Being a Switch and Xbox owner means I spent most of 2018 playing catch up with the gaming industry. Most of my time was spent with games that people had already played and adored on […]
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Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner and its delicious game feel
The term ‘game feel’ – or ‘kinaesthetics’ – as the YouTuber Errant Signal puts it, is a term thrown around fairly regularly in games, and the way a game affects one person might not necessarily […]
Smoke and Sacrifice
Michiel Kroder offers up his review of Solar Sail‘s open-world, narrative-driven RPG, Smoke and Sacrifice Almost a year ago I was tempted to hold up my hand for a download code of Solar Sail’s Smoke […]
Castlevania – Netflix: seasons 1 and 2
Joshua Garrity offers us his opinion as to why Netflix’s first two seasons of Castlevania are so great. Previous to this latest offering from Netflix, my favourite videogame adaptation was probably the first Silent Hill […]
Never underestimate the power of PlayStation
Inspired by our PlayStation special podcast, Ben Cartlidge of One Credit Classics remembers the profound effect it had on his gaming life. I had a fairly linear route with computers and consoles. Most of them […]
Battle Princess Madelyn
The idea for Battle Princess Madelyn came about because its head of development, Christopher Obritsch, loved playing Ghouls ’n Ghosts while his daughter Maddi watched. And when she told him she wanted to be in […]
Nairi: Tower of Shirin
The supply crate I’ve found myself in is far from the cozy confines of my house in the rich district. Even though I was not allowed to leave or go outside, my house offered a […]
Horizon Zero Dawn: Chaos, I harvest it
Ooh, what’s that? It looks like one of those mechanical crocodile thingies. Their real name is ‘Snapmaw’, but crocodile thingy will do. Anyway it’s waddling along minding its own malicious business when it happens upon […]
Metal Gear Solid V: Too Shy
Hush hush, eye to eye 1983-1984 are interesting years in Metal Gear terms. Obviously, The Phantom Pain takes place, but more importantly, 1983 is the year in which mulleted synth-pop group Kajagoogoo’s abomination Too Shy […]
The irresistible infinity of Bloodborne’s Chalice Dungeons
It’s a refrain that pounds inside my head, driving me onward far past my normal limits of difficulty and sleep deprivation. Deeper. Bloodborne’s Chalice Dungeons are an infinite labyrinth, a procedurally generated jigsaw puzzle full […]
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