Brian Tarran loses himself in the latest entry in BioWare’s Dragon Age series. You know those games: the ones that are so brilliant that when you start playing them you secretly hope they’ll go on […]
Tag: PC
Dark Souls: Duelling with Artorias
Joshua takes a look at one of his favourite boss battles of all time, Artorias the Abysswalker, from Dark Souls. He’ll not only talk about how he feels that this fight succeeds mechanically, but also […]
The Static Speaks My Name
What if I told you that a free, 10 minute long horror game delivers on BioShock’s medium-defining twist even more memorably than the revered Irrational game? NB: Contains some spoilers. We recommend playing through The […]
Finding stress relief in Dark Souls II
At the beginning of this year (following a pretty hectic evening in hospital) I was diagnosed with stress and anxiety issues. I was warned that if I didn’t get these sorted – and soon – […]
An hour with… Evolve
Pitched as “a four-on-one experience”, unveiled in February 2014 and then released a year later, Evolve is an asymmetrical multiplayer game developed by Turtle Rock Studios (Left 4 Dead). Four Hunters must work together to […]
Castle in the Darkness Quick Rinse
RemiNEScent of 8-bit times, Castle in the Darkness comes from Matt Kap, lead artist on The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Sir Darren of Gargette reports. Castle in the Darkness is available on Steam now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/262960/ […]
Overture Quick Rinse
Darren Gargette conducts a feel of Black Shell Games’ Overture, available now for a very reasonable £3.99 (or equivalent) on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/343100/ If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus […]
Dragon Age: Inquisition Quick Rinse
Or: “How Not To Do It”. Josh attempts to take down one of Dragon Age: Inquisition’s titular wyverns… it doesn’t go well. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find many more (plus […]
Music Monday: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
The original Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (or Circle of Blood if you’re in the US) is one of those games of which I retain immensely lucid memories. Almost as if the protagonist’s […]
The Talos Principle Quick Rinse video review
Darren Gargette liked Croteam’s intriguing new 3D puzzle adventure The Talos Principle enough to make this ten minute Quick Rinse-cum-video review of it. Please enjoy. If you like these Quick Rinse videos you can find […]
Music Monday: NiGHTS into dreams…
I’d posit that NiGHTS into dreams… is as much of a synaesthetic experience as Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Rez. It’s inconceivable that the game would offer the option to mute the uplifting, symbiotic music provided by Tomoko […]
Alien: Isolation
In your living room, everyone can hear you scream. Brian Tarran reviews The Creative Assembly’s spiritual sequel to the classic space-based survival horror movie, Alien: Isolation The first time it appeared, I ran as fast […]