Release Date: March 2021 Rating: E How the mighty have fallen! How did Undercoders go from an enjoyable 2D Metroidvania/platformer (SuperEpic: The Entertainment War) to a frustrating, lackluster game? Platformers are usually known for having simplistic stories and such is the case in Mail Mole. The main character Molty is on vacation, relaxing from delivering […]Read More
Released: February 2021 Rating: T (Blood and Violence) Disclaimer: Little Nightmares II review code was provided by Bandai Namco for the purposes of this review. That being said, all opinions expressed in this review are wholly my own. In 2017 Tarsier Studios released Little Nightmares, a simple yet engaging puzzle-platformer that soon shot to fame […]Read More
Released: 28 January 2021 Rating: PEGI 18 (Extreme Violence, Strong Language) When it comes to horror, few franchises are as fondly remembered as Silent Hill. The series’ eerie titular locale and grotesque creatures are as iconic as the surrounding fog, or that time an adorable dog turned out to be behind everything. There have been […]Read More
Released: December 2020 Rating: M 17+ (Nudity, Sexual Content, Violence, Use of Drugs and Alcohol) As Madness once sang, “Nothing more, nothing less, love is the best” – an undisputed notion, of course, one that also informs the latest sci-fi adventure from Montpellier-based studio The Game Bakers. Haven (2020) has the player exploring the fractured […]Read More
Released: November 2020 Rated: E10+ (Animated Blood, Crude Humour, Fantasy Violence, Suggestive Themes) Humble indie team Young Horses were not likely expecting to be the talk of the town after Sony’s initial unveiling of the PlayStation 5. After all, this was the world’s first taste of the next-generation gaming system, defined by a bucketload of marketing […]Read More
Released: September 2020 Rating: T (Violence, Blood, Simulated Gambling) The sequel to the cult-classic platform game, Spelunky, came out a couple of weeks ago (aptly titled Spelunky 2) and there are a lot of good things to say about it. Familiar, But Better Almost every new feature expands on what made the original so beloved, […]Read More
Falling onto PS4 and Steam in August 2020, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is proving to be quite the knockout game. With over 2,000,000 sales on Steam, and some of Twitch’s biggest names, such as xQc, Pokimane and (streaming on YouTube nowadays) Dr Disrespect all logging on to battle it out, the game has hopped onto […]Read More
They turned the Turing Test into a game. No, really. AI Dungeon (2019) is a free online text adventure game, and everything in it is generated by the GPT-2 AI (paying members get access to the more capable GPT-3). GPT-2/3 is the most advanced text generation AI existing today. It’s genuinely pretty scary – so […]Read More
A character review of Abby and the parallels that exist between her and Ellie.Read More
eleased in 2019 Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield brought the Pokemon franchise to the Nintendo switch. Sword and Shield are an amazing addition to the franchise with a beautiful story and great graphics. The expansion pack – Isle of Armor was released this month, capturing all the fun of the base game in a sweet new adventure.Read More
Released: June 2020 Rating: M (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs) It’s been seven long years since Naughty Dog gave the world the gift of The Last of Us. The survival horror game set with a zombie apocalypse backdrop defined the previous era of gaming with the greatest […]Read More
Released: October 2019 (Early Access) Rating: PEGI 7 (implied violence, mild violence) Corruption is skyrocketing, your development programs are stalled out, the army is deserting, the Americans want to leave…and your air force just caused immense collateral damage. Again. Welcome to Rebel Inc: Escalation, Governor. What Is It? Rebel Inc: Escalation is a new-ish […]Read More
Released: October 2019Rated: M (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language) If you, like me, were (and still are) a fan of the short-lived TV series Firefly, then The Outer Worlds is a game you’d enjoy. Similarly, if you enjoyed Fall Out: New Vegas (2010), then this release from Obsidian Entertainment will seem familiar yet […]Read More
Released: March 2020 Rating: E (Comic Mischief) Relaxing, paced gameplay along with endless customisation options makes Animal Crossing: New Horizons the game of lockdown. AC:NH is a vibrant, rewarding experience that allows you to build your own virtual paradise. So if you’ve ever had the urge to escape the real world for your own desert island, […]Read More
Released: March 2020Rated: M (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence) Are you feeling angry at the world for not giving us a single break in four months? Looking for a way to take out that anger? Do you support the annihilation of demonic forces that would rather see you rot in Hell? If you answered yes […]Read More
