I am thirty-nine years old. My introduction to most of my favourite bands was my fifteen-year-senior older brother, who would return from Birmingham University and beyond with an eclectic collection of vinyl, cassettes, and, soon after, gasp, compact discs. I…
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Potions: A Curious Tale Review
Potions A Curious Tale blends cosy potion crafting, addictive boss battles, and clever puzzles in a game that feels like Sunday afternoon Sudoku in Discworld. This curious tale sees young witch Luna, a wide-eyed, kind-hearted girl who seems to see…
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Honey, I Joined a Cult Review – Wild wild country
The funky 70’s style music and art style are immediately appealing in Honey I joined a Cult, which, if the title didn’t give it away, revolves around starting your own cult. You begin with an empty field and one follower…
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Trifox review – My dear Foxy
Trifox is a retro 3D platformer inspired by Crash, Ratchet and Clank, and a little bit of Zelda, with some nice little twists of its own, on top. It’s an interesting mix that works for the best part as our titular hero embarks…
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Paper Cut Mansion Review – Such a lovely place
Paper Cut Mansion is one of the most unique and entertaining roguelikes I’ve played in years. It’s clear from the outset that Papercraft Mansion wears its hodgepodge of influences on its sleeve. A roguelike dungeon crawler crossed with an adventure game,…
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Resident Evil Village: The Winters’ Expansion review – Country roads
Resident Evil Village: The Winters’ Expansion is a decent epilogue to Resident Evil: Village with some genuinely unsettling moments and adds some great little additions to the core game, but it is by no means essential. The bulk of the expansion comprises the…
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef review – WAAAHHH has never been so much fun
This review was written by a Freeboota who broke into the office, stole our copy of Warhammer 40,000: Shootas Blood & Teef, and then posted us a letter written in crayon ‘wiv iz thorts’. For the sake of clarity, and…
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Lucy Dreaming review – Never quite as it seems
Lucy Dreaming is a quirky retro point-and-click adventure that was clearly a labour of love for everyone involved. You take on the role of Lucy, a young girl who keeps having a nightmare that she’s plummeting to her death. After reading…
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Coheed & Cambria/ Thrice, O2 Academy, Bristol, 14/10/22
They say you should always leave your audience wanting more, and the phenomenal Coheed and Cambria / Thrice double headliner at Bristol’s O2 Academy did just that. Before the headlining prog gods took to the stage, Touché Amoré treated the…
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Undungeon Review – The Abyss looks back
Undungeon is a strange game. An action RPG which touches on complex themes about the nature of existence that would confuse even your average Philosophy graduate. Reality is fraying at the edges, and the numerous dimensions that make up the…
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Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Tramshed, Cardiff, 12/10/22
The last time I saw Frank Turner live was just before the Pandemic hit proper – standing two meters apart from my fellow gig goers, I still remember his final song. Polaroid Pictures has never felt so poignant, and my gig shirt…
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LEGO Bricktales review – Pure imagination
LEGO Bricktales is a back-to-basics LEGO game that dumps the big-name IPs in favour of the simple joys of building with those delightful coloured bricks. The story sees you play the grandson of an eccentric inventor that owns a run-down theme…
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No More Heroes III review – God damn superhero
No More Heroes III (NMH3) is one of the best action games I have ever played. An absolute treat for long-time fans of the series and newcomers alike. It’s stylish, gratuitous, fun, and hilarious. If you haven’t played it yet, you…
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FIFA 23 (Switch) review – Just don’t.
(We’ve decided to put as much effort into our FIFA 23 Switch review as EA did making it.) Just don’t.
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No Place for Bravery review – Viking death march
Glitch Factory’s No Place for Bravery (NPFB) is a touching isometric souls-like about the lengths a father is willing to go to for his children. Players step into the boots of Thorn, a world-weary warrior who has put his violent past behind…
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Beacon Pines review – A place both wonderful and strange
It’s not often that you get to describe a game as Lynchian, and it is always a treat when you can. Hiding Spot Game’s Beacon Pines is the very definition of Lynchian. Beacon Pines is about small-town America and the…
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