
Video Game Review: Papertris (Switch)
Despite the ‘tris’ element of its name, this deliberately lo-fi indie puzzler has more shared DNA with the likes of Columns or Puyo Puyo. With a clever art style that […]
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Despite the ‘tris’ element of its name, this deliberately lo-fi indie puzzler has more shared DNA with the likes of Columns or Puyo Puyo. With a clever art style that […]
Despite a weirdly generic name that feels oddly translated, I was pleasantly surprised by roguelike deckbuilding game, Pirates Outlaws. If you’ve played games like Slay the Spire, you’ll feel immediately […]
In just a few hours, the Wii U eShop is closing – which means that access will be lost to a reasonable number of games that have yet to appear […]
With the Evercade EXP – and even its Limited Edition variant, the entire first shipment of which, in the UK, ended up being stolen (!) – now in the hands […]
The 16-bit era – and the SNES in particular – is my favourite in gaming history. I have enormous fondness not just for the heavy hitters and iconic titles in […]
The first Piko Interactive Collection for Evercade – which I reviewed here – is still one of my favourite Evercade cartridges overall. The second was a little disappointing – oddly, […]
For British gamers of a certain age (cough – mid-forties or so – cough) the Amiga still holds a certain fascination and has an unbelievably strong nostalgic pull. Yet even […]
I was asked to check out Oivo’s Switch VR Headset (disclaimer: they provided me with a unit to review) and I’m pleased to say that it’s a robust and comfortable […]
Seeing as MAR 10 is Mario Day, I thought I’d take the opportunity to once more cover my experience with the very first Super Mario Bros game I ever played […]
Note: Originally published last year, I wanted to re-share my Titanfall 2 Campaign review. It’s criminal that still, so few people seem to have played this game – the short-but-sweet […]
Mere weeks before its eShop is shut off for good and long after much of its online functionality has been cut off, the Wii U remains in the news for […]
The Wii U was definitely not a success in terms of its sales figures; though hardly Nintendo’s biggest failure, after the astronomical audience its predecessor – the Wii – attracted, […]
Despite its enduring popularity, The Settlers of Catan – first published in Germany in 1995 as Die Siedler von Catan and more commonly known as simply ‘Catan’ these days – […]
Q-YO Blaster – Available now on Switch ($9.99/£8.99) – Published by Forever Entertainment I think it was way back in the Dreamcast days that I was scared away from playing […]
Despite a few problematic moments in both films that make me wince these days, for the most part I have a huge amount of affection for the first two Bill […]
When the Evercade VS was announced back in March of 2021, I must admit that I struggled to see the point of it. With the Evercade ecosystem being based around […]