Video games

The console release of Teardown has had me quite excited for a while now, with promo videos of total destruction whetting my appetite to unleash the berserker inside of me.However, my excitement was tempered upon starting the game and discovering that there was no option to invert the Y axis, making it totally unplayable for […]

I very much enjoyed playing Dredge earlier this year (review here) and so was excited to try the 1st DLC for the game: “The Pale Reach”.Everything I loved about the original game remains the same: the beautiful art style, the “go anywhere and discover” narrative that let’s you find the hidden stories as and when […]

Mario Kart…there, I’ve said it and got it out of the way early.Inevitably any kart racing game that gets released will be compared and contrasted to one of the all-time greats.So, with that out of the way, let’s move onto the game.It’s hard to go wrong with a kart racing game and Dreamworks All-Star Kart […]

I didn’t play the first Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl so can’t really comment on any improvements in gameplay, characters, etc, and despite not being a huge fan of “fighting” games, I have enjoyed many a session on the Super Smash Bros series of games with my son…of which this game shares a lot of common ground.First […]

I’ll be perfectly honest and say that I’d never even heard of the original Ghostrunner game, which is not surprising really when my fave video game genres are racing and RPGs, and those are what I mostly keep an eye open for.So what was it about Ghostrunner 2 that peaked my interest when we were […]

I have to admit that I knew nothing at all about Trepang2, so went into this not knowing what to expect…and I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed the experience.An amalgam of Max Payne, F.E.A.R, and the most ballsy and bloody all out action/sci-fi movie you could think of, Trepang2 had me […]

Having played (and reviewed) Soedesco’s previous Truck Driver game, I was intrigued (and hesitantly a little excited) to experience their new current gen trucking title “Truck Driver the American Dream”…which I have to admit after playing it has pushed me to write a review dominated by the word “but”.TDtAD is better than the original Truck […]

Last year I reviewed Taito Milestones. Looking back at my review, whilst I appreciated having the opportunity to play some fairly obscure Taito games, overall, it was difficult to recommend a package where there were only a couple of standout titles and everything else was average. I was also critical of the lack of presentation […]

I’ve been a fan of American Football since 1982 (full story here) and became totally addicted to Head Coach on the Spectrum in 1986, playing it for MANY hours over the following years. Other American Football games came and went, with NFL Head Coach 09 being another standout for me, along with ESPN NFL 2K5 and […]

Although racing games aren’t my first choice when it comes to selecting a genre of video games, I am partial to burning some rubber every now and then. Sega Rally stands the test of time as one of my favourite racing games, and more recently Dirt 5, and Hotshot Racing have provided me with a sense […]