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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]