I’m not entirely sure I know what Silk is trying to be. Its main selling points are having the “biggest hand-crafted world of all time”, and it’s authenticity as a love-letter to the tile-based RPGs of the ’80s. But here’s…
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Northgard (Switch) Review: I Can’t Read These Runs
In an effort to offer another RTS/civ-building game on the Switch (and other consoles) Shiro Games has ported the Viking RTS, Northgard, to the hybrid console. Though the inspirations from other civilization RTS games is clearly visible in its design…
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Headliner:Novinews (Switch) Review: Read All About It
Unbound Creations new game Headliner:Novinews debuted as many indie games do on the Switch these days: with a whisper. It charges players with the role of editor for a news conglomerate and with this title comes great responsibility. With little…
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Masquerada: Song of Shadows (Switch) Review: Nobody cared who I was, till I put on the mask
Masquerada: song of shadows looks enticing at first glance. It’s got a beautiful art style and a wonderful cast of voice actors at its disposal. It’s unfortunate then that a game with so much promise, handcrafted by a team of…
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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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SteamWorld Quest: The Hand of Gilgamech (Switch) Review – Know when to hold um
Image & Form have spent the last several years not only trying but mastering their hand at producing outstanding video games from a variety of genres. Dungeon crawler, RPG, strategy. Game after game they’ve defied the odds to deliver unique…
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Anthem (PC) Review: Actually Not Bad, Whatever They Tell You
I will lead this with a statement, in the interest of fairness – I AM biased in favour of this title. Ever since I saw the first video of the gameplay, I saw the mechanical design, and couldn’t wait to…
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Wargroove (PC) Review: What Is It Good Forgroove?
If you ever had a Nintendo GBA or DS and didn’t play Advance Wars, then you seriously missed out – turn-based strategy with a slightly cutesy aesthetic, pleasing mechanics and half-decent enemy AI. It was a great game, reminiscent of…
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Just Cause 4 (PC) Review: More And Less Of The Same
So it’s outing number 4 for Rico Rodriguez, is it? Another dictator, another large map, another unbreakable shoulder joint – alright, let’s do this. Do you need the plot? Okay, here we go – there’s a dictator on this island…
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City of Brass (Switch Review): Needs a good polish
City of Brass follows a similar pattern to many independent games released these days; developers on a hit game break off and form their own studio to start an ambitious project with great ideas behind it. Unfortunately for the team…
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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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Aven Colony (PS4) Review: I Don’t Want to Live on This Planet Anymore
If, like me, you feel that building management sims peaked during the halcyon days of Bullfrog’s Theme- series (Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper etc) and the many Sim- games released by Maxis (Sim City, Sim Tower and the mighty Sim Ant etc), Aven Colony may well be right up your…
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Seasons After Fall Review: Fantastic Mr Fox
Do you ever wish you had the power to change the seasons instantly? What about possessing the body of a fox? Even if you’ve never had either of those two (admittedly quite niche) power fantasies, Seasons After Fall might be…
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Overcooked! (PS4) Review: Are you cookin’ at me?
Cooking has never been so fashionable. “Clean eating” is everywhere. Masterchef is on at least four channels simultaneously 24/7. Instagram is a hive of heavily filtered pictures of artisanal quinoa in handcrafted bowls. With Overcooked!, have we finally reached peak cooking?…
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