Billy Bomber – Switch
Out Now – Switch (£4.49/$5.00) – Published by: Ultimate Games I had high hopes for Billy Bomber, given its unusual puzzle mechanics and a style of play that should have […]
Hello Neighbor
Version Played: Xbox One (via Game Pass) Horror games are massive at the moment, fuelled in part by the rise of YouTube reaction videos. Horrific, graphic content doesn’t seem to […]
Cyber Protocol – Switch
Nintendo Switch – Out Now ($9.99/£8.99) – By Red Deer Games I was born in ’77, so I grew up in the 1980s as cyberpunk was becoming an important, highly-regarded […]
This Weekend’s Adventures with Game Pass
A few weeks ago, I managed to trade my way to a ‘free’ Xbox One X. Covering the cost with trading in or selling previous purchases is generally what I […]
Escape Room Games: Exit – The Game and Unlock!
Escape rooms are a big thing at the moment; I wrote yesterday about how warehouse-sized spaces were – still sometimes are – used for large scale laser tag games, but […]
Catch a Duck – Switch
Catch a Duck – Out now on Switch – £4.49/$4.99 – Published by Ultimate Games SA In the 70s and 80s, there seemed to be a lot of animation to be found in a wobbly, hand-drawn and charming style – think Roobarb or Henry’s Cat, for example. It was this type of cartoon that I was most reminded of when […]
Depixtion – PC
The first time I heard of Picross – many years ago – it was thanks to Nintendo and the game Picross DS. Given that it was so critically acclaimed, I was very keen to try it out. There was just one problem for me, however: I always found it really satisfying to build up a picture using the logic puzzle […]
The Secret of Gillwood – PC
I can see the orb. It glows brilliantly in the darkness, above and beyond where my character is located. It’s teasing me – I should be able to get it, […]
Ancient Enemy – PC
Those of you who have been reading my blog or interacting with me on Twitter are likely aware that I’m a huge fan of gaming in many forms; I don’t […]
Koral – Switch
I’ve always been fascinated with the sea. Fascinated by the wonders and beauty that can be found underwater – though I must confess, it scares me a bit too. Much […]
Is this the weirdest use of a license in gaming history?
For pretty much the entire history of gaming, there’s been an appetite for games based on films, books, TV shows and comics. For example – and these are by no […]
Gabbuchi – Switch
I’ve only just been making my way through one puzzle platformer – the rather lovely, Tetris-themed Tetra’s Escape – and another has come along for me to take a look at. Gabbuchi is a different beast altogether, however. With a very stylised, angular – yet almost hand-drawn – aesthetic, which also has a deliberately limited colour palette, Gabbuchi would have […]
Claybook – Switch
There’s something incredibly pleasing about playing with clay. The feel, the smell, the endless possibilities that come with just a few different coloured lumps of squishy goodness. There’s a magic that’s hard to capture in games, mostly because the majority of the joy inherent in playing with clay comes from the tactile nature of it – it’s difficult to translate […]
Review: Selma and the Wisp – Switch
Despite being available as far back as 2016 on Steam, Selma and the Wisp completely passed me by. The issue of discoverability on digital storefronts is a huge problem – and is one I’ve discussed before. Steam, with a seemingly eternal flood of games, is the storefront that perhaps has the biggest problem with keeping titles visible, especially smaller, independent […]
Spellkeeper – Switch
It’s not difficult to find puzzle games with unique premises on Switch, and here’s another – in Spellkeeper, players are tasked with freeing butterflies from magic cocoons; to accomplish this, tiles must be laid to direct light around the levels – chain together the light in the correct pattern and all butterflies are freed. There’s a limited selection of tiles […]
Mr Boom’s Firework Factory – Steam – First Impressions
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by the creator of Mr Boom’s Firework Factory with a request for me to take a look at the game. Having been somewhat bogged down with other games to review – which is a somewhat never-ending, but not unwelcome, problem, I’ve not been able to give Mr Boom’s Firework Factory as much of […]
