The Menzingers made a triumphant return to Bristol last night. The evening of self-deprecating top draw post punk, at a packed and sweltering SWX, opened with the wonderfully named Mannequin Pussy. Playing tracks from their latest album Patience, the Philadelphia…
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Frogware’s The Sinking City Switch gameplay revealed
Back in June Frogwares’ Lovecraftian love-letter, The Sinking City, coiled its tentacles around the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, while a Switch version was also whispered to be in the works for those who prefer their elder gods on-the-go. Frogwares…
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System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition announced
Nightdive Studios, who are currently beavering away on a remake of the original System Shock, oversaw the re-release of System Shock 2 in 2013, and have just released a rather spiffy new version of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil on…
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First gameplay footage found of Bloober’s Blair Witch game
Lionsgate Games has released the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming first-person horror title, Blair Witch. Based on the lore of the long-running film series of the same name, Blair Witch sees players head into the Black Forest Hills in…
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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair trailer shows transforming levels
Playtonic Games has released a new trailer for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair showcasing the upcoming 2.5D platformers transforming stages. The sequel to 2017’s Yooka-Laylee, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lairs tasks players with rescuing members of Queen Phoebee’s Royal Beettalion…
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Home Sweet Home (PS4/VR) review: P.T disorder
Yggdrazil Group’s Home Sweet Home offers gamers a mix of P.T inspired scares and Thai mythology, that hits just as much as it misses. In proper P.T fashion, the game opens with the protagonist waking up in an unknown place,…
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Dave Hause and The Mermaid, Thekla, Bristol, 15/05/19
The first time I saw Dave Hause was at Portsmouth’s Wedgewood Rooms in 2011, he was the opening act of The Revival Tour alongside Chuck Reagan, Dan Andriano and Brian Fallon, a tour he told a packed Thekla on Wednesday…
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Strike Suit Zero: Director’s Cut (Switch) Review
Some games wear their inspiration right on their sleeves. If you ever wondered what a modern Macross/Robotech game would be like, long to see Mark Hamil reprise his role as Christopher Blair and have fond memories of flying the trench…
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Mechstermination Force (Switch) Review – Chicks Dig Giant Robots
If like me, you have fond memories of spending all your pocket money in a dingy seaside arcade trying to get to the end of Metal Slug and Contra – you should check out Mechstermination Force. The latest shooter from…
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Grip: Combat Racing receives huge post-launch update
Gravity-defying arcade racer Grip: Combat Evolved has received a huge helping of post-launch content. Developer, Caged Element’s promised to support the game post-launch, and it looks like they aren’t doing it by halves, adding four new tracks, as well as…
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Bowling For Soup, 02 Academy, Bristol, 28/11/2018
Christmas came early as Texan pop punks Bowling For Soup brought their ‘Almost Christmas’ tour to the O2 Academy Bristol, on Wednesday night. The festive fun kicked off with Dallas power pop prodigies Not Ur Girlfrenz, wowing the crowd by…
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A, SWX, Bristol, 17/11/18
The collected 30 somethings were partying like it was 2002 at SWX as post-punk rockers A returned to Bristol to play the whole of their seminal album Hi-Fi Serious. An evening of early 00’s rock appreciation kicked off with Essex…
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The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition review – Nomad by Fate
When The Molasses Flood first released The Flame in the Flood last year on Xbox One and PC, chances are they never thought that the post-apocalyptic survival sim depicting a US in which global warming has made rivers burst their…
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Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 Review: Turtle Destruction Wave
The heart of a good Dragon Ball game is its combat. I can safely say that fighting in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 ticks all the right boxes; it’s flashy, fluid (running at a consistent 60fps) and unleashing flurries of strikes right…
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Project Zero:Maiden of the Black Water review: Moistened bint
Like the fetid stench from a long abandoned well, as unsettling as what looks like claw marks near its opening and damp footprints leading away from it towards your holiday cabin the woods. Project Zero (Fatal Frame in the US): Maiden…
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California Screaming: We talk to Yager’s Issac Ashdown about Dead Island 2
Back in September, your intrepid reporter took a trip to the noisy, neon apocalypse of the EGX Expo in old London Town. In between playing the latest super realistic queuing simulators, the occasional demo for next years AAA releases (including…
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