Video games

The first time I was properly made aware of the concept of verticality in a video game was around 2016, in a review for that year’s triumphant return to the DOOM franchise. In that instance, TotalBiscuit (RIP) described how Doom 2016 built upon the scrappy, rapid yet meticulous combat of its progenitors by adding platforming […]

I enjoy side-scrolling shoot ’em ups, or shmups as they are often referred to, as they remind me of a more innocent time when I played a lot of them in arcades or on my home computer.  I’ve reviewed a few of my favourites including U.N. Squadron and Apidya to name a couple.If you’ve played […]

After reviewing the original release of Lawn Mowing Simulator last year, then jumping back onto my mowers just before Christmas to review the Ancient Britain DLC, I’m once again risking setting off my hay fever by cutting some more grass in the new Dino Safari DLC.Much like the previous DLC, this adds a few new […]

The trolley problem is the paradigm of moral dilemmas. I say this with confidence, because it’s the only one I know, and I know nothing. It’s classic: if a train was barrelling towards five people tied to the tracks, would you pull the lever to move the train onto a different route, killing just one […]

Even if you’re a casual gamer, chances are you’ve played a game developed or published by Taito. The quality and depth of their catalogue is extremely impressive featuring titles such as Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Bubble Bobble, Renegade, Double Dragon, Operation Wolf, Rainbow Islands, Chase H.Q, and The New Zealand Story to name a few. With […]

There is something of a genre which encapsulates the tactile satisfaction of flicking a light switch, removing a screw, or snapping a RAM stick into your PC. GNOG was a notable example in recent memory of a game which did this so well, having you turn cogs and pull strings to uncover little dioramas so […]

I think it’s important to begin by saying that my knowledge of WWE wrestling is limited to occasionally recognising some of the stars of the 80’s (Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, etc), but even back then I didn’t watch any of it. I’ve also never played any wrestling games, and even fighting games […]

Martha is Dead finds you in a remote 1944 Tuscany location while World War II is still raging, and the beautiful art design and immersive soundscape do a great job of convincingly placing you into that time period.Playing in a first person view as Giulia, you find your twin sister Martha dead and floating in […]

Gravity Chase is from micro indie game developer studio Repixel8 (Chris met developer Andrew Jeffreys at EGX last year) and is a futuristic anti-grav racer.Giving you the option to race alone or with up to 3 other friends in split screen mode (no online multiplayer), you then get to choose any of ten different craft […]

If you’ve ever wanted to get into some video game world building and the likes of Cities: Skylines or the Civilisation series were too complicated for you, or maybe at the other end of the gaming complexity, you found Islanders too simplistic, then Before We Leave could well be the game you are looking for.The […]