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: PS4
Bloodborne and the etymology of horror
Bloodborne, the newly-released PlayStation 4 exclusive from legendary developer From Software, sets itself apart from its Demon’s and Dark Souls predecessors by being oriented around imagery of traditional horror rather […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Music Monday: Spelunky
I remember hearing a Scottish games journalist (whose name escapes me – many apologies) enthusing about the original, free PC version of Spelunky on his “Best Worst Games” feature on […]
Strider
Brian Tarran slices and dices his way through the 2014 remake of the ninja action adventure. If the 2014 remake of Strider was a car, it would be a mid-range […]
Music Monday: Wolfenstein: The New Order
I got the platinum on Wolfenstein: The New Order! I know, it’s not the hardest to earn in the history of PlayStation Trophies but it’s my only plat apart from […]
Wolfenstein: The New Order
MachineGames has turned the prototypical first-person shooter into a stealth-action-adventure game – with surprising results. I would have loved to have been in the room when MachineGames, the developer of […]
Thief
Eidos Montreal’s reboot of the Thief franchise is a tense, tactical sneak-a-thon for the most part – but it tries too hard to please everyone. I’ll state from the outset […]