spent the last six or seven hours with (Vampire: The Masquerade - The Coteries of New York), I’ve never really been a fan of digital graphic novels.…
Moving Out — Cooperative Chaos
It all begins with you Immediately thrown into a tutorial so that you can gain your certification as a Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician (FART).
Roam continues the walkabout theme of Near and Far, but leaves a smaller footprint
Whilst the box is much smaller and the gameplay a little lighter, Roam continues to expand Ryan Laukat’s existing universe both visually and thematically, with characters that are similar to both Above and Below and Near and Far and a…
Sami Laakso’s Dale of Merchants 3 Kickstarter is imminent!
If you’re a regular reader of B3’s tabletop section, you’ll know that we’re huge fans of the Dale of Merchants series of games, thanks to our coverage of Dale of Merchants 1 and 2 and Dale of Merchants Collection. This May, Snowdale Design…
Curious Expedition is a roguelike with a difference
Have you ever had that experience where you expected to spend maybe ten or twenty minutes with a game, only to realise that several hours of your life have disappeared and you’ve now completed it three times in a row? I have, and I hold…
Hotline Miami Collection finally makes its way onto Xbox One
It’s been a long time since I first played Hotline Miami, and I honestly couldn’t remember much about it when I booted up the no-frills double feature which has just released for Xbox One. Having now sunk some real time into it, I think…
Daymare 1998 — Reminiscent Evil
The close quarters encounters afforded by the Hexacore facility and the hospital within Keen Sight are perfect sweat-inducing environments for games like Daymare 1998 and the enemies move swiftly enough to make poor decisions costly on your…
Pixel Ripped 1995 — Headset Hero
Pixel Ripped 1995 sends you on a virtual trip back into the nineties, with a story that spans both the real and digital. You play as the hero Dot, and with the help of a human boy you've inhabited, named David, you bravely fight to save…
The Champion of the Wild asks all the right questions
Now don’t be shy, you can’t tell me that you’ve never wondered who would win in a fight between a tiger and a polar bear, or whether an elephant is a better endurance swimmer than a leopard. It’s OK, we’ve all asked those questions at some…