Retro Review: Action Fighter
Action Fighter Released: 1986 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Spy Hunter is one of my all time favourite arcade games! You controlled a souped-up sports car armed to the teeth with machine guns, rockets, smoke and oil slicks. Imagine a James Bond car and you’re on the right lines. The way you […]
Retro Review: Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop Released: 1995 Platform: Sega Saturn Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega There was a time when Sega were the kings! They ruled the arcades and were extremely influential in the home console market. Unfortunately a few missteps and a lot of bad luck with the likes of the Mega CD, 32X, Saturn and the untimely demise of […]
Retro Review: Rescue Mission
Rescue Mission Released: 1988 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Having recently become the proud owner of a lovely 26″ Philips CRT television for the princely sum of £10, I am now able to enjoy a genre of gaming that I once loved; the light gun game. Modern televisions are amazing but sadly […]
Retro Review: Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy Released: 1987 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Westone Bit Entertainment Wonder Boy is a strange one for me. It’s never considered a particularly great platforming game or even generally mentioned in the same breath as Mario or Sonic and yet it holds a special place in many people’s hearts, including mine. […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: CD Projekt PS4, Xbox One, PC Some open world games are designed to be played like games. There are things to collect, people to talk to, missions to complete, areas to liberate, towers to climb, (especially if you’re a Ubisoft game) all very gamey things […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #2
Bloodborne Developer: From Software Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne is relentlessly bleak, dark, depressing, dirty, and cold. Death is around every corner and it can be frustratingly difficult so why do I love it so much? Bloodborne is the brainchild of Hidetaka Miyazaki. In most cases I am unaware of who is involved […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #3
Rise of the Tomb Raider Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Square Enix Xbox One Timed Exclusive In a world where the Uncharted games have taken the action adventure genre to another level, Lara Croft remained an icon albeit like one of her fabled treasures, a relic in a new world. That is until the 2013 reboot […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #4
Until Dawn Developer: Supermassive Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment PS4 Exclusive A group of friends meet in a secluded cabin a year after the disappearance of the hosts sisters. All is not as it seems so who will survive Until Dawn? Sounds like the tag line for a cheesy horror movie doesn’t it? Well you […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #5
Life is Strange Developer: Dontnod Entertainment Publisher: Square Enix PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 It would be a crime to say too much about Life is Strange so I will keep things brief. You play Max Caulfield who is a high school student struggling to find her identity, confidence and self esteem in […]
Chris’s Top 10 Videogames of 2015: #6
Hand of Fate Developer: Defiant Development Publisher: Defiant Development PS4, Xbox One, PC Fighting Fantasy books from Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone are some of my favourite childhood memories. I would go so far as to say that these books helped me learn to read and seemed a bit more interesting than your conventional books. […]