The Ascent review – 16 tonnes
Jeff Bezos recently declared his intention to move all industry onto corporate-owned off-world colonies. Neon Giant’s The Ascent is pretty much a treaty on what a terrible idea that is. A stunning isometric cyberpunk action RPG, The Ascent was created by a team…
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Submerged: Hidden Depths review – The joy is in the journey
Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from murdering every last thing you see in a game and just enjoy exploring a beautiful world and uncovering its secrets. If you have grown a bit tired of being stomped into a…
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Downcast, Fuse, Cardiff, 10/03/22
There was a glorious time in the early 2000s when it looked like there might be a resurgence of British post-hardcore. Bands like Funeral for a Friend, Hundred Reasons and Hell is For Heroes created a new wave of British…
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Nordic Giants, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, 28/02/22
There’s something ethereal about a Nordic Giants performance. As the two imposing figures of Löki and Rôka take to the stage at Clwb Ifor Bach, the pair, decked out in costumes that make them look like mythical figures from an…
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Martha is Dead review – Well that took a turn
It’s been hours since the Credits rolled on Martha is Dead, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. It feels like I’ve been hit by a truck. Martha is Dead is undoubtedly one of the best games of the year, but it’s…
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Powerslave Exhumed review – ‘Aliens’
Nightdive studios have an uncanny gift for Exhuming classic games and breathing new life into them. Clearly on a roll after bringing back Shadowman last month, Nightdive is back with a remaster of arguably one of the best console FPS…
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Castle Morihisa review – Believe it
Put on your Kabuki mask, grasp a katana in your teeth, and get ready to Naruto run, it’s Castle Morihisa time! <David knocks himself out ninja-running straight into a wall> Ouch. Ok. So. In Castle Morihisa, you take control of…
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Popslinger review – Urrrp
Funky Can Creative’s Popslinger is a great-looking game with some very cool ideas and a great premise. However, as much as there is to like about Popslinger, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that it is more than a little rough around the edges. …
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The Procession to Calvary review – My Massive sword
Well, I’m a bit late to The Procession to Calvary party. I mean, I was here, nice and early, on day one, playing Procession to Calvary on its Xbox Game Pass release day. It was excellent, and I highly recommended it but passed on a…
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Grapple Dog review – Good boy
Grapple Dog is a bright and breezy live letter to the platformers of yesteryear. The canine homunculus of Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi’s Island, Bionic Commando, and much more besides. But, you know, cute. Players take on the role of…
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Vagante review – Are you afraid of the dark?
The Roguelike genre has exploded in the past decade. It seems like not a week goes by that some new procedurally generated dungeon crawler doesn’t find its way onto virtual shop fronts. Enter stage left, Nuke Nine’s Vagante, a rather charming…
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Shadow Man Remastered review – Down and out in Deadside
Shadow Man and I have a love-hate relationship. When I first played Acclaim’s atmospheric third-person adventure back on the N64 in 1999, I was taken aback by the grim atmosphere, the fantastic setting and characters, and, for the time, the gameplay…
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Rogue Command preview – Casual Futuristic Strategy
The second computer game I ever owned for the PC was, it later turned out, a revolutionary classic. As an awkward nine-year-old I didn’t realise it at the time, but Total Annihilation redefined real-time-strategy games when it was released, showing…
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Model Builder review – Precision Modelling Ad Tedium
… deeply, brutally unfun to “play”, much like real model building, but lacking any of the meditative qualities.
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Microsoft aren’t making a monopoly by buying Activision, they’re protecting one
It’s been interesting watching the fallout from Microsoft’s recent spending spree, There’s been a lot of hot takes, and I’m starting to think a lot of them can’t see the wood for the trees. Fans of many old, long-forgotten franchises…
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How to watch Peacemaker in the UK
Here’s how to watch Peacemaker in the UK. YOU CAN’T… Well not easily, anyway. Your best options (Read: legal) to watch the hilarious new Suicide Squad spin-off Peacemaker in the UK that is currently streaming on HBO Max both require…
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